6. Badmintonwasfirst calledasPoona. It
was developedfromachildren’sgame
calledbattledoreandshuttlecock. The
object of thisgamewastoseehow
long agroupcouldvolleythe
shuttlecock by hitting it with the
battledore, or paddle.
Thiscooperative, non-competitive game
wasoriginally playedwithout anet.
7. It wasinthe1860s, whensome
British officersinIndiawhowere
stationedat 'Kirkee' near thecityof
'Poona' (nowknownasPunecity)
usedtoplayagamewhichwas
verysimilar tobadmintonandthe
gamewasknownasthe'Poona'
gameat that time.
9. In1873, theDukeof Beaufort helda
lawnparty inhiscountry place, called
Badminton.Agameof Poonawas
playedonthat dayandit became
popular amongtheelitepeopleof
British society
. Thenewpartysport
became knownas"theBadminton
game" and startedtogrowpopular.
10. Theyear 1877, isof historic
significancefor badminton, as
the'BathBadmintonClub', the
first badmintonclubever, was
formedandalsothefirst official
set of rulesweredeveloped.
17. Shuttle,Shuttlecock,Bird,Birdie-
whatever it iscalled, it isbadminton's
versionof atennisball. It hasasmall ball at
thefront to giveit speed,andfeathers
protrudingfromit to help it float whenit is
hithighintotheair.Anofficialshuttlecock
musthave14-16feathersandareusually
madefromagooseor duckandfromthe
left wingof thebirdonly
.
28. • Agameiswonbybeingthefirst
toreach1
1, 15or 21points.
• Eachgamemust bewonbyat
least twopointsandanumber of
systemsareavailablefor
extendingagamewherea
score of 10-10, 14-14or 20-20
has beenreached.
29. • Theserver isnot allowedtoserveuntil
hisopponent isready
. If theopponent
attemptstoreturn service, heis
deemed tohavebeenready
.
• Boththeserver andtheopponent
receivingtheservearerequiredtostand
sothat somepart of bothfeet remainsin
contact withthesurfaceof thecourt
while in astationaryposition until the
service hasbeendelivered.
30. • Everytimethereisaserve–thereisa
point scored.
• Thesidewinningarally addsapoint to
itsscore.
• At20all, thesidewhichgainsa2
point leadfirst, winsthat game.
• At29all, thesidescoringthe30thpoint,
winsthat game.
• Whenyou’resayingthescore,
always saytheserver’sscorefirst.
31. • Thesidewinninga
game servesfirst inthe
next game
• If playerscommit anerror in
theservicecourt, theerror is
correctedwhenthemistake
isdiscovered.
33. Howtoserve
Inbadminton, theservemust behit inanupwards
direction, with an underarm hitting action. Y
ouare
not allowedtoplaya"tennisstyle" serve.
Themainrule hereis that whenyouhit theshuttle,
it mustbebelowyourwaist.T
obeexact, therules
definethis to beaheightlevelwiththelowestpart
ofyourribcage.In otherwords,youcanservefrom
abit higher thanthetopof your shorts, but not
much.
35. T
woServiceCourts
your right servicecourt, andyour left
servicecourt.
DoublesServiceCourts.
Theyarewider, becausetheyusethe
outsidesideline (remember:thedoubles
court iswider); andtheyareshorter,
becausetheyusetheinsidebackline.
36. Howservicecourtsareused
Theservermuststandinside aservice court.
Thereceiver muststandinside thediagonally oppositeservice
court.
Theservemust travel intothediagonally oppositeservicecourt.
If theserveis goingto land outsidetheservice court,thenthe
receivershouldlet it fall tothefloor. If thereceiverhits theserve,
thentherally continues evenif theservehadbeengoingout.
Theserver andreceiver muststay inside their service boxes until
the servercontactstheshuttle with his racket. After that, theycan
leavetheboxesimmediately andmoveanywhereoncourt.
47. Note:
• Theorder of server dependsonthe
scoreoddor evensameasinsingles.
• Theservicecourtsarechangedbythe
servicingsideonlywhenapoint is
scored. Inall other cases, theplayers
continuetostayintheir respective
servicecourt fromwheretheyplayed
previousrally
.Thisshall guarantee
alternateserver.
48. Singles, Doubles, and
Mixed Doubles
Y
oucanhaveeither twoor four
playersonabadmintoncourt: one
player oneachside, or ateamof
twoplayersoneachside.
Singles- One-against-
one Doubles- two-
49. FiveTypesof Badminton
• Men’ssingles
• W
omen’ssingles
• Men’sdoubles
• W
omen’sdoubles
• Mixeddoubles(eachteamisaman
and awoman)
Men’sdoublesandwomen’sdoublesare
alsocalledlevel doubles.
58. Drive
Drive:Afast andlowshot that makesa
horizontal flight over thenet.
Adriveisplayedwhentheshuttleis
near net height, at thesideof the
player's body
.
61. Defensivelift
Alift that is hit veryhigh,sothat theplayer
gainstimefor recoverytoagoodbase
position.
Attackinglift
Alift that is hit moreshallowly,sothatthe
opponentis forcedto moveveryquicklyto
preventtheshuttlefromtravellingbehind
him.
63. Defensiveclear
Aclear that ishit veryhigh, sothat the
player gainstimefor recoverytoagood
baseposition.
Attackingclear
Aclear that ishit moreshallowly
, sothat the
opponentisforcedtomoveveryquicklyto
preventtheshuttlefromtravellingbehind
him..
