Name: DELON, SITTIE A.

Yr/Crse/Sec: 2 BEED- A

A. WRITTEN ACTIVITY

1. What is the origin of badminton sport?

>Badminton originated in Gloucestershire, England in the late 19th century.

Badminton’s roots are tied to the game of battledore and shuttlecock which can
be traced back to ancient Greece. Battledore and shuttlecock was a simple game
where players used paddles to hit a shuttlecock between them with the objective
of keeping the shuttlecock from landing on the ground. This game was popular
among children to play in England.

British army officials stationed in Poona, India (current day Pune, India) during the
1860s evolved the battledore and shuttlecock game by introducing a net between
the players. This resulted in badminton at that time being referred to as Poona.
Retired British army officials returning to England introduced the sport to the
guests of a lawn party hosted by the Duke of Beaufort at his residence known as
Badminton House. The demonstration of this sport was spread through word of
mouth by the party guests as the “Badminton game” and the rest is history. Fun
fact is that Badminton is the name of an actual village for which the Duke of
Beaufort’s Badminton House is located, in the county of Gloucestershire, England.

2. What is the main objective in the badminton sport?

The aim of badminton is to hit the shuttle with your racket so that it passes over
the net and lands inside your opponent's half of the court. Whenever you do this,
you have won a rally; win enough rallies, and you win the match. Your opponent
has the same goal.

The objective of badminton is similar to that of other racket games. 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.

Each player tries to land the shuttle cock on the opposite teams while intercepting
it on their side. The cock has to fly over the net and reach the other side once a
player hits it. The shuttlecock volleys among the players to make a rally, and they
hit it with their rackets till it lands on the court or till one of the players commits a
fault.

The player scores a point if the opposite player misses the shuttle. These hits can
either be smashes, slow and light, or flat and low.

3. Write the main characteristics of the badminton racket and the badminton
shuttle.

>The Badminton Racket has five major parts to it- the stringed area, the Head,the
throat, the shaft and the handle. The Racket in it's entirety is called a frame. The
frame can have a maximum length of 680mm while the overall width is restricted
to 230mm.

>shutlecock characteristics:

1. Really should have 16 pieces of fur.

2. All feathers must have the same length of between 62 mm and 70 mm.

3. The tip of the plume should form a circle with a diameter of 58 mm length and
68 mm.

4. All hair must be incorporated into one strong unit.

5. Shuttlecock-shaped base half the length of the ball should have a diameter
between 25 mm and 28 mm.

6. Why should the whole weight of between 4.47 grams and 5.50 grams.