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Badminton was invented long ago; its origins date back at least two thousand
years to the game of battledore and shuttlecock played in ancient Greece, India
and China. Badminton took its name from Badminton House in Gloucestershire, the
home of the Duke of Beaufort, where the sport was played in the last century.
A badminton-like game was known in ancient Greece and Egypt - a game called
battledore and shuttlecock - in which two players hit a feathered shuttlecock back and forth with
tiny rackets.
The game was played in India during the 18th Century, at which time it was called
"Poona" . In the 1860s it was adopted by British Army officers stationed in India. The officers
took the game back to England, where it became a
success at a party given by the Duke of Beaufort in 1873
at his estate called "Badminton" in Gloucestershire.
What is BADMINTON
Badminton - is a racket sport played by
either two opposing players (singles) or
two opposing pairs (doubles), who take
positions on opposite halves of a
rectangular court that is divided by a net.
Equipment
1. net
2. shuttlecock
3. rackets.
Court
Net
• The net is 760mm in depth and a minimum of 6.1m wide.
• The top of the net from the surface of the court is 1.524m at the center of the court and
1.55m over the side lines for doubles.
• There must be no gaps between the ends of the net and the posts. If necessary, the full
depth of the net at the ends is tied to the posts.