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History of Badminton

History of Badminton. Dates back as far as ancient Grecian and Egyptian civilizations over 2000 years ago as a battledore and shuttlecock game Contemporary sport of badminton has an English influence. Battledore and Shuttlecock. It started in the 1600s as a children’s game

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History of Badminton

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  1. History of Badminton

  2. Dates back as far as ancient Grecian and Egyptian civilizations over 2000 years ago as a battledore and shuttlecock game • Contemporary sport of badminton has an English influence

  3. Battledore and Shuttlecock • It started in the 1600s as a children’s game • Players used feathered shuttlecock and simple and small wooden bats • No net

  4. The object of the game was to simply keep the shuttle from hitting the ground.

  5. 18th Century in India

  6. Badminton was called “POONA” (came from the name of the town, now Pune) • Created by the British military officers who stayed in India and added a net to it • The retired officers brought the game back to England

  7. 1860 - Isaac Spratt, a London toy dealer, published a booklet, Badminton Battledore - a new game, but unfortunately no copy has survived

  8. 1873 – Badminton was launched at the Badminton House, Gloucestershire, owned by the Duke of Beaufort. • The game was called… THE GAME OF BADMINTON

  9. Gloucestershire

  10. 1887 – The BATH BADMINTON CLUB standardized the rules • 1893 – the Badminton Association of England published the 1st set of rules similar to today’s rules

  11. 1934 – International Badminton Federation (IBF) was established • 1992 – Badminton became an Olympic Sport

  12. Rules

  13. Toss of coin

  14. Each set is played to 21 points and consists of a best of three match • In case of deuce (20- all), the game continues until one side gains a two-point lead • Game ends at the 30th point • Rally point scoring system

  15. If the score is EVEN – the server serves at the right service court • If the score is ODD – the server serves at the left service court

  16. In DOUBLES event – if the serving side wins a rally, the same player continues to serve but if the opponents win the rally, the player in the right service court will serve if the score is even and left if the score is odd

  17. EQUIPMENT

  18. a. Racket - stringed area – shall not exceed 280 mm in overall length and 220 in overall width

  19. RACQUET > 79-91 grams (including strings) > Carbon fibre composite or Steel > Traditional oval head shape > Isometric head shape (squared off at the top)

  20. b. Shuttlecock • Shall have 16 feathers • Length should be between 62-70 mm • Diameter of the base – 25 – 28 mm

  21. Equipment SHUTTLECOCK > open conical shape > cone  formed from sixteen overlapping goose feathers embedded into a rounded cork base > Synthetic shuttles (nylon) Green  slow speed Blue  middle speed Red  fast speed

  22. COURT

  23. Court

  24. BASIC SKILLS FOREHAND STROKE BACKHAND STROKE

  25. SERVICE

  26. Actual game

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