Physical Education and Health (PEH) 2

2nd Semester | 3rd Quarter (Mid-Terms)

Vince Cedric C. Resultay | STEM 11 – St. John

• Net – made up of fine tanned cord with a neck of

Lesson 1 more than 15 mm but less than 20 mm with at
least 6.1 m firmly stretched from post to post. The
Badminton top of the net from the surface is 1.5 m at the
center of the court.
• Posts – placed on the side of the boundary lines
INTRODUCTION of the court and measures 1.55 m high from the
• Badminton – a recreational and professional floor. They should remain vertical and will keep
racket sport. the net stretched.
o The objective of the game is to hit the
shuttlecock back and forth over the net TECHNIQUE, SKILLS, AND GRIP
with a racket to prevent of from hitting
the ground. • Grip – Badminton is basically a wrist work sport.
Every stroke depends on the grip. A player uses a
forehand or a backhand grip.
HISTORY OF BADMINTON • Serve – the shot that starts the game. It has 4
• Games employing shuttlecocks have been played types:
for centuries across Eurasia, but the modern o Low serve – played gently over the net to
game of badminton developed in the mid-19th land at the front.
century among the expatriate officers of British o High serve – played powerfully upward.
India as a variant of the earlier game of battledore The shuttlecock travels very high and
and shuttlecock. falls almost vertically downward at the
• Badminton has its own origin in Asia and Europe. back of the receiver’s court. This is used
• The game originally developed in India among the frequently in singles.
British expatriate where it was very popular in the o Flick serve – played upward, but more
1870s. shallowly than the high serve. This is
• In India (under British rule), badminton is called used to deprive the opponent of time,
Poona. forcing him to hit the shuttlecock when it
• In England, badminton is called battledore. is behind his body. This is used
• The origin of Badminton remains obscure. The extensively in doubles.
name derives from the Duke of Beaufort’s o Drive serve – a “low flying” stroke or
Badminton House in Gloucestershire. shot, intended to hit straight at the
• As early as 1860, a London toy dealer named opponent.
Isaac Spratt published a booklet entitled
“Badminton Battledore – A New Game”, but no
copy is known to have survived.
• An 1863 article in The Cornhill Magazine
describes badminton as “battledore and
shuttlecock played with sides, across a string
suspended some five feet from the ground.”.
• In 1992, badminton first joined the Olympics.
• Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the
international governing body for Badminton.
• BWF Championship happens every year.

EQUIPMENT
• Shuttlecock – called birdie and made of natural
and synthetic materials. It has a cork base
covered with a thin layer of leather. • Net shot – a shot or serve aimed at the front area
o It usually consists of 16 feathers. of the court for the opponent to play close to the
o They say that the feathers of the goose net.
are the best material for shuttlecock.
• Racket – used to hit the shuttlecock. It has
different parts:
o Head – contains the stringed part
o Shaft – connects the handle to the head
o Throat (if present) – connects the shaft to
the head
o Handle – improves the grip
o Frame – refers to the head, shaft, and
handle joined together.
• Court – must be smooth but not slippery and
levelled in a ground space measuring 17x44 ft. for
singles and 20x44 ft for doubles.
• Smash – a “killing stroke” where the racket held are not in the service area diagonally
with a straight arm is fling up to hit the shuttle opposite until the service is delivered.
squarely in the middle of the racket. • For the shuttlecock, a player makes a fault when:
o It falls on the wrong service court.
o It falls short of the service time, fall
beyond the long service time, or outside
the side boundary line of the court in to
which service is in order.
o It falls out of the court’s boundaries or
passes through the net, or touches the
foot, sidewalls, the person, or the dress
of the person.
• Clear – a “defensive stroke” that brings the shuttle o It is held on the racket during the
in high arc and allows the player to return to the execution of the stroke or if it is hit twice
middle of the court and to get ready for another in succession by the same player with
rally, where the shuttle is in the air. There are 3 two strokes or it is hit by a player and
types of overhead clear: his/her partner successively.
o Attacking / Offensive Clear o It is struck before it crosses the striker’s
side of the net.
• During a gameplay, a player makes a fault when:
o A player obstructs an opponent.
o The racket, player, or player’s dress
touches the net or it’s supports.
o A player is struck by a shuttlecock
o Defensive Clear whether he or she is standing within or
outside the boundaries of the court.
o A player is guilty of repeated flagrant or
repeated offenses.

