Racket Boys (Korean: 라켓소년단) is a 2021 South Korean television drama. The series, directed by Cho Young-kwang and written by Jung Bo-hun, stars Kim Sang-kyung, Oh Na-ra, Tang Jun-sang, Son Sang-yeon, Choi Hyun-wook, Kim Kang-hoon, Lee Jae-in, and Lee Ji-won.[1] The series follows the growth of sixteen-year-old boys and girls and the challenges faced by badminton club at their school.[2] It was premiered on SBS TV on May 31, 2021 and aired every Monday and Tuesday at 22:00 (KST).[3] The series is available worldwide on Netflix for streaming.[4]
Tang Joon-sang was invited to play in sports drama on November 30, 2020.[7] The cast of the series as Tang Jun-sang, Kim Kang-hoon, Oh Na-ra and Kim Sang-kyung was confirmed on January 26, 2021.[2] Lee Jae-in joined the cast on February 25, 2021.[11] Park Hyo-joo joined the cast in March 2021.[15] On 25 March, production company Pan Entertainment announced that with six boys and girls; Jun-sang Tang, Sang-yeon Sang, Choi Hyun-wook, Kang-hoon Kim, Jae-in Lee, and Ji-won Lee, the lineup of players was completed.[51] Kim Sang-kyung and Baek Ji-won appeared together in 2019 office themed drama Miss Lee.
Tang Joon-sang has mentioned in an interview that all the cast members who play badminton all trained extensively for months prior to filming[52] in order to get the right forms and techniques. Kang Seung-yoon (Kang Tae-seon) has also admitted in a Behind-The-Scenes video uploaded on the SBS Catch Youtube channel that has also taken badminton lessons as he plays a top player in the drama. However, there was never a scene where he was seen playing the sport.
Kim Hee-kyung writing for Hankyung opined that the drama is fresh in respect that it is 'bringing liveliness and tension at the same time'. Praising the directing technique, Hee-kyung wrote, "He [the director] uses his cartoon imagination to draw white wolves and bears with computer graphics." She felt that the game scenes were portrayed realistically, and to stress on the players and present a dramatic atmosphere, voices and lights were removed.[76]
Penned by Prison Playbook screenwriter, Jung Bo Hoon, Racket Boys is a youth-oriented sports drama that revolves around the lives of middle-school badminton athletes in a small province in South Korea and their journey towards the national team.
One of the things I love about slice-of-life dramas is that they often revolve around a group of characters, rather than the usual 2 main leads. In this show, each of the main characters was given enough depth and layers to be explored throughout the series.
Speaking of Prison Playbook, there were a lot of cameos from actors (including Park Hae Soo, whom you might recognize from Squid Game) who worked with Jung Bo Hun in Prison Playbook! It was super fun seeing them and make references from the drama.
So this whole House speaker drama is a racket, and they look you straight in the eye, and they tell you they want to get inflation down. How is that possible when you're spending $1,000,000 on a basketball court? The whole thing's a joke. They're robbing us, paying back their donors and pretending they're at work. I get it now. Keeping the government open is destroying the dollar. Primetime says, vote them all out.
Rune told the umpire to call the supervisor and have his racket sent back to him, even if it wasn't regripped. He also said that 20 minutes for putting an overgrip on a racket was "insane," claiming that his record of doing the same was 37 seconds.
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