Physical Education-Badminton
Number of points needed to win a game
21 points
What equipment is needed to play badminton?
A shuttle or a shuttle cock, and a racquet.
Done with a "flicking" motion.
Backhand
Why is badminton a good game to help maintain and improve physical fitness?
Because players jump, run, turn, and twist in many different directions, and provides good aerobic exercise.
Best of three games
Best two out of three games
Where badminton was played hundreds of years ago.
China
A rarely used high and deep defensive stroke.
Clear
The traditional shuttle base was made of this.
Cork
This is 22 feet long and 17 feet wide.
Court
Acronym for badminton federation founded in 1934.
IBF
A badminton racquet is ______than a tennis racquet.
lighter
A shuttle weighs one-sixth of one ______.
ounce
This is always an underhand shot.
Serve
The only player who can score a point.
Server
What you hit in badminton
Shuttlecock or birdie
The ultimate attacking shot.
Smash
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.
A controlled smash.
Drop
When a shuttle falls out of bounds.
Fault
Vanes used to be made of them.
Feathers
Motion similar to throwing a ball.
Forehand
Who can make points in a badminton game?
Only the server
Shuttle are now made of this.
Plastic
Name of badminton played by British in India.
Poona
What is especially tricky about the forehand underarm clear? Give a brief history of badminton
The player lunges forward with the front knee bent and the back leg slightly bent while he/she leans toward the shuttle. It is like hitting a high serve, only it is hit lower.
What is a smash shot?
The ultimate attacking shot, and requires a powerful arm stroke.
When is a forehand drive used?
When the shuttlecock is too low to smash.
What is a drop? a backhand drop?
a "controlled smash shot"; It is performed the same way the the clear and smash are. It demands excellent timing and wrist action.