HISTORY OF THE GAME

The badminton was first introduced by the whi le

British military officers in the mid-18th century wi
India was under British rule. Badminton was popular in the British garrison town Pune. 1 i t
also came to be
game known as Poona. Initially, balls of wool, referred to ball badminton,
Were
preferred by the upper classes in windy or wet conditions. Later on, shuttlecock was introduced.
This game was taken by the retired officers back
England where it developed and rules were set
to
out. In England this game is
played between two players and also in double with request under
the rules that prevailed in British India.
The Bath Badminton Club standardized the rules and
made the game applicable to English ideas. The basic
first regularized set of rules were similar to the regulations were drawn up in 1887. The
earlier rules published by the Badminton
Association of England in 1893. Badminton was included in the
Asian Games in 1962. The BWF
Badminton World Federation) now governs international badminton and
develops the sport
globally. It was introduced as an official Summer Olympic sport at the Barcelona
1992. Olympics in
MEASUREMENTS OF PLAYFIELDS AND SPECIFICATIONS OF SPORTS
EQUIPMENTS
1. Shape of the playfield =
Rectangle (for both singles & doubles)
2. Number of players in a team = 4
Number of players in each side (for singles) = 1
Number of players in each side (for doubles) 2
Size of the court (for doubles) 44'x 20' feet (or 13.4 x 6.1 m)
Size of the court (for singles) = 44' x 17' feet (or 13.4 x 5.18 m)
Width of the net = 2 feet 6 inches (or 0.79 m)
Height of the net from the centre = 5 feet (or 1.524 m)
Height of the net from the poles (at edges) = 5 feet 1 inch (or 1.55 m), 5 feet at the
centre of the court.
Top of the net with white cloth tape = 75 mm

Weight of the shuttle = 4.73 to 5.50 g

Number of feathers in a shuttle = 14 to 16
Length of the feathers = 2.5 to 2.8 inch(or 6.4 cm to 7 cm)
Length of the racket = 27 inches (or 680 mm)
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BACK BOUNDARY LINE

FOR SINGLES
ALSO LONG SEPVICE LINE

LONG SERVICE LINE FOR OOUBLES

- SHORT SERVICE LINE

POST NET - POST

SHORT SERVICE LINE

LONGSERVICE LINE FOR DOuBLES

BACK BOUN DARY LINE

ALSO LONG SERVICE LINE
FOR SINGLES
 Tips of the fenthers form a circle
with a diameter from B8 mm- 68 mm

Feather (16)

Ge
64 mm- 70 mm
220mm
Thread
Angle 1
Base
25 mm and round
at the bottom

Shuttlecock Throat
Angle 2
Stringed
area
Shaft

Angle 3
Handle
Forehand Grip
Racket

15. Weight of the racket = 85 to 140 g (or 335 mm)

16 Length of the frame = 11 inch
17. Width of the frame = 9 inches (or 230 mm)
18. Points in singles and doubles (Men &
Women) = 21 points
19. 5 Side galleries (each side)
1 feet 6 inches
20 Back galleries (each side) = 2 feet 6 inches
21. Number of maximum set
3 set
22 Number of officials = 7 (Referee-1, Umpire-I,
Senior Judge-1, Linemen-4)
LATESTRULES RELATED TO BADMINTON
1. Courts usually marked for both singles and doubles play, although the laws
are
court to be marked for pE
singles only.
2 The service courts are marked by a centre line
dividing the width of the court.
3 The net posts are placed over the doubles sidelines, even when
singles is played.
4 To test a shuttlecock, use a full underhand stroke which
makes contact w
shuttlecock over the back boundary line.
5. Each game is played to 21 points, with players scoring a
point.
6. At the start of the rally, the server and the receiver stand in
courts.
diagonally opposite
7. Insingles, the server stands in his /her right service court on the even point, anc
side on odd points.
8. Ifalet is called, the rally is stopped and replayed with no change to the score.
9 If the receiver is not ready when the service is delivered, a let shall be
called; y
receiver attempts to return the shuttlecock, he should bejudged to have been read;
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FUNDAMENTAL
SKILLS OF

and Backhand effectivel.

to perform all of them
Forehand
(a) Strokes: skill as i
Badminton players require
a high
level of the front of the hand lead
Forehand strokes are
hit with
wide variety of basic strokes.
strokes are hit with
the back ofthe handleadi
with the palm),
whereas backhand strokes on the f
hitting are s e e n very
often playing certain reha
with the knuckles). Players
hitting
hitting action, and vice
versa.
backhand
sidewith a

