INTRODUCTION TO

BADMINTON
KING RICHARD T. TABLADA
Introduction to Badminton
PRE-ASSESSMENT

Before we start our discussion. Let us first

see what are your prior
knowledge about badminton. You just
need to raise your hands if you intend to
answer.
Introduction to Badminton
THE FOLLOWING ARE INCLUDED IN THE FIRST FOUNDERS OF IBF,
EXCEPT?

USA WALES
Introduction to Badminton
WHEN WAS THE FIRST BADMINTON GAME HELD?

1872 1873
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WHEN WAS BADMINTON INCLUDED IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES?

1992 1996
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WHAT WAS THE GOVERNING BODY OF BADMINTON TODAY?

BATH BADMINTON
BADMINTON WORLD
CLUB FEDERATION
Introduction to Badminton
WHO AMONG TWO DOMINATED MOST OF THE GAMES IN BADMINTON?

ASIAN EUROPEAN
 HISTORY OF BADMINTON
BADMINTON

Badminton is a sport involving racquets and shuttlecocks that should be hit over a net a
lmost similar like lawn tennis. The game was played in every parts of the world and has
gained increasing popularity over the decades.

The long history of badminton dates back many years and there are many changes 

within the rules and foundations, the playing objects and facilities, the varieties
of play and therefore the geographical emergence of recent talent.

­ he origins of the game of badminton date back at least 2,000 years to the game of
T
battledore and shuttlecock played in ancient Greece, China, and India.
Introduction to Badminton
1873 1877 1899

Controversy arouse
stemming from
The first
The first game in championship
disagreements over
England was played game for men
India rules versus
at Badminton, the British ideas, which was
estate of The Duke resulted in the played in 1899
of Beaufort formation of the soon to be
in Gloucestershire, Bath followed by a
referred to as 'The Badminton Club
whose mission was
championship
Badminton Game'. game for women
to adapt and
formalize rules and first played in
regulations for play. 1900.
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1934 1877 1972

The International The first big IBF Badminton

Badminton
Federation (IBF)  tournament was made its debut as
was formed in the a
1934 with 9 Thomas Cup demonstration
founding members
England, Ireland,
(men’s world sport at the
Scotland, Wales, team 1972 Olympic
Denmark, Holland, championships) Games in
Canada, in 1948. Munich.
New Zealand, and
France.
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1982 1992 1996

It was not until The mixed

the 1992 Games doubles event
The IBF merged in Barcelona that made its
with the  it was officially debut in 1996 at
World included on the the Atlanta
Badminton Olympic Olympic Games.
Federation. programme, with Since then, the
men’s number of events
and women’s has remained
singles and unchanged.
doubles events.
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09-26-2006 09-26-2006

The Badminton
4 September 2006, World Federation 
at the (BWF) is the
Extraordinary international 
General Meeting governing body 
in Madrid, the for the sport of 
name of the badminton 
organization was recognised by
changed to  the International
Badminton World Olympic
Federation (BWF) Committee (IOC).
BADMINTON WORLD FEDERATION
The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the international 
governing
body for the sport of badminton recognised by the 
International Olympic Committee 
(IOC).

It was founded in 1934 as the International Badminton Federation (I

BF) with nine member nations (Canada, Denmark, England, France, 
Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Scotland and Wales). India as an
affiliate.

In 1981 the IBF merged with the World Badminton Federation, and

on 24
September 2006, at the Extraordinary General Meeting in Madrid, t
he name of the organization was changed to Badminton World Fed
BADMINTON WORLD FEDERATION
When the BWF was founded (as the IBF), its head office was
located in Cheltenham, UK. On 1 October 2005 the head off
ice was relocated to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Its current pres
ident is 
Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen. The BWF currently has 176 member
nations around the world, organized into 5 continental
confederations.
 CONFIDERATIONS
The BWF works in co-operation with regional governing bodies to
promote and develop the sport of badminton around the world, they are;
REGION CONFIDERATION MEMBERS
ASIA Badminton Asia (BA) 43
EUROPE Badminton Europe (BE) 54
AMERICAS Badminton Pan Am (BPA) 37
AFRICA Badminton Confederation 44
of Africa
 (BCA)
OCENIA Badminton Oceania (BO) 16
TOTAL 194
 RANKINGS

The BWF World Ranking and BWF World Junior Ranking

are introduced to determine the strength of the players.
BWF World Ranking is used for determining the
qualification for entry and seeding for the BWF-sanction
ed
tournament.
The points awarded is based on the final results of each
tournament participated for the past 52 weeks. Junior
Ranking consists of players under 19 years old.
 TOURNAMENTS
GRADE 1
The BWF regularly organizes seven major international badminton events a
nd one event for para-badminton:

 Olympic Games in co-operation with International Olympic Committee

 World Championships
 World Junior Championships
 Para-Badminton World Championships
 Thomas Cup
 Uber Cup
 Sudirman Cup
 BWF World Senior Championships
 TOURNAMENTS
GRADE 2
Grade 2 tournaments, known as BWF World Tour was sanctioned in
to
six levels with different world ranking points awarded, as order they
are:

 Level 1: BWF World Tour Finals

 Level 2: BWF World Tour Super 1000
 Level 3: BWF World Tour Super 750
 Level 4: BWF World Tour Super 500
 Level 5: BWF World Tour Super 300
 Level 6: BWF Tour Super 100
 TOURNAMENTS
GRADE 3

Grade 3 tournaments, known as Continental Circuit was sanctioned

into three levels with different world ranking points awarded, as or
der they
are:

 International Challenge
 International Series
 Future Series
 AWARDS
The BWF bestows special honours onto players, umpires, sponsors and
other individuals for their achievement in badminton or for their contributio
ns to badminton.
 Lifetime Achievement
 Hall of Fame
 Herbert Scheele Trophy
 Distinguished Service
 Meritorius Service
 Certificate of Commendation
 Eddy Choong Player of the Year (hiatus since 2008)
 Best Male and Female Player of the Year
 Eddy Choong Most Promising Player of the Year
 Women in Badminton
Introduction to Badminton
THE FOLLOWING ARE INCLUDED IN THE FIRST FOUNDERS OF IBF,
EXCEPT?

USA WALES
Introduction to Badminton
WHEN WAS THE FIRST BADMINTON GAME HELD?

1872 1873
Introduction to Badminton
WHEN WAS BADMINTON INCLUDED IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES?

1992 1996
Introduction to Badminton
WHAT WAS THE GOVERNING BODY OF BADMINTON TODAY?

BATH BADMINTON
BADMINTON WORLD
CLUB FEDERATION
Introduction to Badminton
WHO AMONG TWO DOMINATED MOST OF THE GAMES IN BADMINTON?

ASIAN EUROPEAN
 LEARNING ACTIVITY #1
VIDEO PRESENTATION ABOUT THE HISTORY OF BADMINTON

As a Physical Education student, you are tasked t

o create a video presentation about the Historica
l
Development of Badminton with a minimum of
2
minute video duration. Then plan your own cour
se content in creating your own video presentati
 LEARNING ACTIVITY #1
REACTION PAPER

As a Physical Education student, you are taske

d to create a reaction paper about the History of
Badminton and its impact to the world of sport
s.
THANK YOU!!!
KING RICHARD T. TABLADA