PE103- BADMINTON
brought the game back to England from India and it
WHAT IS BADMINTON?
•BADMINTON is one of the RACQUET Sports
requiring players to hit a SHUTTLECOCK across net
with a racket inside a badminton court. Generally, it
comes in 2 Forms:
• “SINGLES”, A 1 VS 1 GAME
• “DOUBLES”, A 2 VS 2 GAMES.
HISTORY OF BADMINTON
• Badminton could be traced back to more than 2000
years ago to the ancient game called battledore
(bat or paddle) and shuttlecock (also called
“bird” or “birdie”), similar games were played for
centuries across Eurasia countries such as Greece,
Egypt, China, India, and Japan.
• from the 1600s, battledore and shuttlecock was just
a game involving 2 persons hitting a shuttlecock
towards each other as many times as possible
before it hit the ground and it used to be an upper-
class game in Europe, including England.
• Nowadays, you can still find a similar game in
Japan which is called Hanetsuki, it’s a very popular
new year’s game involving a WOODEN PADDLE
called Hagoita and a SHUTTLE called Han
According to “A Brief History of Badminton from 1870
to 1949” written by Betty Uber, Modern Badminton
was created by British military officers by around
1850s in British India, at that time, a net was added
to the game and because it was very popular in the
Garrison town of Poona, the game was known as
Poona.
• During that period, when the weather is windy and
wet, instead of a shuttlecock, a Woolen ball was
preferred by the upper class and hence invented
“Ball Badminton”
• By around 1870s, retired British army officers
became a very popular sport. in 1873 the duke of
Beaufort introduced the sport at his country estate,
“Badminton House” in Gloucestershire, since
then this sport was called Badminton.
• In 1875, a badminton club in Folkestone, England
was started by retired officers from British India.
• On 13 September 1893, the badminton association
of England published the first set of rules similar to
the modern rules that were published in a house
called “Dunbar” at six Waverley grove, Portsmouth,
England. by 1899, they started the first badminton
competition in the world, “All England Open
Badminton Championships”.
• By 1934, the International Badminton
Federation (IBF, now known as the Badminton
World Federation) was formed with England,
Scotland, Wales, Canada, Denmark, France,
Ireland, New Zealand, and the Netherlands as the
founding members.
• By 1948, the International Badminton Federation
launched the first tournament: Thomas cup (world
men’s team championships). since then, more
world-class events have been launched such as:
• Uber Cup (world team championships for women)
• World Championships (BWF world
championships)
• Sudirman cup (mixed team badminton
championship takes place every 2 years)
• World Junior Championships (BWF world junior
championships)
• World Grand Prix Finals
• By 1972, Badminton became a demo sport at the
Munich Olympics and became an official Olympic
sport at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. At that time,
only singles and doubles were listed.
• By 1996, mixed doubles was included in the
Atlanta Olympic Games, till now, badminton is still
the only sport with mixed doubles events in the
Olympics.
• These countries have won the gold medals at the
Olympics since 1992 to 2020: Indonesia, Denmark,
China, South Korea, Japan, and Spain
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT
FACILITIES
•The badminton court should be 44 feet long by 20
feet wide if playing doubles, and
• 44 feet long by 17 feet wide for singles.
- if the facility is indoors, there needs to be
enough height for the shuttlecock to be able
to float across the net without hitting the
ceiling
RACKET
• The badminton racket is one of the most important
tools a player has in the game. badminton rackets
are much lighter than most other sports rackets
because they are made from materials such as
carbon fiber or lighter metals such as aluminum.
Parts of the racket include the head, throat, shaft
and handle with a
• maximum length of 27.77 inches and a width of
9 inches.
• It strings that are stretched across the opening of
the racket in a checkerboard pattern, which acts as
the hitting surface.
SHUTTLECOCK
• The badminton shuttlecock, also referred to as a
shuttle or birdie, acts similarly to a ball in other
racket sports. However, the design of the birdie
creates more drag as it is propelled through the air
due to its feathered shape.
• The shuttlecock is made up of a cone shape with a
hard cork at its tip.
• Shuttlecocks can be made from a variety of
materials -- more expensive models are actually
made from feathers, and less expensive models
are made from plastic feathers.
• The shuttle has 16 feathers attached to the base
and the length of the feathers range between
2.44 and 2.75 inches
NET
•A mesh net divides the badminton court into two
sides.
• A badminton net is placed lower than a volleyball
net at five feet and one inch high on the sides and
five feet high in the center.
