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PRELIMS combative sports.

● In 776 BC, the Greeks held the first

Sports Definition Olympic Games, which was a

festival dedicated to their god, Zeus.

● Ancient Greeks practiced physical

- Sport refers to a highly organized
exercises and routines and as a
competitive physical skill activity
result, gymnastics was added in the
with rules and regulations
ancient Olympic Games.
INTERNET-BASED DICTIONARIES
● Sport as an organized, competitive,
entertaining, and movement activity
Classification of
that requires commitment, discipline, Sports According to
strategy, and fair play.

YAHOO REFERENCE DICTIONARY Player/s Composition:

● An activity involving physical
exertion and skill that is governed by
a set of rules.
LUMPKIN (1998)
● Physical activities governed by
formal and informal rules that involve
competition against an opponent.
INDIVIDUAL SPORT - consists of
only 1 player against an opponent
DUAL SPORT - consists of duo/pair
against 2 plates
TEAM SPORT - consists of three or
more players per team

Sports in Ancient Times

According to Level:
● Physical education historians believe
that people performed gymnastics AMATEUR - Pertains to a
and gymnastics-related activities like proletarian/popular type of sport
tumbling, jumping, swinging consisting one player
movements, and group acrobats
early in the history of mankind. PROFESSIONAL - A popular
profitable type of sport elevated as
● Monuments to the Pharaohs indicate an entertainment.
that a number of sports, including
swimming and fishing, were
well-developed several thousands of
years ago in ancient Egypt.

Benefits of Sports
● Chance at sports scholarships
● Develop emotional traits and
personality
● Develop mental and physical skills
● Encourage goal setting and
achieving this goals
● Health and fitness benefits
● Improves academic performance
● Improve body physique
● Less risk of cigarette, drugs, and
alcohol use
● Pleasure
● Professional growth
● Profit (professional sports)
● Satisfaction
● Socialization
Terminologies
1. ATHLETES
● Pertain to the players in sports.
2. ATHLETICS
● Organized, highly structured,
competitive activities in which skilled
individuals participate.
3. COACH
● The formal authority within a team.
4. COMPETITION
● Refers to the competitive sport or
tournament.
5. COURT
● The physical facility/venue where
sports are played.
6. EQUIPMENT
● Material used in sport.
7. EXERCISE
● Means to participate, to strengthen,
or to terms need to be understood.
8. GAME
● Synonymous to a match governed
by rules and regulations, a
recreational activities that are not
considered as a sport (ex. card
games, web games, etc.)
9. LEISURE
● Pertains to the available time used
from work, obligations, and
responsibilities.
10. MATCH
● Refers to an entire game
characterized by number, time,
and order.
11. OFFICIAL
● Person or group of individuals
who have the full jurisdiction over
the game.
12. PLAY
● The act of playing.
13. RIOT (HOOLIGANISM)
● Denoted violence in sports,
negative attitude in sports.
14. SET
● Refers to a partition of a match.
15. SPORTSMANSHIP
● An attitude that strives for a fair
play, courtesy toward teammates
and opponents.
16. SUPPLIES
● Refer as to the racquets and balls
that are inevitably replace.
 The sport usually played in events such
17. TEAM CAPTAIN as:
● The leader or the player that is ● Men’s singles
in-charge of his/her co-team ● Women’s singles
members. ● Men’s doubles
● Women’s doubles
18. TRAINER ● Mixed doubles
● The instructor that teaches drills
and skills.
Objective of the game:
19. UNIFORM
- To score twenty-one (21) points with
● The term that refers to the
2 points advantage
prescribed clothing of the players.
- The rally ends once a player
commits a fault or the shuttlecock
touches the floor.
- Use the paddle striking the
shuttlecock and avoiding it from
BADMINTON hitting the floor.

- It is an indoor skill sport and

considered to be the fastest Brief Historical
racquet-sport played by either two
opposing players (singles) or two Background
opposing duos/pairs (doubles).

POSITION:
● The two players or both pairs take
positions in opposite halves of a
rectangular badminton court that is
divided by a net.

● Throughout the medieval times, an

English children’s game named
Battledore and Shuttlecock was
popular and played, the battledore
being a paddle and the shuttlecock
as a small feather cork

FIRST BADMINTON
● English children game named
“Battledore and Shuttlecock” was
popular and played. The medieval
game used a paddle called
battledore and a small feather cork
called shuttlecock.
Supplies and Equipment
● Modern badminton can be traced to
mid-18th century British India.
● It was created by British military
officers stationed there. A net was
added to the traditional English
game of battledore and shuttlecock.
The game was known as POONA.
● The game was taken by retired
officers back to England (1980’s)
where it developed and rules and
regulations were set out.
● This new sport was introduced in
1873, the game was played in
Badminton House,
Gloucestershire, England in honor
of the Duke of Beaufort. From
thereof, the game known as
“BADMINTON.”
● The first badminton club in the
world was established in 1887
known as Bath Badminton Club
with standardized rules and
regulations.
● The International Badminton
Federation (IBF) (now known as
Badminton World Federation) was
established in 1934 with nine
founder members, England, Wales,
Ireland, Scotland, Denmark,
Holland, Canada, New Zealand
and France.
● Badminton was officially granted
Olympic status in the 1992
Barcelona Games. From 9 founding
members, the IBF to BWF now have
over 150 member countries.
1. BADMINTON RACKET
● Light (can be made of wood, plastic,
aluminum or other light metals with
nano-materials added for durability).
● Weights about 75-100 grams.
● Racquet head is either isometric or
oval.
● Racquet strings – 0.62 to 0.73 mm
in thickness with range of 80 to 160
N tension.
● Racquet shall not exceed 680 mm
in overall length and 230 mm in
overall width.
● Racquet is composed of carbon
fiber composite and with titanium
compositions.
2. SHUTTLECOCK
● Sixteen goose feathers fixed in a
cork base enveloped in a thin leather
sheet make a shuttlecock.
● High-drag projectile
● The shuttle weighs between 4.74 to
5.50 grams and its length can be
between 62 mm and 70 mm.

3. THE NET
● The net is 1.55 meters high at the
edges (5ft. 1 inch) and 1.524 meters
(5ft) high in the center and is usually
of dark in color.
● The net posts are placed on the
top within the double side lines and
are extended 5 feet and 1 inch high
from the floor.
● Width for Doubles – 6.1 m (20 ft.)
● Full length of the court – 13.4 m (44
ft.)
● Distance of short service lines away
from the net – 1.98 m (6 ft, 6
inches)
● Distance of long service lines away
from back boundary lines – 0.76 m
(2 ft. 6 inches)

4. THE NET POST

● It is placed on the top of the line

within the double side lines and are
extended 5 feet and 1 inch high from
the floor.

5. CLOTHING

● Whole clothing (shirt and short)

should be comfortable. Playing
clothes should be of a
short-sleeved shirt or T-shirt while
the shorts should be raised above
the knees. The girls may wear a
skirt with cycling shorts inside.

6. SHOES

● Shoes are lightweight with gum

soles of rubber or similar high-grip,
non-marking materials. Thick socks
will cushion the feet and will be more
competitive to use during the game.

7. THE COURT

● Width for Singles – 5.18 m (17 ft.)