The document provides an overview of the sport of badminton, including its history, equipment, techniques, rules, and popularity. It describes the objective of the game as passing the shuttlecock over the net between opposing sides while following the rules. Key details include the origins in India in the 1850s and introduction to England in the 1870s, as well as the founding of the international governing body in 1934. Equipment, court dimensions, scoring systems, and techniques such as forehands, backhands, and smashes are outlined.

1. Curso 2009-2010

8. Equipment The court Net Racket Shuttlecock Players Umpire

9. The Court

10. Net Net Post Height Net Width

11. Racket There are several racket types made of different materials. Example: metal, graphite , carbon or ceramic. Handle Shaft Head weight Stringed Area

12. Racket The first type of rackets used to play Badminton were initially built with wood.

14. Players Doubles: Feminine or Masculine There are tournaments of : Doubles Mix: Feminine and Masculine Singles: Feminine or Masculine

16. Line Judge There are 10 line judges, one for each demarcation of the game.

17. Service Judge Service judge

18. Signs of Arbitration Shuttlecock out Shuttlecock inside Movement discontinues of the racket in the execution of the service

19. Signs of Arbitration Play out of the base of the shuttlecock in the execution of the service Execution of the service in lack of touch with the shuttlecock above the waist Contact with the feet out of the service area or absence of the static position for the server

22. Techniques – Forehand grip / backhand grip

23. Techniques - Lob

24. Techniques - Smash The smash is an aggressive overhead stroke, which if used at the right moment, instantly weakens an opponent´s.

25. Techniques – Net Drop These are the blows played close and very close the net.

26. Techniques - Drive

28. Techniques – Clear Shots

29. Techniques – Service Forehand service Backhand service

32. Services Position in the block to serve The serve in Badminton is an underhand stroke made on the forehand side of the body.

33. Services – Trajectories Shuttlecock depends on the adopted tactics

35. Faults – Some Examples Two touches To play in any part of the body To play in the net with racket To play in the net with the body To invade the opposing field To beat in the shuttlecock before passing for your field Transport, to carry the shuttlecock with the racket To be out of the service area. ( in service ) To beat with the racket over the head

36. Service - Faults

40. Tennis vs. Badminton The statistics don't lie, see this comparison among a tennis game (Boris Becker vs. Kevin Curren for All England Championship) and a badminton game (Han Jian vs Morten Frost for the World Badminton Championship): Note : That the badminton players compete only half of the tennis players' time and even so, they run twice as much and they almost hit the double as many of times!