Badminton originated over 2,000 years ago from an ancient Greek game called battledore and shuttlecock. The game was brought to England from India in the 1860s by British army officers and was popularized in 1873 at a party hosted by the Duke of Beaufort at his estate Badminton. Badminton is played with rackets and a lightweight shuttlecock between two or four players on a marked court with a low net, following rules including serving diagonally across the court and not touching the net.
Badminton originated over 2,000 years ago from an ancient Greek game called battledore and shuttlecock. The game was brought to England from India in the 1860s by British army officers and was popularized in 1873 at a party hosted by the Duke of Beaufort at his estate Badminton. Badminton is played with rackets and a lightweight shuttlecock between two or four players on a marked court with a low net, following rules including serving diagonally across the court and not touching the net.
Badminton originated over 2,000 years ago from an ancient Greek game called battledore and shuttlecock. The game was brought to England from India in the 1860s by British army officers and was popularized in 1873 at a party hosted by the Duke of Beaufort at his estate Badminton. Badminton is played with rackets and a lightweight shuttlecock between two or four players on a marked court with a low net, following rules including serving diagonally across the court and not touching the net.
Badminton originated over 2,000 years ago from an ancient Greek game called battledore and shuttlecock. The game was brought to England from India in the 1860s by British army officers and was popularized in 1873 at a party hosted by the Duke of Beaufort at his estate Badminton. Badminton is played with rackets and a lightweight shuttlecock between two or four players on a marked court with a low net, following rules including serving diagonally across the court and not touching the net.
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BADMINTON
ORIGINS AND HISTORY OF BADMINTON
The origins of the game of badminton date back at least 2,000 years to the game of battledore and shuttlecock played in ancient Greece, China, and India.
A badminton-like game was known in ancient Greece and Egypt - a
game called battledore and shuttlecock - in which two players hit a feathered shuttlecock back and forth with tiny rackets.
The game was played in India during the 18th Century, at which time it was called "Poona" . In the 1860s it was adopted by British Army officers stationed in India. The officers took the game back to England, where it became a success at a party given by the Duke of Beaufort in 1873 at his estate called "Badminton" in Gloucestershire. THE INVENTOR OF BADMINTON DUKE of BEAUFORT EQUIPMENT IN BADMINTON
A racket or racquet is a sports implement A shuttlecock (also called a bird or birdie) is
consisting of a handled frame with an open a high-drag projectile used in the sport hoop across which a network of strings or of badminton. catgut is stretched tightly. RULES OF BADMINTON The 10 rules of badminton are as follows:
1. A game starts with a coin toss. Whoever wins the toss gets to decide whether they would serve or receive first OR what side of the court they want to be on. The side losing the toss shall then exercise the remaining choice.
2. At no time during the game should the player touch the net, with his racquet or his body.
3. The shuttlecock should not be carried on or come to rest on the racquet.
4. A player should not reach over the net to hit the shuttlecock.
5. A serve must carry cross court (diagonally) to be valid.
6. During the serve, a player should not touch any of the lines of the court, until the server strikes the shuttlecock. During the serve the shuttlecock should always be hit from below the waist.
7. A point is added to a player's score as and when he wins a rally.
8. A player wins a rally when he strikes the shuttlecock and it touches the floor of the opponent's side of the court or when the opponent commits a fault. The most common type of fault is when a player fails to hit the shuttlecock over the net or it lands outside the boundary of the court.
9. Each side can strike the shuttlecock only once before it passes over the net. Once hit, a player can't strike the shuttlecock in a new movement or shot.
10. The shuttlecock hitting the ceiling, is counted as a fault.
HOW TO PLAY BADMINTON?
SINGLE BADMINTON DOUBLE BADMINTON
THE BASIC POSITIONS IN BADMINTON ATTACKING DEFENDING
When attacking, you should adopt a formation When defending, you must adopt a side-by- with one player in the rearcourt, and the other side formation so that you can cover the full player towards the front of the court. width of the doubles court. If you can’t cover The rear player will cover most shots to the the full width of the court, then you will lose rearcourt, continuing to play smashes or drop the rally immediately to any well-placed shots; the forwards player will cover replies to smash (or even a drop shot). the net or midcourt, either playing kills or shots that provoke another lift. PLAYER POSITIONS IN BADMINTON GROUP 4
