LESACA, ROSE ANN MAE L.

BSA-2

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Badminton-
⬥ Badminton is a racket sport that is played on a court divided by a net 5 feet high.
⬥ The game is played with a shuttlecock (“birdie”).
⬥ Can be played as singles or doubles.
⬥ The object of the game is to hit the shuttlecock over the net so that eventually the opponent is unable to return the
shot.
⬥ Badminton originated in India in the mid-1800’s.
⬥ Its popularity increased when English army officers stationed in India transported the game to England.
⬥ In England it was called “badmintin”.
⬥ Eventually it spread to the United States.

Court Dimention-
Badminton Courts have a length of 44’ (13.4 m), but double courts are 20’ (6.1 m) wide while single courts are
reduced to 17’ (5.18 m); shrinking by 1.5’ (.46 m) on both sides. The lines marking out the court are easily
distinguishable and coloured white or yellow. The lines are 40mm wide.

Part of shuttle cock-

The ball of shuttlecock is made up of two parts: the feather top and the rubber base.
Four coloured goose feathers in the form of a cross are installed into the pipe on the base.
The rubber base is made of three parts: the upper base, the lower base and the pipe for feathers.

RACKET HEAD POSITION

FOREHAND GRIP
 Side of the racket head
 Hold the racket just like when we shake hands with other people
 Between the thumb and index finger there is a gap shape like the letter V
 The other finger (pinky, ring finger, middle finger) grips the racket
BACKHAND GRIP
 Racket head position sideways
 Position of the thumb slightly apart from the other four fingers
 Four fingers (index finger, middle finger, ring finger and little finger) hold the
racket.