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Badminton:
History-
The sport of badminton evolved from the ancient game of battledore and
shuttlecock, a game played by adults and children for at least 2000 years in ancient
Greece, China, Japan and India. Peasants played it in Medieval England by the late
16th century, where it had become a popular children's game. By the 17th century,
battledore had become a pastime of the leisured classes in many European
countries. The game simply involved two players using bats to hit a shuttlecock
back and forth as many times as they could without letting it hit the ground. This
European influence may be one explanation to how battledore shuttlecock found its
way to colonial America.

On July 24, 1942, CBS broadcast badminton on national television, as the top 14
male and female players on the East Coast competed for the CBS Silver Bowl.
Badminton also went to the silver screen in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie
Badminton (which was named "MGM Movie Short of the Year" for 1945).

In 1987, the USOC officially recognized USBA as the National Governing Body
for the sport of badminton. In 1989, badminton made its USOC event debut at the
U.S. Olympic Festival in Oklahoma City, Okla.

At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, badminton made its first appearance as
an Olympic event, with U.S. athletes advancing as far as the second round of the
tournament. The sport first appeared on the Pan American Games program in 1995
in Argentina.

Equipment’s in badminton

❖ Racket -is 680mm in overall length and 230mm in overall width

❖ Shuttlecock- it comes into two types: the feather and the synthetic and
shuttlecock must weight from 4.74 to 5.50 grams with 14 to 16 feathers
Table tennis:
History –
Table tennis is a relatively new sport. The exact date of its origin is not
definitely known; however, it is generally agreed that it started in about
1890 as a game called ping -pong. It had a brief popular following
throughout- America and then subsided as a sport and Table tennis is a
common sport that could be played inside the gymnasium
And this game can be played in singles or doubles

In 1921, it was revised to the extent that a spot was provided for a table
in the RUMPUS room of almost every room, in 1926, the International
Table Tennis Federation was established in Berlin, In the Philippines
The governing for table tennis is the Table Tennis Association of the
Philippines (TATAP).

EQUIPMENTS
❖ The Table – the game is being played in a rectangular table
the plywood is with ¾ to 1 inch in thick and measuring 9 feet
(2.74m) in length and five feet (1.52m) in width and it’s
elevated at the height of 30 inch from the floor.
❖ The Net- Light in texture and stretched across the center of
the table and attached to the outside vertical standards
❖ The Paddle or Racket (Blade) – a wooden racket with a
rubber faced different color (black and any light color except
white) is mandated by the rules
❖ The Ball- the ball is small, celluloid, spherical, white or
orange in color, 40mm in diameter and 2.5g in weight it is
fragile but quite hard to break unless stepped on and the ITTF
approved standard ball has a uniform bounce if it dropped
from the height of 12 inches (30.cm) on a plywood table. It
should bounce up to 8 ¾ to 9 ¾ inches (22-25 cm).
 GRIP TECHNIQUE IN THE TABLE TENNIS

❖ The Shake hand grip is the prevalent grip of table tennis today,
used by the majority of recreational and professional players

❖ Push shot -A forehand push is a difficult defensive shot

that requires the player to strike downwards on the
back and underneath the ball to create backspin. When
performed correctly, a forehand push is used to change
the pace of an exchange or to return the ball in a very
low manner.

❖ Back Spin -created on a ball in table tennis by hitting the

bottom half of the ball in a downward motion, leaving the
ball spinning away from the opponent as it travels across
the table

❖ Top spin serve- A main offensive stroke. The ball is put into
play by projecting it upward from the palm of the hand .
 Lawn Tennis:
History-
The History of TENNIS GAME developed from a 12th century French handball
game called “PAUME” (PALM). In this game the ball was struck with the
hand. After sometime” PAUME” game produced handball “JEU DE
PAUME” (game of palm) and there were used racquets. The game was first
created by European monks for entertainment roles during ceremonial occasion.
At first, the ball was hit with hands. Later, the leather glove came into
existence. This leather gloves were replaced with an adaptive handle for
effective hitting and serving of the ball. That was the birth of Tennis Racquet.

Equipment’s of Lawn Tennis

Racket- its is vey important for a player to choose the right kind of
racket. One must consider the weight, size of the handle, the string,
balance and the quality of the frame

Tennis ball- the tennis ball should be a good quality hard. Balls with
worn- fuzz should discarded once the fuzz is removed because the
ball becomes very light and has the tendency to drift or float in its
flight, making it different to control. The ball is bright yellow in color

Types of grips
❖Forehand grip
❖Eastern grip
❖Western grip
❖Continental grip
❖Two handed backhands