BADMINTON

Group 1
What is Badminton?

Badminton is one of the racquet sports requiring players to hit a

shuttlecock across a net with a racket inside a badminton court.
Generally, it comes in 2 forms:
• “Singles”, a 1 vs 1 game and
• “Doubles”, a 2 vs 2 games.
• You can play badminton in both indoor or outdoor environments,
however, most of the world-class competitions are held in an indoor
area because they want to reduce the influence caused by external
factors such as wind and lights to the minimum level.
“Singles”, a 1 vs 1 game “Doubles”, a 2 vs 2 games
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History of
Badminton?
Origin of Badminton
Badminton could be traced back to more than 2000 years ago to the
ancient game called battledore (bat or paddle) and shuttlecock (also
called “bird” or “birdie”), similar games were played for centuries across
Eurasia countries such as Greece, Egypt, China, India, and Japan.
1600s - battledore and shuttlecock was just a game involving 2 persons
hitting a shuttlecock towards each other as many times as possible before
it hit the ground and it used to be an upper-class game in Europe,
including England.
History of
Badminton?
Hanetsuki - a similar
game in Japan which is
very popular new year’s
game involving a wooden
paddle called hagoita and a
shuttle called hane.
Development of
Badminton?
According to “A Brief History of Badminton from 1870 to 1949”
written by Betty Uber, modern badminton was created by British
military officers by around 1850s in British India, at that time, a
net was added to the game and because it was very popular in the
garrison town of Poona, the game was known as Poona.
During that period, when the weather is windy and wet, instead of a
shuttlecock, a woolen ball was preferred by the upper class and
hence invented “Ball Badminton”.
Ball Badminton
1870 - Retired British army officers brought the game back to England
from India and it became a very popular sport. In 1873 the Duke of
Beaufort introduced the sport at his country estate, “Badminton House”
in Gloucestershire, since then this sport was called Badminton.
1875 - a badminton club in Folkestone, England was started by retired
officers from British India.
1887 - J. H. E. Hart of the Bath Badminton Club standardized the rules.
13 September 1893, - the Badminton Association of England published
the first set of rules similar to the modern rules that were published in a
house called “Dunbar” at Six Waverley Grove, Portsmouth, England. By
1899, they started the first badminton competition in the world, “All
England Open Badminton Championships”.
Dunbar
1934 - the International Badminton Federation (IBF, now known as the
Badminton World Federation) was formed with England, Scotland, Wales,
Canada, Denmark, France, Ireland, New Zealand, and the Netherlands as the
founding members.
1948 - the International Badminton Federation launched the first tournament:
Thomas Cup (World Men’s Team Championships). Since then, more world-class
events have been launched such as:
 Uber Club (World Team Championships for Women)
 World Championships (BWF World Championships)
 Sudirman Cup (Mixed Team Badminton Championship takes place every 2
years)
 World Junior Championships (BWF World Junior Championships)
 World Grand Prix Finals (BWF World Badminton Grand Prix Finals, only the
top 8 players in the year-end world rankings were invited)
1972 - Badminton became a demo sport at the Munich Olympics
and became an official Olympic Sport at the 1992 Barcelona
Olympics. At that time, only singles and doubles were listed.
1996 - Mixed Doubles was included in the Atlanta Olympic Games,
til now, Badminton is still the only sport with mixed doubles events
in the Olympics.
These countries have won the gold medals at the Olympics since
1992 to 2020: Indonesia, Denmark, China, South Korea, Japan, and
Spain.
2006 - the IBF changed its name to the Badminton World
Federation (BWF). The BWF is the world governing body for the
sport of badminton, recognized by the International Olympic
Committee (IOC).

Historically, the shuttlecock (also known as a “bird” or “birdie”)

was a small cork hemisphere with 16 goose feathers attached and
weighing about 0.17 ounce. (5 grams). These types of shuttles may
still be used in modern play, but shuttles made from synthetic
materials are also allowed by the Badminton World Federation.
 shuttlecock
“bird” or “birdie”
Terminology
Terminology

1. Alley – an extension of
the width of the court on
both sides to be used in
doubles play.
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2. Backhand – any stroke

made on the side of the
body opposite the racket
side.
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3. Baseline – back
boundary line.
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4. Bird – the object that

flies over the net,
officially known as a
shuttlecock.
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5. Block – placing the

racket in front of the bird
and letting it rebound into
the opponent’s court
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6. Carry – momentarily
holding the bird on the
racket during the
execution of a stroke.
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7. Clear – a high shot

that falls close to the
baseline.
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8. Double hit –
contacting the bird twice
in succession on the same
stroke.
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9. Doubles – a game of
four players, two on each
team.
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10. Drive – a hard stroke

that just clears the net on
a horizontal plane.
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11. Drop – a shot made

that barely clears the net
with little speed.
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12. Fault – any violation

of the rules whose penalty
is loss of serve or the
point.
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13. Forehand – any

stroke made on the racket
side of the body.
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14. Hairpin (net) stroke

– shot made from below
and very close to the net
with the bird just clearing
the net and dropping
sharply downward.
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15. Home position – the

ideal spot for awaiting the
opponent’s return.
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16. Let – a play allowed

to be replayed.
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17. Match – best two out

of three games.
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18. Odd and even courts
– in singles, the right half
of the court is “even” and
the left half of the court is
the “odd.” When the even
player is serving from the
right the score is even,
and odd when serving
from the left.
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19. Rally – rapid returns

made by players.
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20. Ready position – an

alert body position
enabling quick movement
in any direction.
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21. Receiver – the player

to whom the bird is
served.
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22. Server – the player

who puts the bird in play.
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23. Shuttlecock – the

feathered/plastic object
that is hit back and forth
in badminton.
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24. Singles – a game

involving one player on
each end of the court.
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25. Sling – an untrue hit,

usually because of the
bird momentarily resting
on the racket.
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26. Smash – a powerful

overhand stroke that
sends the bird downward
over the net.
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27. Stroke – the action of

striking the bird with the
racket.
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28. Toss/spin – the

method of deciding which
side will serve first at the
beginning of the match.
Thank You