PE & Health Lesson 2

Badminton JY

Badminton

Played in singles or doubles. The objective of the game is to hit the shuttlecock with a racket over a net 5-feet high at its center.

Battledore

It is the old man badminton game, where the shuttlecock is hit with a bat or a paddle.

Asia and Europe

Some documents show that badminton originated from these two continents.

Siam, China (Thailand)

In Asia, it is believed that the game originated 2,000 years ago in \___________________________.

England, 1600

After being discovered in Siam, China badminton was then brought to \______________.

Poona

In India, badminton was called \_____________ in 1800s, where the net was already used while the players hit the shuttlecock over it.

America, 1929

After being played in Canada, badminton arrived in \____________________.

Barcelona, 1992

Badminton started as an Olympic sport in \___________________.

Munich, 1972

Badminton has been made only as a demonstration spot in \___________________.

Player

any person playing badminton

Match

the basic contest in badminton between opposing sides consisting of two or four players

Singles

a match where there is one player on each opposing sides.

Doubles

a match where there are two players on each opposing sides

Serving side

The side having the right to serve

Receiving side

The side opposing the serving side

Rally

a sequence of one or more strokes starting with the service, until the shuttle ceases to be in play

Return

a method of hitting your opponent's shots back over the net

Service

The act of putting the shuttle into play at the beginning of a point or rally.

Fault

a violation of the playing rules, either in serving, receiving, or during play

Racket

Made of either metal or synthetic materials. It weighs between 98 g and 100 g. its overall length is between 665 mm and 670 mm.

Shuttlecock

It is made up of 16 goose feathers embedded into a cork head. The feathers could be substituted with feather-like nylon or plastic.

Court

These may be set outdoors or indoors. But competitive badminton is usually played indoors so the wind will not affect the flight of the shuttlecock.

Posts

It should stand on the doubles sidelines and are 1.55 m in height.

Net

It should be strained tightly with a height of 1.54 m from the floor in the center and width of 0.76 m.

Know the basic grips

To start playing badminton, you must know the two basic grips in order to control the racket. If you haven't learned to hold your racket properly, you will not be able to aim accurately and hit the shuttlecock forcefully.

Forehand Grip

Using your dominant/playing hand, hold the racket as if you were shaking hands with it. There should be a V-shape forming in the middle of your thumb and index finger. Grip the racket a little bit loose to have a good control and greater flexibility. This grip is used for forehand shots and clear head shots.

Backhand Grip

Using the dominant/playing hand, press the wider surface of the handle using your thumb for greater leverage and power. Still, grip the racket a little bit loose in your fingers.

Know the basic strokes

Basically, a stroke is the swing motion of your racket arm. You will need to perform these strokes to hit certain shots.

Overhead Forehand Stroke

This is the most common and often use stroke in badminton. Using the forehand grip, this kind of stroke creates more power than the others.

Underarm Forehand Stroke

it is usually performed when the opponent made a drop shot and the shuttle is clearly in front of you.

Overhead Backhand Stroke

This stroke is done when the shuttle is in the backhand area where it is above your head.

Underarm Backhand Stroke

This is done when the opponent made a drop shot to your backhand area in front of you.

Clear Shot

Using the overhead stroke, you aim the shuttle up in the air going to the opponent's back court.

Drive Shot

Make a quick counter-attack shot, making it flat, horizontal and fast back to the opponent's court.

Drop Shot

Using an overhead stoke, hit the shuttlecock softly downward towards the opponent's forecourt close to the net.

Net Shot

Any shot played as near to the net as possible, controlled by wrist and forearm.

Smash

This is also known as "kill" this is a powerful force from up high in the ait, hitting the shuttle downwards and fast towards the opponent's court.

Toss Coin

In most tournaments, this is used to determine who serves first in the game.

Right Service Court

Where a player must serve when the server's score is an even number.

Left Service Court

Where a player must serve when the server's score is an odd number.

21 points

The number of points needed to win a game of Badminton.