Lesson 2

• Individual & Dual Sports

  • SHOT PUT
  • LONG JUMP
  • BEACH VOLLEYBALL
  • TABLE TENNIS
• Individual & Dual Sports


  • Offers benefits that team sports do not
  • Promotes the development of motor skills, agility, hand-eye coordination and endurance
  • Combination of physical and mental development
  • Success is totally dependent on his/her partner's ability
  • You are responsible for every game
  • Building coping skills and resilience while developing self-esteem and confidence
• Badminton


  Individual & Dual Sport
• Rackets and Shuttles

  • Lighter rackets are easier to use for all levels and tighter strings will help with the power
  • Plastic shuttles - heavier, flies differently but lasts a lot longer than the feather
  • Feather shuttles - most official tournaments, much lighter but the feathers break easily
• Court and Net

  • Doubles court size: 20 ft. wide by 44 ft. long
  • Singles court size: 17 ft. wide by 44 ft. long
  • Service Court: 6 ½ ft. from the net
  • Net Height: 5 feet high and 5 feet 1 inch at post, the net line marks the middle of the court where the net is placed creating a 6.1 meters by 20 feet area on each side of the net
• Forehand Grip


  Do "shake hands" with your racket, the "V" produced between your finger and thumb should be on the top of the racket handle
• Backhand Grip

  Thumb must on the flat part of the racket handle, grip must be loose to enable the thumb to guide the racket through the shot
• High Serve (Single Serve)


  Aim to get the shuttle as high and as far back in the court as possible
• Doubles Serve (Back hand)


  Aim to serve as low to the net and as close to the short single line as possible
• Return of service

  1. In Singles - stand in the middle of the area to be served into

  2. In doubles - stand a little closer towards the service line

  3. Stand with your legs positioned with your non-racket leg in front, have your knees bent so you are ready to move with your racket up so you can react quicker
• Badminton Techniques

  • Forehand Grip
  • Backhand Grip
  • High Serve (Single Serve)
  • Doubles Serve (Back hand)
  • Return of Service (Singles)
  • Return of Service (Doubles)
  • Overhead Shot (Clear, Drop shot, Smash)
  • Net Shot
  • Net Lift
  • Drives
  • Defense Block
• Badminton started as Ti Jian Zi, kicking the shuttle, played by the people in China.
• He is the one who named Badminton 


  Duke of Beaufort
• Badminto became popular in India at a small town called "Poona" , where in the 1860, the net was introduced.
• Badminton was also called as Battledore and Shuttlecock, which was played by many countries:


  • Japan
  • China
  • Greece
  • India
• The British Army learned Badminton in India and took the equipment back to England during the 1870's
• Badminton was officially introduced to the guest of the Duke of Beaufort House.
• Paddle to keep a cork stuffed with feathers, called "shuttlecock"


  Battledore