PHYSICAL

EDUCATION and
HEALTH
BADMINTON
Badminton is played
with a racket &
shuttlecock in a court
HISTORY
 Badminton was
initially played with
the players' feet
 “Ti Zian Ji”
(China)

players use their feet instead of

rackets to hit the shuttlecock
 YouTube
Played with feet or
any parts of the body

The shuttlecock looks

different from the
badminton’s
birdie/shuttlecock

Ti Zian Ji – A Chinese Game

 “Battledore
and
Shuttlecock”
(England)

children’s game involving a

paddle keeping a small
feathered cork in the air for
as long as possible.
Shuttlecock

Battledore
 “Hanetsuki”
(Japan)

a very popular new year’s game

involving a
wooden paddle called hagoita
and a shuttle
called hane
 Hane

Hagoita
 “Poona”
(India)

introduced by the British

Military Officers who were
stationed in India.
 The British army officers were
very much fascinated by the
game and so they introduced it in
England sometime between 1870
and
1880.
 “Badminton”

In England, the game was

introduced and played at the Duke
of Beaufort’s Gloucestershire
residence called Badminton
House, and it is where the game
received its international
recognition.
 It was played on an hourglass-shaped
shaped court which remained unchanged
until 1901.
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