Left- versus right-handed badminton slice shots: opposite spinning of the chiral shuttlecock and Magnus effect
The chiral nature of a badminton shuttlecock is responsible for its counter-clockwise spinning as it naturally propagates through the air. This induces a dissymmetry between left- and right-handed players and the resulting trajectories of the shuttlecock, which were captured in real condition on the...
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| description | The chiral nature of a badminton shuttlecock is responsible for its counter-clockwise spinning as it naturally propagates through the air. This induces a dissymmetry between left- and right-handed players and the resulting trajectories of the shuttlecock, which were captured in real condition on the badminton court in slow motion at 3700 fps. The videos clearly evidence this dissymmetry as slice shots performed by right-handers induce a natural counter-clockwise spinning, while the ones performed by left-handers induce a clockwise to counter-clockwise spinning, making trajectories of shuttlecocks different. The slow motion videos also caught a brief Magnus effect, often neglected in badminton, lifting up the shuttlecock for both left-handers and left-handers and affecting the effectiveness of the slice shot. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7a8229be6a7d40d2b198ee30109b11132025-02-07T13:53:46ZengAcadémie des sciencesComptes Rendus. Physique1878-15352024-01-0125G111510.5802/crphys.17410.5802/crphys.174Left- versus right-handed badminton slice shots: opposite spinning of the chiral shuttlecock and Magnus effectCollet, Eric0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0810-7411DYNACOM IRL2015 University of Tokyo - CNRS - UR1, Department of Chemistry, 7-3-1 Hongo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan; Institut universitaire de France (IUF), France; Univ Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes) - UMR 6251, F-35000 Rennes, FranceThe chiral nature of a badminton shuttlecock is responsible for its counter-clockwise spinning as it naturally propagates through the air. This induces a dissymmetry between left- and right-handed players and the resulting trajectories of the shuttlecock, which were captured in real condition on the badminton court in slow motion at 3700 fps. The videos clearly evidence this dissymmetry as slice shots performed by right-handers induce a natural counter-clockwise spinning, while the ones performed by left-handers induce a clockwise to counter-clockwise spinning, making trajectories of shuttlecocks different. The slow motion videos also caught a brief Magnus effect, often neglected in badminton, lifting up the shuttlecock for both left-handers and left-handers and affecting the effectiveness of the slice shot.https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/physique/articles/10.5802/crphys.174/Physics of badmintonMagnus effectSymmetryChiralityBadminton trajectoryTime- resolved |
| spellingShingle | Collet, Eric Left- versus right-handed badminton slice shots: opposite spinning of the chiral shuttlecock and Magnus effect Comptes Rendus. Physique Physics of badminton Magnus effect Symmetry Chirality Badminton trajectory Time- resolved |
| title | Left- versus right-handed badminton slice shots: opposite spinning of the chiral shuttlecock and Magnus effect |
| title_full | Left- versus right-handed badminton slice shots: opposite spinning of the chiral shuttlecock and Magnus effect |
| title_fullStr | Left- versus right-handed badminton slice shots: opposite spinning of the chiral shuttlecock and Magnus effect |
| title_full_unstemmed | Left- versus right-handed badminton slice shots: opposite spinning of the chiral shuttlecock and Magnus effect |
| title_short | Left- versus right-handed badminton slice shots: opposite spinning of the chiral shuttlecock and Magnus effect |
| title_sort | left versus right handed badminton slice shots opposite spinning of the chiral shuttlecock and magnus effect |
| topic | Physics of badminton Magnus effect Symmetry Chirality Badminton trajectory Time- resolved |
| url | https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/physique/articles/10.5802/crphys.174/ |
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