P.

E 3 INDIVIDUAL
& DUAL SPORTS
MYRA A. PARTIDO
Discussant
What is Badminton?
• Badminton is a racquet sport played
using racquets to hit a shuttlecock
across a net. Although it may be
played with larger teams, the most
common forms of the game are
"singles" (with one player per side)
and "doubles" (with two players per
side).
Who invented the game of
badminton?
• Invented in India in a version called
poona
• British army officers learned
the game about 1870.
• In 1873 the duke of Beaufort
introduced the sport at his country
estate, Badminton, from which
the game derives its name.
 Who is the father of
badminton?
The "father" of
badminton is
generally accepted
to be the Duke of
Beaufort live in
Gloucestershire,
now called Avon, in
England
What is the old name of
badminton?
• Early on, the game was also
known as Poonaor Poonah after
the garrison town of Pune where it
was particularly popular and where
the first rules for the game were
drawn up in 1873. In 1804, it was
known as battledore and
shuttlecock; first name of
badminton
Who is the first player of
badminton?
• Prakash Padukone was
the first player from
India to achieve world
no.1 spot in the game
and after him K. Srikanth
made it to the top spot as
male player for the
second time in April 2018
Who is the first player of
badminton?
• Saina Nehwal is
the first female player fr
om India to achieve
World no.1 spot in April
2015.
in Badminton
Badminton Court
Singles Serve
Doubles Serve
Short Serve
Back Hand Serve
• Oldest Badminton Club located in London
- Tower Hamlets Badminton Club
• Badminton from which the game derives its
name
- Japan - Hanetsuki
- China – Ti Jian Zi
- England – Battledore & Shuttlecock
• Current President of Badminton World
Federation
- Poul-Erik Hoyer Larsen
• BWF – Badminton World Federation
• IBF – International Badminton Federation
• IBF – The world governing body of the Sport
was formed in 1934
• Best Men`s Badminton in the Planet –
Kento Momota
• The 1992 Four Events Olympic Games in
Barcelona
1.Singles Men 3. Doubles Men
2.Singles Women 4. Doubles Women
• 1996 Five Events Olympics in Atlanta
1.Singles Men
2.Singles Women
3.Doubles Men
4. Doubles Women
5. Mixed Doubles
• Thomas Cup – For Men`s team Competition
• Uber Cup – For Women`s Team Competition
• Badminton established in 1934 with 9 Founding
Members
1.Canada
2.Denmark
3.England
4.France
5.The Netherland
6.Ireland
7.New Zealand
8.Scotland
9.Wales