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The Equipment for Badminton Each player has a racket and the game is played with a shuttlecock, sometimes called a birdie. The birdie is shaped like a cone and moves much slower through the air than a ball.
The first team to reach 30 points is the winner, no matter what the other team has scored. The first team to win two out of three games wins the match. The Basic Rules of Badminton No player is allowed to touch the net with their body or their racket at any time. In addition to that, the posts must be placed on the double sidelines irrespective of whether singles or doubles is being played.
Regarding the net, the important rules are that the top of the net from the surface of the court shall be 1. Change of ends simply means that the teams or individuals need to change sides of the court as it is customary in most sports. This is to ensure that, if there is a little advantage in one of the sides, that advantage is lost by both sides being able to play there.
The change of ends occurs always at the end of the first game. At the end of the second game, if the match goes to a third game, a change of end will also occur. While playing the third game and in order to keep equality, a change of ends will also occur in the middle of the third game, when the first of both sides reaches point number Service is probably the most difficult part of the rules.
Here we highlight the ones I believe are more critical to the game. The full set, as I said before, is available in our badminton game rules post. The most basic point for both types of matches is that you always serve diagonally as happens in other racket sports like tennis.
So, if you are serving from the right side of the court, you will serve to the right side of the court of your opponent, thus diagonally.
In order to perform the service correctly, it is mandatory that the shuttle is below waist height when it is being hit in the service movement. In addition to the shuttle being below waist height, another important element is that the racket head and shaft have to be pointing down while serving.
In addition to the service rules, there are a few more rules that are good to keep in mind if you are starting to play badminton. This rule will be obvious to experienced players but might not be so obvious to new players. In a rally, the shuttle must be hit by both teams alternately. What does that mean? It means that your team cannot hit the shuttle twice in a row, as that becomes a fault and the point is therefore lost.
The same obviously stands for singles. As we said in the service section, the service is always performed diagonally and the person staying in the diagonal side from the server is the receiver.
If for whatever reason, while playing doubles, the partner of the receiver returns the service instead of the receiver, that will be considered a fault and the point will go to the serving team. If you are playing and your opponent manages to hit you with the shuttle, it will be considered as your fault and the point will go to him or her. Whenever the shuttle touches any other object or person outside of the court, the fault is from the person that has hit the shuttle and therefore the point goes to the opponent.
Another cause of a fault is whenever a player touches the net or its supports with racket, body or dress. In this case, the fault is called instantly and the point goes to the opponent. After a long set of rules, you might be wondering if it is such a good idea to start playing badminton if you have to learn all these rules.
So this section highlights the most important benefits of playing badminton to serve as a counterbalance to the previous and boring section. If you want to see the full list of benefits with a more elaborated description, check our badminton benefits post. Badminton is a very fast sport, both while playing singles and doubles. The shuttle travels at a lightning speed and you have to react to that in a matter of milliseconds. Therefore, by practicing badminton, you will develop your physical agility.
Apart from the agility improvement that you will gain from playing badminton, another benefit is the balance and flexibility that is gained through the practice of badminton. Being such a fast sport, sometimes you have to shoot in uncomfortable situations while keeping yourself standing up. This will over time help you improve your body balance. Moreover, it will help you improve your flexibility because you will have to stretch yourself further than you thought possible to catch the shuttle.
Yes, you can lose weight by playing badminton. As we explained in our badminton vs tennis post , you can burn around calories in one hour by playing badminton.
This, together with the fact that badminton is categorized as a high-intensity interval training HIIT exercise makes it a great sport if you are looking to lose some weight. Badminton benefits are not only improved agility, flexibility, and balance. Playing badminton also helps to build and maintain a healthy skeleton. In a review undertaken in , it was shown that physical activity increases bone mass during growth.
The researches highlighted badminton as one of the most effective sports to practice in order to improve skeletal strength. A follow-up review to check whether the benefits of bone mass induced growth were maintained during adulthood was less conclusive, but it still showed a positive correlation between exercise in adulthood and the maintenance of bone density. Another research-backed benefit of badminton as of any high-intensity interval training is that it improves heart function much more than other lower intensity exercises if you practice it the same amount of time.
The same that was true for physical agility is true for mental agility. Although we could not find any research that backs up this statement, the fact that badminton is a high-intensity interval training exercise and the fact that you can put all your soul in smashes make badminton a great candidate for fighting stress.
I think the following quote from an assistant professor of the Department of Rehabilitation Science sums it up perfectly. Even though the teams are not as big as in other sports, a doubles couple is still a team. And if you start to play tournaments, you may start attending club tournaments, where different matches are played but the main objective is to win the most number of matches. In these two situations, badminton becomes a good way to learn teamwork.
You have to care for your teammate and make sure you are both connected. But, sometimes, badminton also leaves you alone against the storm. Especially when you are playing a singles tournament, it will be you against your opponent and the results will be a matter of who plays best.
The environment is, in general, very controlled, and the umpires do not have such a big impact as they can have in other sports such as soccer or basketball. Therefore, you will always have to face the reality of a game lost and learn to take responsibility for it. That can help you grow as a person and take responsibility for things also in other parts of your life. There is a lot of different ways to hit a shuttle, but in this section, we will just cover the most basic strokes there are in badminton.
Basically, all the different shots in badminton can be divided into four different strokes. These are four different zones where you hit the shuttle, as seen in the image below.
The first division is horizontal. We take as a reference the chest because it is roughly the height where the net is and, therefore, the height where shots change from being more defensive to being more attacking. The second division is vertical and easier to understand. A badminton grip is the way you hold your racket when hitting the shuttle. When beginning to play badminton, you should only worry about two types of grip, which are the main ones used.
The sport of badminton underwent its first significant change in the s when British army officers in India introduced a net and court. The game was brought back to England by retired officers and played at the Duke of Beaufort's home, Badminton House in Gloucestershire. From that point onwards the game became known as badminton. Since , badminton has been an Olympic sport. Badminton - an overview and history of the sport Overview Badminton is a recreational and competitive game played in singles two opposing players and doubles two opposing pairs formats.
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