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HISTORY OF BADMINTON
• BADMINTON IS A RACKET SPORT PLAYED BY EITHER TWO OPPOSING
PLAYERS (SINGLES OR DOUBLES), WHO TAKE POSITION ON OPPOSITE
HALVES OF A RECTANGULAR COURT DIVIDED BY THE NET. PLAYERS
SCORE POINTS BY STRIKING A SHUTTLECOCK WITH THEIR RACKET .
• THE BEGINNING OF BADMINTON CAN BE TRACED IN MID-18TH CENTURY IN
BRITISH INDIA, WHERE IT WAS CREATED BY BRITISH MILITARY
OFFICERS. EARLY PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWS ENGLISHMEN ADDING A NET TO
THE TRADITIONAL ENGLISH GAME BATTLEDORE AND SHUTTLECOCK.
THE SPORT IS RELATED TO THE BALL BADMINTON, WHICH ORIGINATED IN
TAMIL NADU, AND ITS SIMILAR TO HANETSUKI IN JAPAN
• BEING PARTICULARLY POPULAR IN THE BRITISH GARRISON TOWN PONNA
(NOW PUNE), THE GAME ALSO CAME TO BE KNOWN AS “POONA”
• AS EARLY AS 1860, ISAAC SPRATT, A LONDON TOY DEALER, PUBLISHES A
BOOKLET, BADMINTON BATTLEDORE- A NEW GAME, BUT
UNFORTUNATELY NO COPY HAS SURVIVED.
• IN 1893, THE BADMINTON ASSOCIATION OF ENGLAND PUBLISHED THE
FIRST SET RULES ACCORDING TO THESE REGULATION, SIMILAR TO
TODAY’S RULES,
• The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the international governing
• body for the sport of badminton recognized by the International Olympic Committee 
• (IOC).
• It was founded in 1934 as the International Badminton Federation (IBF) with nine
member nations
• In 1981 the IBF merged with the World Badminton Federation, and on 24
• September 2006, at the Extraordinary General Meeting in Madrid, the name of the
organization was changed to Badminton World Federation (BWF).
• When the BWF was founded (as the IBF), its head office was located in Cheltenham,
UK. On 1 October 2005 the head office was relocated to Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia. Its current president is 
• Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen. The BWF currently has 176 member
nations around the world, organized into 5 continental

FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

The racket is the equipment needed to hit the shuttlecock/bird.
A badminton racket weighs roughly 98-100 grams (3 1/2 oz), and is 68 cm. in length.
Badminton racket is quite light and can be made of wood, aluminium, metal or synthetic
materials such as graphite or carbon.
Synthetic racket is quite popular now because of its extreme lightness and strength.

PARTS OF ROCKET
 Stringed Area – is extended to hit the shuttle.
 Head– bounds the stringed area.
 Throat – connects the shaft to the head.
 Shaft – connects the handle to the head
 Ferrule – firmly connects the shaft and the handle.
 Handle – is intended for a player’s grip
 Butt – is located at the tip of the handle
 Frame – includes the head, the throat, the shaft and
the handle. It is no more than 680 mm. or wider than
230 mm.

SHUTTLECOCK
 It is the official name given to the shuttle or bird.
 It is made up of 14-16 goose feathers and is firmly fixed in a leather covered
cork head.
 It weighs from 4.74-5.50 grams.
 It may be made of feathers, plastic or nylon.

TYPES OF SHUTTLECOCK
 Feathered Shuttle – consists of 16 goose feathers. Its length is 62-70 mm. It must be
fastened firmly with thread or other suitable materials
  Cork or Base – shall be 25-28 mm. in diameter, and is rounded on the bottom.

COURT
 Although courts can be set outdoors, competitive badminton is generally
played indoor where the wind and other elements will not affect the shuttle.
The official badminton court is 20 ft. wide, while the singles court is 17ft. wide

PARTS OF COURT
 Back-court – also called rear court. The back-court is 8 ft. of the court, including the
back alley.
 Baseline – also called back line; back boundary line at each end of the end of the court
parallel to the net and the doubles long service line.
 Long Service Line – in singles, the back boundary line; in doubles, the line 2 1/2 ft.
inside the back boundary line. Any serve landing behind this line is out.
 Mid-Court – the middle third of the court from the short service line to the back third, a
distance of about 7 1/2 ft.
 Service Shot – area into where the service must be declined. A service may be made to
the right or left service court depending on the score.
 Short Service Line – the line 6 1/2 ft. from and parallel to the net. A serve must land on
or behind it to be legal.

The posts should stand 1.55 m. ( 5 ft., 1 in.) in height from the surface of the court. They
must be placed on the doubles side lines.

Badminton shoes have serious lateral support of the ankle, which prevents the ankles from
tucking in with a sharp change of direction and lunges.

BASIC SKILLS IN BADMINTON

GRIPPING a grip is a way of holding the racket in order to hit shots during a match. The most
commonly used grip is the orthodox forehand grip.
TWO TYPES OF GRIPPING
1. FOREHAND GRIPPING
2. BACKHAND GRIPPING

SERVICE  Is the shot that starts a play or rally. When the server is serving even points
(e.g. 2, 4, 6), he must stand in the right-hand half of his service court; when the server is serving
odd points, he must stand in the left-hand half
TWO TYPES OF SERVICE
1. FOREHAND SERVICE
2. BACKHAND SERVICE

FOOTWORK/ STANCES
Types of footwork
1. V FRONT
2. V BACK
3. SIDE BY SIDE
TYPES OF STROKES
1. OVERHEAD FOREHAND
2. OVERHEAD BACKHAND
3. UNDERARM FOREHAND
4. UNDERARM BACKHAND
CLEAR – This shot is the most common and can be offensive, moving your opponent back from
the net or defensive, gaining time to improve your own position.
DROP – This shot is a slow, gentle that falls just over the net into the opponent’s forecast.
SMASH – This shot is a powerful overhead shot used to put away the shuttle that is above the
height of the net.
DRIVE – This is a line- drive shot that travels parallel to the ground, passing close over the net