BADMINTON

BADMINTON
is a racket sport played by either two opposing
players (singles) or two opposing pairs (doubles)
who take position on opposite halves of a
rectangular court that is divided by a net.
 OBJECTIVES of the GAME
The objective of the game is to hit the
shuttlecock back and forth across the
net preventing it to fall on the ground
and to make the opponent commit
fault in order to gain point.
HISTORY
of BADMINTON
a game called
“ti jian zi” 200 to
(shuttle kicking) 500 BC
was played in
Ancient China.
By the “Battledore
time of the and Shuttlecock”
birth of was played in
Christ China, Japan and
Greece

Note: Battledore means “Paddle”

Battledore and 16th
Shuttlecock had CENTURY
evolved into a
children’s game
17th
Battledore and
CENTURY
up to MID Shuttlecock became
19th popular with the
CENTURY upper class in
Europe
The British army officers
stationed in India were very
much fascinated by the game YEAR
“POONA” so they took a
competitive Indian version back
to England where it was played
1860
at country houses as an upper
class amusement

Trivia: Badminton is derived directly from poona

 The new sport definitely
YEAR launched (Badminton)

1873 during a lawn party held

at the house of the Duke of
Beaufort in Gloucestershire
England which is the
Badminton house
The Bath Badminton
Club standardized the YEAR
rules and made the
game applicable to
1887
English ideas
YEAR
Badminton Association
1897 of England published
the first set of rules
The first badminton
competition in the YEAR
world was held, 1899
the All England
Open Badminton
Championships
 Badminton World Federation
YEAR (BWF) was established, it is
1934 the Highest Governing Body of
badminton internationally

Trivia: Before, it was known as IBF (International

Badminton Federation) and it started with 9 founding
members: Canada, Denmark, England, the Netherlands,
Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland and Wales.
 YEAR
Badminton became a
demonstration sport 1972
in Munich Olympics
YEAR Badminton officially
1992 became an Olympic
sport
 COURT

FACILITIES NET
and
SHUTTLECOCK
EQUIPMENT
RACKET
COURT

similar to Lawn Tennis court in

shape and markings but has
smaller dimensions
COURT
NET
it is brown, green or black with meshes so that the bird cannot
pass through
22 feet long
2 feet wide
5 feet in height at the center    
5 feet 1 inch at the post
NET
SHUTTLECOCK
also known as “Bird”
Kinds of  Shuttlecock
Feathered shuttlecock- used in official game
Synthetic shuttlecock- used in casual game
Length - 2.5 inches    
Weight - 4.74 to 5.50 grams  
Composed of 14 to 16 Goose feather
SHUTTLECOCK
RACKET
similar to those used in Lawn Tennis but much lighter and
smaller
Before rackets are made of wood     
Today rackets are made of carbon-fibre composite (graphite
reinforced plastic)
Length - 26.75 inches
Width - 9 inches   
Weight - 80 to 100 grams with strings
RACKET
 Ace
a serve which is not by the
opponent.

Fault
TERMINOLOGIES infraction of the rules which
in BADMINTON result to the loss of service or
point.
Game or Set
consists of 21 points.

Let
an incident which requires the TERMINOLOGIES
replay of the rally.
in BADMINTON
 Love
term used to indicate the score
of zero.

TERMINOLOGIES Match
consists of best of three games
in BADMINTON or sets.
Server
the player who puts the bird in
play.

Bird
another term for shuttlecock
TERMINOLOGIES
in BADMINTON
 Rally Point
the new scoring system that was
adopted on February 2006

TERMINOLOGIES Receiver
in BADMINTON the player to whom the bird is
served.