Badminton

• 1860s- poona, now called badminton, was first played in India

  1870s- English soldiers stationed in India introduced the game to England

  1893- The Badminton Association of England was formed

  1934- The International Badminton Federation (IBF) was formed

  1992- The Olympic Games included badminton for the first time
• How to play?

  Badminton rackets are used to hit a shuttlecock back and forth over the net in an effort to get the shuttle to land on the other side of the court.
• How does a game start?

  it starts with a toss. The winner of the toss can choose to either serve first or choose the side of the court in they want to play for the first game
• How to score?

  • If you win a rally on your serve, you score a point
  • Win a rally on your opponents serve
  • Hitting the shuttlecock so that it lands on the opponent’s side of the court
  • Your opponent comes into contact with the net, fails to return the shuttle over the net or hits the shuttle outside the court
• Officials in a game:

  • umpire- calls the score and makes final decisions
  • service judge- looks for service errors
  • 10 line judges- look at different lines of court to determine if the shuttle falls inside or outside of the court
• Equipment used:

  • Racket
  • Shuttle
  • Uniforms
• How long does a game take?

  21 points and a match is the best of three games
• Skills to play badminton:

  • Serving
  • dropping
  • clearing
• Rules of Badminton:

  • players must not touch the net with their body, clothing or rack
  • players are not allowed to reach over the net to hit the shuttle
  • the shuttle must not be carried on or come to rest on the racket