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Badminton – an indoor game played with light strong racket.
Battledore and shuttlecock – the ancient pastime where the authorities believed
badminton developed from.
Poona – (other name for Badminton) from india
Badminton club of the city of New York – Oldest badminton Club (1878)
US badminton Association – (1936)
The International Badminton Federation – World governing body of the sport (1934)
Thomas Cup – Men’s Team (1984)
Uber Cup – Women’s Team (1956)
World Badminton Federation (WBF) – sponsored the first world championship (1977)
Suderman Cup – established din memory of the former Vice President “Dick
Sudernamn”
Dick Suderman – The father of Indonesian Badminton
COURT:
Single – 44 feet long and 17 feet wide
Doubles – 44ft long and 22ft wide
Service area- There are two, on each side of the net. The right and left service court.
Short Service line – Line running parallel to the net.
Ceiling height – 30 ft official game, 24ft instructional game.
NET – made of dark colored mesh.
POST – 5ft and 1inch height from the floor.
Racket – can be made of wood, steel, aluminum, graphite, carbon and baron. 68cm
length, 100grams weight,
Racket parts:
Stringed area – part where the racket used to hit the shuttlecock
Shaft – (Neck) connect the handle to the head.
Handle – part of the racket intended to be gripped by the player.
Head – bound the string area.
Frame – the head, shaft, handle and throat made the frame. (The whole body of the
racket)
Shuttlecock – also known as “bird or Birdie”
Two types of shuttlecock:
Feathered – composed of 14 – 16 goose feathers and weigh from 4.74 – 55.50
Synthetic – suitable for recreational and p.e. class.
CLEAR – also called lob, shuttles soars high arc and falls behind the opponent.
Forehand overhand Position – racket from behind the body with the head up.
DROP – shuttlecock falls gently and just clear the net. Using forehand or backhand.
DRIVE – Hard stroke hit on a straight line. /Fast low shot with slow trajectory
SMASH – hard stroke hit sharply downward.
Stroke/Shot – sometimes used interchangeably.
Shot – differentiate flight patterns according to trajectory or elevation and depth.
Forehand Stroke – refers to any shot struck on the racket side of the body.
Backhand Stroke – struck on side way from the racket/left side of the right handed.
PARTS OF BACKHAND AND FOREHAND STROKE:
Backswing – Movements of the racket away from the target. (Move Backward)
Hitting Action – forward motions until the racket made a contact with the shuttlecock.
(move Forward)
Follow-through – movements from control contact until the player is back to the
original position. (back to the position)
OVERHAND STROKE – used to return the shuttle coming from the opponent If it’s get
behind you.
SIDEHAND STROKE – If the opponent uses Drive, hit the shuttle parallel sideline.
BASIC RULES & REGULATIONS:
1. Tossing for serve – before the match begin, opponents can toss a coin, spin a
racket or toss a shuttlecock to determine who’ll get the choice of serve and side.
2. Scoring – Rally point system is used in badminton. (any fault by the serving or
receiving gains a point)
LOVE – Designate the score of zero
LOVE-ALL – if both teams has scored zero.
Inside – called for serving player or team
OUTSIDE – called for receiving player or team
GAME POINT – point that a serve won which result to the server’s winning the
match.
MEN’S SINGLES – played to 15 points
WOMEN’S SINGLES – ends at 10 points
3. Setting the Score – If the score is tied to 13-all or 14-all ( 9-all or 10all for
women)
FAULTS – a team that violates the rules is charged with a fault
