Badminton

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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


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