Learned from "Kicking shuttlecocks"...
Nanjing Mechanics Primary School Class 2 (3) Tian Yixin Instructor: Sun Hui
On Monday, Mr. Zhang of Physical Education assigned us to prepare shuttlecocks and on Fridays to learn to kick shuttlecocks. As soon as I got home, I quickly conveyed this task to my mother. Mom said: "Only use it on Fridays, then we still have time to place an order online." Mom typed "shuttlecock" on Taobao, wow! All kinds of shuttlecocks came out at once, the price ranged from a few yuan to dozens of yuan, and there were various styles such as "big rooster chicken feathers", "turkey chicken feathers", "artificial chicken feathers" and so on. After reviewing sales and reviews, my mom and I finally decided to buy a "big cock feather" competition shuttlecock. Mom also considered that the shuttlecock is easy to damage, not only to practice at school, but also at home, so she bought 5 at once. It turns out that buying things also requires repeated comparison and overall consideration.
Just as we were shopping for shuttlecocks online, the grandmother next to us said, "If you want to kick shuttlecocks now, buy them; your father wanted to kick shuttlecocks when he was a kid, and grandpa made them." Grandpa also joined the conversation, "At that time, the next door neighbor had a beautiful big rooster with colorful feathers, which was particularly beautiful. We went and asked for a few chicken feathers to come back. Then use copper coins as a chassis, use the used ballpoint refill as a support, and stuff the chicken feathers into the ballpoint refill. Dad looked eager to try, and it seemed that the memory was still fresh.
The shuttlecock arrived quickly, and our whole family tried to kick the shuttlecock. My mother guided me to realize that the kicking shuttlecock should pay attention to the direction, not forward but upward; to use the side of the foot, to raise the foot to pay attention to the timing, not too early and not too late. Kicking shuttlecocks is a traditional sport in China, and there has long been an ancient poem of "three or five groups of pretty girls, and red hairs into tiptoes".
【Source: Modern Express】