Badminton
What are the demensions of a badminton court
44feet by 17feet
How tall is a badminton net?
5 feet
Explain a drop?
A controlled smash shot. Sure way to score when opponent is out of position, a shot that barley drops over the net. Tilting the racquet down to aim the shuttle downward.
What equitment is needed to play badminton?
A regulation court, a racquet, a net, and a shuttlecock/birdie.
A shuttlecock weighs one sixth of one
An ounce
Why is badminton a good game to help maintain and improve physical fitness?
Badminton is a good aerobic exercise
The traditional shuttlecock was made of
Cork
High clear
High and deep shot
Best of 3 games
match
shuttlecocks are now made of this
plastic
What was the game called by the soldiers
Poona
clear
Rarely used high and deep defensive stroke
Players must serve on the
Right hand side of the court
How is a badminton game won?
The first side to accumulate 15 points, sometimes players play until one side has 21 points
Describe a forehand shot?
the hand flexes at the wrist, similar to throwing the ball
History of Badminton
Dates all the way back to the twelfth century In China. The game we know today was first played in England by soldiers in 1873. The IBF was founded in 1934.
Birdie must go this direction over the net
Diagonal
Rally point system
Each rally is awarded a point, scoring a point is attached to every service. Played at a 21 point system. At 20 the side that gains a 2 point lead first, wins the game.
Competition birdie has
Feathers on it
What is tricky about the forehand underarm clear
It requires the player to lunge forward with a front knee and bend their back leg as well to hit the birdie
A badminton racquet is...... than a tennis racquet
Lighter
Who can make points in a badminton game?
Only the server
Backhand drop shot
Played the same way as the clear and smash, overhand, requires wrist snap action and good timing.
Traditional scoring
Played to 15
Explain a smash shot
The ultimate attack shot, the smash is a powerful arm stroke
Explain a backhand shot
To hit the birdie on the left side of the body if the player is righthanded (best described as flicking)
Players must serve
Underhand
When is a forehand drive used?
When the shuttlecock is too low to smash
When a shuttlecock falls out of bounds
fault
Vanes used to be made of them
feathers