DURING THE GAME

- Ready position is having your legs bent with a staggered stance, have your racket head up and be
prepared to move forward/backward or to the sides.

- If the birdie is hit between the two of you, try calling for the birdie or whichever player has the closest
racket to the birdie, should hit the birdie.

As you can read below in the rubric, you can read more about the following Skills/shots used in PE

Clear Shot = the birdie lands high and deep in bounds (use when opponents are close to the net)

Drop Shot = contact is a gentle "push" of the birdie and it lands close to the net

Smash Shot = racket face is pointed downward thus hitting the birdie downwards in bounds and if
successful, it is unreturnable

ERRORS aka FAULTS

The point goes to the other team if you:

- hit it more than once time on your side

- touch the net with your body or racket

- hit the birdie out of bounds (Middle School is allowed two chances to serve)

The game of Badminton started in England, but it flourished in India. This game was started around 1870
in Poona (now Pune) in Maharashtra. The Indian officers in the British Army made its beginning from
that city. This game was initially known as ‘Poona’ game. A British national Duke of New Ford held this
game in his city, namely, Badminton (Glustershire) in England in the year 1873. This game was
subsequently called Badminton after the name of the city. First Badminton Association was constituted
in England in 1895.

The International Badminton Federation was formed in 1934. Sir George Thomas was the first chairman
of IBF. World-class Badminton competition is known as ‘Thomas cup’. ‘Thomas Cup’ was first held for
world champion men in 1948. The Uber Cup for a championship (women) was started from 1957. It was
included in Asian Games in 1962. Badminton Association of India (BAI) was established in Calcutta (now
Kolkata) in 1934. All India Badminton Championships are held under the auspices of this very
association. The maiden National Badminton championship was held in 1936 which was won by Vijay
Madwakar. Prakash Padukone won the national award continuously for nine times, from 1971 to 1979.

The winner predecessor to Prakash Padukone was Nandu Natekar who had won it six times. Syed Modi
won this award continuously for eight times. From 1980 to 1987. Badminton was included in the
Olympic Games in 1992. Prakash Padukone won All England Championship in 1980, and Pulela
Gopichand won it in 2001. These two personalities reached the highest peak of Indian Badminton.

1. Court

The badminton court is rectangular in shape as given in figure for singles and doubles games. Its length
and breadth is 44 feet and 20 feet respectively. It is marked with white or yellow lines 40 mm wide.The
width of all the lines is included in measurements.

2. Posts

There are two posts, whose height should be 1.55 m above the floor.