TYPES OF HITS

1. Drive: when the shuttlecock is at the net height, at the side of your body, hitting it with sufficient pace to the opponent's midcourt or backcourt area.The serve

2. Serve : The serve is the technical movement to start the game. You can serve forehand  or backhand. The serve can be long or short.

3.Net Shot/net lob: These shots are played from around the net area back to your opponent's net area. The objective is to force your opponent to hit a weak lift or hit shots that could not clear the net.

4.Net lift/lob: an underarm clear played from around thenet area. Use this shot when you want move your opponent to the back court or create more time for yourself.

Most badminton shots in the back court area are played overhead.

 Some shots in this area are:

1. Clear: hitting the shuttlecock high to the opponent's backcourt. Clear shots are of two types - defensive clear and attacking clear.

2. Smash: hitting the shuttlecock steeply towards the opponent's midcourt, at high speed.

3. Dropshot: hitting the shuttlecock downwards towards the opponent's forecourt.

BADMINTON FACTS

Here there are some some facts of badminton and its history:

- The official game of Badminton was born in a stately home in Gloucestershire, England, home of the Duke of Beaufort.


- Badminton is the Fastest Racket Sport with shuttle clocking speed in excess of 200 mph.

- The International Badminton Federation (IBF) was founded in 1934 with nine members and now has over 150 members.

- Badminton was introduced into USA in the 1890s and became popular in the 1930s.

- Badminton is an Olympic Sport played first in the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona.
(More than 1.1 billion people watched the 1992 Olympic Badminton competition on television.)

- Only 3 countries have won the Thomas Cup since it's inception in 1948: Malaysia, Indonesia and China.

- Only 4 countries have won the Uber Cup since its inception in 1956: USA, Japan, China and Indonesia.

The greater shuttlecock of the world is located in the gardens of the Kansas City Museum. And It is 48 times larger than normal!

BADMINTON EQUIPMENT

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SCORING SYSTEM

A badminton match is comprised of the best of three games of 21 points. It's a rally point system whereby whoever wins a rally, wins a point. In case, the score reaches 20 all, the side that gains a 2 point lead first wins the game. For instance, the score is 27-25, the side scoring 27 will win.


At 29 all, the side scoring the 30th point is the winner of the game. The side winning a game is entitled to serve first in the next game.

BADMINTON RULES

1. A game starts with a coin toss. Whoever wins the toss gets to decide whether they would serve or receive first or what side of the court they want to be on. The side losing the toss shall then exercise the remaining choice.

2. At no time during the game should the player touch the net, with his racquet or his body.

3. The shuttlecock should not be carried on or come to rest on the racquet.

4. A player should not reach over the net to hit the shuttlecock.

5. A serve must carry cross court diagonally to be valid.

6. During the serve, a player should not touch any of the lines of the court, until the server strikes the shuttlecock. During the serve the shuttlecock should always be hit from below the waist.

7. A point is added to a player's score as and when he wins a rally.

8. A player wins a rally when he strikes the shuttlecock and it touches the floor of the opponent's side of the court or when the opponent commits a fault. The most common type of fault is when a player fails to hit the shuttlecock over the net or it lands outside the boundary of the court.

9. Each side can strike the shuttlecock only once before it passes over the net. Once hit, a player can't strike the shuttlecock in a new movement or shot.

10. The shuttlecock hitting the ceiling, is counted as a fault.

BADMINTON COURT

The badminton court shall be a rectangle laid out with lines of 40mm wide, preferably in white or yellow color. The badminton court dimensions are of 13.4m in length and 6.1m in width.

The post shall be 1.55m in height from the surface of the court and shall remain vertical when the net is strained. The net shall be made of fine cord of dark color and even thickness with a mesh of not less than 15mm and not more than 20mm. The net shall be 760mm in depth and at least 6.1m wide.

The top of the net shall be edged with a 75mm white cloth. The top of the net from the surface of the court shall be 1.524m (5ft) at the centre of the court and 1.55m (5ft 1in) over the side lines for doubles. There shall be no gaps between the ends of the net and the posts. If necessary, the full depth of the net should be tied at the ends.

The recommended surface for a badminton court is wood and bituminous material. Avoid cocrete or carpet as playing on it will easily injure you.

HISTORY OF BADMINTON

In the 5th century BC, the people in china then played a game called ti jian zi. A direct translation from this word 'ti jian zi' is kicking the shuttle. As the name suggest, the objective of the game is to keep the shuttle from hitting the ground without using hand. It was the first game that uses a Shuttle. About five centuries later, a game named Battledore and Shuttlecock  was played in china, Japan, India and Greece. This is a game where you use the Battledore (a paddle) to hit the Shuttlecock back and forth. By the 16th century, it has become a popular game among children in England. In Europe this game was known as "jeu de volant" to them. In the 1860s, a game named Poona was played in India. This game is much like the Battledore and Shuttlecock but with an added net. The British army learned this game in India and took the equipments back to England during the 1870s. In 1873, the Duke of Beaufort held a lawn party in his country place, Badminton. A game of Poona was played on that day and became popular among the British society's elite. The new party sport became known as "the Badminton game". In 1877, the Bath Badminton Club was formed and developed the first official set of rules.

BADMINTON PLAYERS

Sir George Alan Thomas, 7th Baronet; Counting both singles and doubles titles, Thomas is the most successful player ever in the All England Open Badminton Championships, considered the unofficial World Badminton Championships, with 21 titles from 1906 to 1928. Four of those titles were in men's singles (consecutive titles from 1920–23), nine in men's doubles and eight in mixed doubles. He won his titles both before and after a hiatus in the competition from 1915 to 1919 due to World War I.

Taufik Hidayat; He is a former World and Olympic champion in men's singles. He has also won the Indonesian Open six times (1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006).

Lucia Francisca Susi Susanti; She won the women's singles gold medal at the 1992 Olympic Games  in Barcelona, Spain and the bronze medal at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, United States. She retired from the world badminton circuit not long after her marriage to Alan Budikusama (who had also won a badminton singles gold medal at the 1992 Olympic Games) in February 1997. Susanti was the most dominant women's singles player in the first half of the 1990s, winning the All-England in 1990, 1991, 1993 and 1994, the World Badminton Grand Prix finale five times consecutively from 1990 to 1994 as well as in 1996, and the IBF World Championship in 1993. She is the only female player to hold the Olympic, World Championship, and All-England singles titles simultaneously.

 

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INTRODUCTION

Hey guys!

In this blog you will find information about an amazing sport called badminton. We will talk about its history, main rules, types of hits and serves... And we'll keep you abreast of the news about badminton. Enjoy it! :)

By: Leire García, Marta Hierro, Ana Ruiz and Paula Pacio