Player
b) Position ofthe Shuttlecock and the Receiving to series players have muei
players/receiver take currently positioned according
Opponent
reach the shuttlecock well above the net height, especially, if
etter attacking options ifthey
can
shuttlecock will be met with a net kill, hitting
s also close to the net. In
the forecourt, a high
the rally immediately. In the mid court, hig=
a
downward and attempting to win
steeply a powerful smash,
also hitting downwards and hoping for a
will usually be met with
shuttlecock strive to hit the shuttlecock while iti-
winner or a weak reply. In the rear court, players
outright it to drop lower.
till above them, rather than allowing
c) Singles Tactics
entire court, to play therefore singles tactics are basedor
A single person needs to cover the strokes are normall
much as possible. This means that singles
orcing the opponent to move as the length of the court by combinins
directed to different angles of the two courts. Players exploit
often leaves the smasher vulnerable
i
ifts and clears with drop shots and net shots. A smashing
in extreme angle.
he smash is returned. So smash is required when opponents are

d) Mixed Doubles Tacties

It is a combination of male and female players. Both pairs typically try to maintain a
the back. This is because tn
attacking formation with the woman at the front and the man at
more powerful smashes. Mixed doubie
male players are usually physically stronger, and produce Clever opponents will try
requires greater tactical awareness and subtler positional play.
the back or the man towards thefron
reverse the ideal position, by forcing the woman towards
better attacking.
SPORTSTERMINOLOGY RELATED TO BADMINTON
* Bird: It is another name for the
shuttlecock.
Court: Iti1s the playing area enclosed between the back boundary lines and
Inning:Itis the time, during which a player or pair holds
service
Let: The stopping of a play owing to any outside interference is called 'let. Tne po

replayed.
Let is also given ifa server serves hefore the receiver is ready to receive the serv
Love: This term is used to
indicate zero in scoring.
Match point: The point which. ifwon hv the server. makes him the winner of the maw
Net strokes: These are the strokes, which are executed to return a shuttle 1alnng co
the net.
Rally: The exchange of shots during
match or play is called a rally.
a
Rotation: Rotation is the system of play in the doubles game in which the players ket
changing their positions during the play.
Server: The player, who puts the shuttle into
play, is called the server.
Side out: When a player or a pair has finished their right to serve, side out is caled ans
shuttle is given to the opponent/
opponents to serve.
Smash: It is a stroke in which the shuttle is sent downward with
speed to finish a rally
Toss or Lob:It is a stroke that sends the shuttle high and deep towards the base line d
opponent.

IPORTANT TOURNAMENTS AND VENUES

aportant sportspersons'pictures
)Tournaments
China Cuup
European Cup
Konika Cup
Mayors Cup
Team Men)
Narang Cup (National Junior
Women)
Olympic Challenge Cup (National Team Women)
Junior
Shafi Qureshi Cup (National
Thomas Cup (World Team Men)
Uber Cup (World Team Women)
Wills World Cup
555 World Cup
Yonex Cup
Venues
New Delhi
NDMC Indoor Stadium,
Nehru Stadium, Indore Thomas Cup
Iniuomnitur Stadium. Trivandrum
 SPORTSAWARIDS
ARJUNA AWARDEES
1961 Nandu Natekar 2 1962 Meena Shah
1967 Suresh Goel
3 1965 Dinesh Khanna
5. 1969 Dipu Ghosh 6. 1970 Damayanti Tamha
7. Shobha Moorthy 8. 1972 Prakash Padukone
1971
9 Raman Ghosh 10. 1975 Davinder Ahuja
1974
11. 1976 Ami Ghai
12 977-78 Kanwal Thakur Singh 13. 1980-81 Syed Modi
14. 1982 Partho Ganguli 15. 1982 Madhumita Bisht
16. 1991 Rajeev Bagga 17. 2000 Pullela Gopichand
18 1999 George Thomas
19 2002 Ramesh Tikaram (Physically Challenged)
20 2003 Madasu Srinivas Rao (Physically Challenged)
21. 2004 Abhinn Shyam Gupta 22. 2005 Aparna Popat
23. 2006 Chetan Anand
24 2006 Rohit Bhakar (Physically Challenged)
25. 2008 Anup Sridhar 26. 2009 Saina Nehwal
27 2011 Jwala Gutta
28. 2012 Ashwini Ponnappa
29. 2012 Parupalli Kashyap
30. 2013 P.V. Sindhu d by
31. 2013 V. Diju
RAJIV GANDHI KHEL RATNA
AWARDEES
2000-01 Pullela Gopichand
2009-10 Saina Nehwal
2016 P.V. Sindhu
Prakash Padukone
General Questions for Viva Voce

.1. What is the length and breadth of the

badminton court for
ns. The length and breadth of the badminton singles?
court for singles
respectively. are 5.18 m and
-2. What is the length and breadth of
the badminton court
ns. The length and
breadth ofthe badminton for doubles?
3. What is the breadth of court for doubles are 44 ft and 20
the net? m, respec
as. The breadth of
the
net is 2 ft 6 inches.
4. What is the breadth of the white
as. The breadth ofthe white tana aft
tape of the upper
part of the badminto