Modern badminton originated from similar racquet sports played in ancient Greece and other parts of Eurasia over 2000 years ago. The game was brought to England from British India in the late 1800s, where officers had been playing a variant called "Poona". In 1873, the Duke of Beaufort introduced the sport at his estate Badminton House, giving the game its name. The first badminton club was founded in England in 1875, and standardized rules were published in 1893, leading to the formation of an international governing body and the inclusion of badminton in the Olympics in the late 20th century.

1. BADMINTON
by GROUP 4

2. Badminton is one of the racquet sports requiring
players to hit a shuttlecock across a net with a racket
inside a badminton court. The badminton is a sport where
a person has to be fit and be at his/her best all the time. A
person needs to have a wonderful reflex action to be the
best in the badminton world. The cheetah or leopard is
known for their reflex action but badminton needs one to
be like that so that he/she can decide the pass as soon
he/she get the hold of the shuttlecock. So the badminton is
all about the strength, stamina, agility, state of mind and of
course the power inside the person. It is all about applying
the inner power and knowledge with acute attention and
smash the opponent.
WHAT IS
BADMINTON?

3. ORIGIN OF
BADMINTON GAME
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.

4. ORIGIN OF
BADMINTON GAME
From the 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.
Nowadays, You can still find a similar game in Japan
which is called Hanetsuki, it’s a very popular new year’s
game involving a wooden paddle called hagoita and a shuttle
called hane.

5. 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.
DEVELOPMENT OF
BADMINTON

6. By around 1870s, 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.
DEVELOPMENT OF
BADMINTON

7. DEVELOPMENT OF BADMINTON
In 1875, a badminton club in Folkestone, England was
started by retired officers from British India.
In 1887, J. H. E. Hart of the Bath Badminton Club
standardized the rules.

8. DEVELOPMENT OF BADMINTON
On 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”.
By 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.

9. DEVELOPMENT OF BADMINTON
By 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)

10. DEVELOPMENT OF BADMINTON
By 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.
By 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.

11. These countries have won the
gold medals at the Olympics
since 1992 to 2020: Indonesia,
Denmark, China, South Korea,
Japan, and Spain.

12. Badminton was invented in a British India version
called Poona, British army officers learned the
game by around 1870 and they bought it back to
England with them. Badminton was named Badminton
because the Duke of Beaufort who is Henry
Adelbert wellington Fitzroy Somerset, introduced
this sport at his country estate located in
Gloucestershire which is called “Badminton House”
in 1873.
WHO INVENTED THE
GAME OF BADMINTON?

13. The original name of badminton was called
“Battledore and shuttlecock”, and you can find
similar games in ancient Greece and Egypt. It
used to be a game that could have multiple
players involved, and each of them will hit a
shuttlecock with feathers with rackets.
By 18 century, since a similar game had become
very popular in the Poona version in British
India, it was also named Poona before it was
called badminton.
WHAT IS THE
ORIGINAL
NAME OF BADMINTON?

14. Badminton was called badminton because it was
officially introduced to England in the
“Badminton House”, a country estate owned by the
Duke of Beaufort in Gloucestershire by 1873.
Since then, Badminton was named “Badminton”
instead of “Poona” and “Battledore and
Shuttlecock”.
WHY IS BADMINTON
CALLED BADMINTON?

15. Modern Badminton started in Gloucestershire of England by 1873 since Duke of
Beaufort introduced this sport to his friends. By 1875, the first badminton
club was started in Folkestone, England.
J. H. E. Hart standardized the rules of badminton and by 1893, the first set
of rules similar to modern badminton was published by the Badminton
Association of England.
Badminton’s roots are tied to similar games named “Battledore and
Shuttlecock”, which could be traced back to over 2000 years ago, in ancient
Greece and Egypt.
WHERE DID MODERN BADMINTON
START?

16. Badminton Rackets (2 or 4)
Shuttlecocks (can be
feather or plastic)
A net that is set across
the center of the
badminton court
Proper Sportswear
EQUIPMENT & FACILITIES
To enjoy a standard game of Badminton, you will need:
A standard side
badminton court
2 or 4 players

17. FOUR BASIC
STROKES OF
BADMINTON

18. OVERHEAD FOREHAND
This is the most common and
fundamental stroke in badminton.
It involves hitting the
shuttlecock with a forehand motion
over your head, usually from the
back of the court. It's used for
various shots like clears,
smashes, and drives.

20. OVERHEAD BACKHAND
This stroke involves hitting the
shuttlecock with a backhand motion
over your head. While it's often
considered more challenging than
the forehand stroke, it's
essential for shots that require a
backhand, such as clears and
smashes on your backhand side.

22. UNDERARM FOREHAND
The underarm forehand is used
for shots that are low and
close to the net on your
forehand side. It's commonly
used for net shots, lifts, and
pushes.

24. UNDERARM BACKHAND
Similar to the underarm
forehand, the underarm backhand
is used for shots that are low
and close to the net, but on
your backhand side. This stroke
is crucial for shots near the
net on the backhand side of the
court.

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