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Girls badminton team. it's wednesday is my maroon day. these young hmong women are among the top badminton players in the state. they have won nine state championships and they're going for the tenth and even though practice looked too intense to interrupt, a couple star players took a break from beating the hell out of that birdie to talk to me. how long have you played badminton? >> six years. >> what do you like? >> smashing. >> tell me what that is. >> within you can kill birdie when it goes straight down. >> it's a scary violent sounding word. smashing is like a spike in volleyball? >> ye...
It is just wednesday is my maroon day. these young women are among the top badminton players in the state. they have won nine state championships and are going for their tenth. though practice looked intense and rough a couple star players took a break from beating that birdie to talk to me. how long have you played badminton? >> six years. >> what do you like about it? >> smashing. >> smashing? tell me what that is. >> when you kill the birdie where it goes straight down. >> a scary, violent sounding word. smashing. like the spike in volleyball? >> yep. like a spike in volleyball. >> okay. ar...