BADMINTON

•Invented in India in a version called “poona.”

•British army officers learned the game about 1870.
•In 1873 the Duke of Beaufort introduced the sport at his country estate, Badminton, from which the
game derives its name.
•Badminton, court or lawn game played with lightweight rackets and a shuttlecock. Historically, the
shuttlecock (also known as a “bird” or “birdie”) was a small cork hemisphere with 16 goose feathers
attached and weighing about 0.17 ounce (5 grams).
•This game can be played in three variants; singles, doubles, and mixed doubles. A shuttle cock is shot
with a wired metal rimmed racket across the net, called a serve, to player(s) on the other side of the
court who try to send it back.
Court Dimensions
•Badminton court is rectangular and is divided into two equal symmetric halves by a net suspended
from two vertical posts fixed at either sides of the court. Courts are marked for singles and doubles, as
they differ in their dimensions; the doubles court is larger in breadth than a singles court and has a
shorter serve-length dimension
Overall Court Dimensions
The overall dimensions of a badminton court is 20 feet by 44 feet. The lines along these measurements
mark the sidelines for doubles play and long service lines for singles play.
•The Net Line
•Short Service Line
•Center Line
•Side Line for Singles Play
•Back Boundary Line and Long Service Line for Singles
•Long Service Line for Doubles
The Badminton Net .

Badminton Racket
•Modern Badminton Rackets are light in weight and don’t weigh more than 100 grams. The frame of the
Racket can be made of common metals like steel or aluminum. Sometimes rackets are made of alloys,
tough carbon fiber, ceramic, or boron. Its length does not exceed 680mm and width does not exceed
230 mm.
Shuttlecock
•Sixteen feathers fixed in a cork base enveloped in a thin leather sheet make a shuttlecock.
Interestingly, the best Badminton Shuttlecocks are made from feathers from the wing of a goose. The
shuttle weighs between 4.74 to 5.50 grams.

BASIC SKILLS
- Forehand Grips
- Backhand Grips
BADMINTON BASIC SERVICE
- High Serve - sends the shuttle very high, so that it falls almost straight down and lands at the back of
the service court.
- Low Serve - is used when you want the shuttlecock to land in front of the court
BADMINTON SHOTS
- Clear shot
- Drop shot
- Smash shot
- Net kill
Badminton stances
Attacking Stance
• Why: Hitting forehand strokes via the attacking stance enables you to hit powerful shots. It also
enables you to recover quickly after you perform your shot.
•When: Whenever your opponent lifts or clear the shuttle high up to you, move towards the shuttle and
adopt the attacking stance.
How:
•Turn your body facing the side of the court.
•Place your racket leg behind; your non-racket leg forward.
•Both legs should be shoulder width apart.
Defensive stance
•Why: When you’re on a defensive stance, you can cover wider angles. You’ll find it a lot easier to
retrieve smashes hit to your body, left hand side, or right hand side.
•When: Whenever you hit a high clear (high serve in the sense of defense) or perform a high serve,
move to your base position and adopt the defensive stance. Ideally, you should be at your base position
before your opponent hits the attacking shot.
How:
•Face your body to the front of the court.
•Place your racket in front of you, around waist height, and pointing slightly forward.
•Raise your non-racket arm for better balance.
Net stance
Why: The net stance enables you to take the shuttle at the highest point when you’re at
When: Normally the only time you need to adopt the net stance is after you perform a tumbling net shot
( or spinning net shot). the net.
How:
•Place your racket foot forward; non-racket foot at the back.
•Place your racket in front of your body, slightly above waist height.
•Raise your non-racket arm for body balance.
•Place your body weight slightly forward and get ready to pounce forward.
TERMS IN BADMINTON
•Backhand: hitting the shuttle with your racket WHILE the back of your hand is facing the shuttle
•Base position: Location in the center of the court to which a singles. player tries to return after each
shot.
•Forehand: is a shot made by swinging the racket across one's body with the hand moving palm-first.
•Service court: The area into which a service must be delivered; this is different for singles and doubles.
•Game: A game is finished when a player or team scores enough points to win a single contest; it is a
part of a set.
•Match: A series of games where a winner emerges at the end.
•Shuttlers: A term use to call those badminton players
•Poona added a net to the ancient game of battledore (meaning 'bat') and shuttlecock, and named this
new game after the Indian town.
•Year 1873 Badmint.on was founded in England.

SCORING SYSTEM
•A match consists of the best of 3 games of 21 points.
•Every time there is a serve – there is a point scored.
•The side winning a rally adds a point to its score.
•At 20 all, the side which gains a 2 point lead first, wins that game.
•At 29 all, the side scoring the 30th point, wins that game.
•The side winning a game serves first in the next game.
Badminton Fouls
•Fouls at the net area - The body and the racket should not come into any contact with the net.
•Contact Foul - You can hit the shuttlecock with the badminton racquet only.
•Over the Net Fault - you are not allowed to take the shuttle before it passes the net to your side of the
court.
•Service Fault - The shuttle must be struck from below your waist. Your racket head must be pointing at
a downward direction when you hit the shuttle. Must swing in an upward direction.
•Revievers Fault - When receiving a serve from your opponent, you cannot move your feet away from
where you’re standing.
•Double Hit - When the shuttle comes to your side, you have only ONE attempt to hit the shuttle.
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