PE 2

• Battledore

  Bat or paddle
• Shuttlecock

  First name to badminton
• Battledore and shuttlecock originated

  More than 2000 years ago
• Battledore and shuttlecock was an upper-class pastime in England

  1600s
• Creation of modern badminton

  1. Created by the British military

  2. Net was added and called "poonaor poonai"

  3. Taken by retired officers back in England

  4. Called badminton in Gloucestershire
• Badminton

  A sport played indoors on a court, presided by the umpire in British England and a referee in American English
• Badminton court

  • 13.40m x 5.18m for singles
  • 13.40m x 6.10m for doubles
  • Net height is 1.55m
• Shuttlecock

  Made of a semispherical piece of cork coated with leather that has 16 goose feather
• Rackets

  Made of either aluminum, steel and carbon fiber
• Badminton uniform

  Shorts/skirts and short-sleeved shirts
• Forehand grip

  Used to hit shots that are on the hand facing
• Backhand grip

  Used to hit shots that are on back of the hand facing
• Basic footwork

  1. Side to side - begin with the right foot and end with the same foot

  2. V-back - move diagonally to the back with the right foot and end with the same foot

  3. V-front - move diagonally to the front