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Badminton
- Introduction
- History
- Equipment
- Rules of the game
- Badminton Court
- Grips
- Skills and Techniques
-
Shots
- Badminton glossary

Crazy Badminton
• Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing
players (singles) or two opposing pairs (doubles), who take
positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided
by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their
racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their
opponents' half of the court. Each side may only strike the
shuttlecock once before it passes over the net. A rally ends once
the shuttlecock has struck the floor.

History
A form of sport played in ancient Greece and Egypt.
The beginnings of Badminton can be traced to
mid-18th century British India.
Initially, balls of wool referred as ball badminton but
ultimately the shuttlecock stuck.
The International Badminton Federation (IBF) (now
known as Badminton World Federation) was
established in 1934.
Was first contested as an official Olympic sport at
the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain.

Badminton Equipment

Equipment
• Racquets: are lightweight (70-95 grams), not including grip or
strings. They are composed of many different materials (carbon
fibre composite aluminium, wood).
• Strings: The optimum tension for power depends on the player
String tension is normally in the range of 80 N (recreational players)
to 160 N (professionals).
• Grip: The choice of grip allows a player to increase the thickness of
his racquet handle and choose a comfortable surface to hold. There
are two main types of grip: replacement grips and overgrips .
• Shuttlecock :A shuttlecock ( shuttle,birdie ) is a high-drag projectile,
with an open conical shape: the cone is formed from sixteen
overlapping feathers embedded into a rounded cork base. The cork
is covered with thin leather or synthetic material.Synthetic shuttles
(nylon) are often used by recreational players to reduce their costs
as feathered shuttles break easily.
• Shoes: The proper badminton shoes will have la little lateral
support and a very thin sole, lower a person's centre of gravity, and
therefore result in fewer injuries.

Score Rules
• Each game is played to 21 points . A match is the best of three
games.
• At the start of the rally, the server and receiver stand in
diagonally opposite service courts (see court dimensions).
• When the serving side loses a rally, the serve immediately
passes to their opponent . "second serve" doubles.
• In singles, the server stands in their right service court when their
score is even, and in her/his left service court when her/his score
is odd.
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In doubles, if the serving side wins a rally, the same player
continues to serve, but he/she changes service courts so that
she/he serves to a different opponent each time. If the
opponents win the rally and their new score is even, the player in
the right service court serves; if odd, the player in the left service
court serves. The players' service courts are determined by their
positions at the start of the previous rally, not by where they were
standing at the end of the rally.