It was created by NASA a few years ago and served as a trainer for astronauts in space. Now it is the reason of the new world competition, a good gift idea and a great fun maker. Once you try it, you will never want to stop, it becomes a kind of drug (since I brought this miracle home, there has not been a day, when my boyfriend did not murmured with it). But fortunately this addiction is totally healthy: it strengths the fingers, hands, wrists, arms and shoulders. As a pianist, and a badminton player, I find it a perfect trainer. Full story

Many know badminton as a beach entertaining sport. But real badminton is a serious Olympic sport requiring much tension, agility, good reaction, staying power, perfect coordination. The flight of the shuttlecock (a missile of cork and goose feather that players volley across the net) has been recorded at speeds of 332 kilometers per hour. Badminton is the world’s fastest racket sport. The speed of therally during a professional game reaches 0,7 hits per second. Badminton is included to the astronaut training program. One can spend hours playing this game and not noticing the time – this is how one can fall in badminton. Full story