A four-state badminton physics chart in hand-rolled SVG — one speed-against-distance curve per shot type, each marked where the receiver's racket meets it, with the flight time integrated from the curve itself and a distance cursor you can drag or arrow along.
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K. Aditya · Men's singles · quarter-final · 4 shot types · 205 tracked flights · receiver at 9.0 m
0.28 s
Smash to the receiver
332 kph off the racket · 9.0 m of flight
19%
of that smash speed left on arrival
64 kph when the racket meets it
9.0 m of flight
Smash64 kph · 0.28 s
Clear25 kph · 0.77 s
Dropmet by 7.6 m
Drive40 kph · 0.43 s
Every shot type: speed off the racket, speed where the receiver meets it — on the receiver rule at 9.0 m, or where the flight ends when it is met sooner — and the flight time to that point. Mix is each type's share of 205 tracked flights, apportioned by largest remainder so the column adds to 100 percent.
Shot
Racket
Arrives
Time
Mix
Smash
332 kph
64 kph
0.28 s
28%
Clear
214 kph
25 kph
0.77 s
35%
Drop
96 kph
24 kphmet at 7.6 m
0.75 s
22%
Drive
251 kph
40 kph
0.43 s
15%
Distance runs along the flight path from the racket face, so the clear's arc measures 15.4 m — more than the 13.40 m the court runs end to end. Drag grows with the square of speed, so a shuttle sheds most of it early: the first quarter of the smash's flight takes 42% of its launch speed off it, the last quarter 6%. The drop never reaches the receiver — it is met after 7.6 m, 1.4 m short, still doing 24 kph. Point at the plot, or Tab to it and use the arrow keys, to read any distance. 1 sample sat at or before the racket, where the launch speed already stands. 1 sample repeated a distance already taken and was dropped rather than averaged.
Shuttle speed decay: shuttle speed against distance travelled along the flight path, 4 shot types from K. Aditya, Men's singles · quarter-final. The axis runs from the racket to 15.4 m; the receiver's racket is reached at 9.0 m. Smash: 332 kph off the racket, 64 kph at the receiver, 0.28 s of flight. Clear: 214 kph off the racket, 25 kph at the receiver, 0.77 s of flight. Drop: 96 kph off the racket, met after 7.6 m — 1.4 m short of the receiver — at 24 kph, 0.75 s of flight. Drive: 251 kph off the racket, 40 kph at the receiver, 0.43 s of flight. Launch speeds span 236 kph; the 3 that reach the receiver arrive within 39 kph of each other. Mix is each type's share of 205 tracked flights, apportioned by largest remainder so the column adds to 100 percent. Exact values follow in the table.
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Each curve needs a launch speed and speed samples along the flight, with distance measured from the racket rather than from the net. The receiver rule and the court reference are drawn as soon as one shot type arrives.
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