• The length may vary depending on whether
doubles or singles are playing, with singles
reaching 17 feet and doubles reaching 20 feet.
the net is 30 inches wide with a 3-inch white tape
doubled over the top
SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES
GRIP
•You will want to learn how to hold your racket with
the Forehand to hit shuttles on that side of your body
and Backhand to hit on the opposite side.
•You will use a Forehand grip to hit above your head
as well.
• You can hit the shuttle using a Backhand grip with
your elbow up or down. it is good to practice hitting
with these grips to improve your skills
STROKE
•Backhand
 - a stroke made when the shuttle approaches
the player on the off-racket side of the midline
of the body.
•Forehand
- a stroke made when the shuttle approaches
the player on the racket side of the midline of
the body
FOOTWORK
•Your footwork can bring more success to your game
if you learn the basics of moving on the court and
practice them. Your ready position should include
standing in the center of the court if you are playing
singles and bending your knees with your body
relaxed and waiting for play. move your feet by
shuffling them or gliding from left to right and
stepping or lunging forward. to move backward, go
fast enough that you get behind the shuttle to hit it
hard enough
SHORT
Clear - A shot hit deep to the opponent’s back court.
Drive - A fast and low shot that makes a horizontal
flight over the net.
Drop - A soft, finesse stroke hit with very little speed
which passes over the net close to the net cord and
falls into the opponent forecourt.
Net Shot - Shot hit from the forecourt that just clears
the net and drops.
Smash – a powerful overhand shot straight to the
floor of the opposing court.
SERVICE
•FOUR TYPES OF BADMINTON SERVES
INCLUDE:
1) The HIGH SERVE to move your opponent to the
back of his or her side of the court;
2) The LOW SERVE to make your opponent have to
get under the shuttle;
3) The FLICK SERVE that is used occasionally to
confuse your opponent who thinks you are going to
hit a low serve;
4) The DRIVE SERVES where you hit the shuttle
low, fast and to the rear of the receiver's court as a
strategy move that will result in a missed hit
TERMINOLOGIES
• Side Alley - side-extension of the court by 1½ feet
on both sides that is used for doubles play.
• Back Alley - area between the back boundary line
and the long service line for doubles.
• Backcourt - the back third of the court, in the area
of the back boundary lines.
• Baseline - back boundary line at each end of the
court, that runs parallel to the net
• Bird or Birdie - another name for the shuttlecock.
• Carry - an illegal tactic, also called a sling or throw,
in which the shuttle is caught and held on the racket
and then slung during the execution of a stroke.
• Center Line -line perpendicular to the net that • Overhead – the arm action used when the shuttle
separates the left and right service courts. is above a player’s head.
•Fault - a violation of the playing rules, either in • T – the junction at the center line and the short
serving, receiving, or during play. service line.
•Flick - a quick wrist and forearm rotation that • Toss – the process of determining whether a player
surprises an opponent by changing an apparently or team has the option of serving, receiving or
soft shot into a faster passing one; used primarily on choosing the end of court at the beginning of a game
the serve and at the net. or match.
•Forecourt -front third of the court, between the net • Underhand – a stroke made when the shuttle is
and the short service line. below the net.
• Hairpin Net Shot - shot made from below and very • Wood Shot - a shot that results when the base of
close to the net with the shuttle rising, just clearing the shuttle is hit by the frame of the racket. once
the net, and then dropping sharply down the other illegal, this shot was ruled acceptable by the
side. the shuttle’s flight approximates the shape of a international badminton federation in 1963
hairpin.
• Receiver – the player in the court diagonally
• Half-Court Shot - a shot hit low and to midcourt, opposite from the server to whom the service will be
used effectively in doubles against the up-and-back made.
formation.
• Server – the person who puts the shuttle in play.
• Kill- fast, downward shot that cannot be returned.
• Service – the act of putting the shuttle into play.
•Let - a legitimate cessation of play to allows an
• Service Court – the area of the court into which
exchange or rally to be replayed.
the service must be deliver.
•Love, Love-All – a term indicating no score. used
• Short Service Line - the line 6 1/2 feet from the
at the beginning of the game and after the game has
net which a serve must reach to be legal
been set
•Long Service Line - in singles, the back boundary
line. in doubles a line 2 1/2 feet inside the back
boundary line. The serve may not go pass this line.
• Match – a unit of play usually consisting of the best
two out of three games.
• Match Point – the potential winning point of the
match.
• Mid-Court – the area of the court from the short
service line to the double long service line
• Push Shot – a shot usually played at the net by
pushing in the shuttle without much force.
• Racket - instrument used by player to hit
shuttlecock weight:about 3 ounces. length: 27
inches. made of: ceramic, graphite, or boron frame;
beef-gut string.
• Rally – this occurs when the players hit the bird
back and forth several times before one side scores
a point