Simplify the following text for a Grade 7 native English-speaking person.
Original: In Asia , where feather shuttlecocks are more affordable than in Europe and North America , plastic shuttlecocks are hardly used at all .
Simplified: In school gyms and amateur\/beginner clubs in Europe and North America , plastic shuttlecocks are more often used than feather ones . This is to save feathers , since plastic shuttlecocks do not break easily .