o Underarm Clear
Lesson 2
Table Tennis

INTRODUCTION
• Table Tennis – also called Ping-pong. It is a ball
game similar in principle to Lawn Tennis.
• It is played on flat table into 2 equal courts by a
RULES OF BADMINTON fixed net across its width in the middle.
• Once one of the players have served, the receiver • The object of the game is to hit the ball so that it
who is at the opposite diagonally at the service bounces to the opponents’ half of the table in such
area across the court is expected to return the a way that the opponent cannot return it.
shuttle back to the server before it hits the ground. • Table Tennis is ranked 6th on World’s Most
This continues until one of you fails to return it. Popular Sports, followed by basketball.
• A point is given to the opposite side if you fail to
return the shuttle and it hits the ground or is out of HISTORY OF TABLE TENNIS
bounds. • 1880s
• The first one who reach 21 points is the winner. o Table tennis originated in 1880 as an
• A 1 minute break is done once a player reaches after-dinner game for the upper-class
11 points. inhabitants of Victorian England.
• The server may not serve until the opponent is o At that time, the upper-class people of
ready. England loved to play Lawn Tennis. And
• A player gains a point when he/she wins a rally or in winter, due to freezing weather
if the opponent committed a fault. conditions, it was very tough to play
• In the scoring system, a player must have a two- lawn tennis outside.
point advantage when both players/teams are tied o They first used 3 equipment: books
at 20. served as the net, tied knot of rope is
• The minimum score to win is 21 points while the used as ball, and cigarette boxes were
maximum is 30 points. employed as paddles.
• 1901-1926
FAULTS OF THE GAME o In 1901, the British manufacturer J.
Jacques & Son Ltd. trademarked the
• Fault – the term used in badminton when a player game with the name ping pong that
violates a rule. featured exclusively Jacques’ equipment
• In serving, a player makes a fault when: to play the game.
o The moment the shuttlecock is struck o In the United States, Parker Brothers
higher than the server’s waist. bought the trademark rights from
o Upon striking the shuttlecock, the head Jacques.
of the racket is higher than any part of
the server’s hand holding the racket.
o The server’s feet are not in the service
court when the service is made or if the
feet of the player receiving the service
 • Net – divides the playing surface into 2 equal
o In 1900-1901, James W. Gibb, a British parts, running parallel to the end lines both ends
enthusiast discovered the celluloid ping of the net should be as close as possible to the
pong ball that gave the game a new supporting posts.
dimension. • Ball – spherical with a diameter of 40 mm made of
o Another man, G.C. Goode invented the white, yellow, and matt celluloid or a similar
racket with a combination of a wooden plastic. Before, it sized 38 mm.
blade and pimpled rubber, where the • Racket/Paddle – used to hit the ball. It may be of
rubber was pasted on the surface of the any size, shape, or weight. Its blade is flat and
blade. rigid.
o The first unofficial world championships
were held in 1902.
TECHNIQUES, SKILLS, AND STROKES
• 1926
o 1926 is a memorable year of the history • Grip
of table tennis. International Table o Shakehand Grip – hold the paddle like
Tennis Federation (ITTF) was formed. shaking someone’s hand.
o Founding members of ITTF are o Penhold Grip – hold the paddle like a
Australia, India, Sweden, pen.
Czechoslovakia, Denmark, England, • Spin – affects the balance and trajectory of the
Germany, Hungary, and Wales. ball. It can be applied in serving and returning the
o ITTF organized the first official table serve. The most commonly used spins are
tennis World Championships in London. topspin, backspin, and sidespin.
This year also witnessed the birth of o Topspin - your paddle must be in position
another table tennis association, i.e. the where your forehand side faces 45
United States Table Tennis Association. degrees downward.
• 1926-1937
o Hungary won every World
Championship. The longest rally took
place in the World Championship, in
1937 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. The
first point continued over 2 hours due to
pushing-style play.
• 1950-2014: Era of Modern Table Tennis
o In the year, 1950, the introduction of o Backspin - Your paddle should be angled
sponge as an underlying material of the upward so that your forehand side faces
table tennis racket was a revolution in the ceiling. You swing through the ball
the game of table tennis. As a result, the with less speed. This type of spin is also
combination of sponge and rubber top called “chop tends to rise”.
increased the amount of spin and speed
drastically.
• 1952-1970: Era of Asia Dominance
o Japan became the first non-European
country to win the 1952 World
Championship.
o In 1956, a Japanese female player won
the World Championship and ended the
European dominance in female table o Sidespin - The angle of your paddle in
tennis. sidespin is sideways and swings
o China won several World sideways. Usually, sidespin is combined
Championships and became the king of with topspin or backspin in serves.
table tennis.
o In 1959, China won the World
Championship for the first time and
started to dominate the table tennis
world.
o In 1970-2000, Sweden arise and
interrupted China’s dominance.
• 1988: Table Tennis became an Olympic Sport
o 1988 is the most remarkable year in the
history of table tennis when the game • Basic Strokes
was first introduced in the 1988 Olympic o Drive – foremost offensive in nature. You
Games in Seoul with men’s singles, do this light topspin stroke to produce a
men’s doubles, women’s singles, and low-ball trajectory.
women’s doubles. China and South o Push – the basic backspin shots you use
Korea won 2 titles each. to change the pace of an exchange or to
return very low and close shots.
o Block – allows you to use your
EQUIPMENT OF TABLE TENNIS opponent’s force against him/her. You
• Table – the playing surface is dark-colored, usually execute this after a bounce to
preferably dark green and malt with a white line of retain maximum control and speed over
2 cm board along each edge. These lines are the ball.
called end lines and sidelines at the end and at o Smash - combines waist, forearm, and
the sidelines respectively. wrist movements to the fullest extent. It is
the “kill” in table tennis.
 RULES OF TABLE TENNIS
• In table tennis, a standard game ends with 11
points.
• In serving, the ball should bounce twice: on your
side first then over the net into the opponent’s
side.
• To return the ball, the ball should bounce once
directly on the opponent’s side.
• Service change is based on the sum of points
wherein the sum is an even number.
• In points, the difference of scores should be 2.

OFFICIALS OF THE MATCH

• Umpire
o checks the acceptability and the playing
conditions of the equipment
o Takes the ball at random if the players
are unable to agree on a choice
o Controls the order of serving, receiving,
and ends
o Corrects any errors
o Decides if each rally is a point or a let
except where the assistant umpire has
the equal authority
o Introduces the expedite system
o Calls the scores
o Maintains the continuity of the play
o Ensures that the rules and regulations
are properly observed
• Assistant Umpire
o Times the duration of the practice period
before the start of a match or a play
o Counts the strokes of the receiving
player or pair when in expedite system
o Decides whether the ball touches the
side of the table facing him or the top of
the edge playing surface on that side or
both.
• Both Officials
o Decides that a player’s service is action
is illegal
o Decides that the ball in service which is
otherwise good, touches the net
assembly while passing over it.
o Decides at the conditions of play are
disturbed in a way which could not affect
the outcome of the rally