"How are the principles of projectile motion applied in badminton?"

Badminton is “a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with light rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a high net that divides the court in half.”[1] When one shoots the shuttlecock into the air there are a lot of factors that one must take into account to determine where it would land. This is the study of projectile motion, which is to see how an object move in the air and what factors affect their flight. Projectile motion is a major factor on how badminton is played and most players have to understand projectile motion to a certain extent to play this game effectively. We decided to explore “how are the principles of projectile motion applied in badminton?”
There are several factors that affect the flight; the first thing that we found was gravity. Gravity is a downward acceleration by 9.8 m/s/s. So when the shuttlecock is launched, it forms a parabolic shape because there is a downward acceleration. If for some reason there was no gravity it would goes keep going straight because there will not be another force acting upon it.

We have to use the fomulas listed below

Another factor is launch velocity. Launch velocity affects how far it will travel. If it has a higher vertical velocity than horizontal, it will travel high and but land shallow; and vice versa. There is also air friction, which affects flight through the velocity of the projectile.The faster an object is, the more drag is applied to it. If there is a lot of vertical velocity, the projectile will slow down significantly due to gravity and drag.