Badminton - Research
Badminton - Research
Badminton - Research
Since 1992, badminton has been an Olympic sport with five events: men's and
women's singles, men's and women's doubles, and mixed doubles, in which each
pair is a man and a woman. At high levels of play, the sport demands excellent
fitness: players require aerobic stamina, agility, strength, speed, and precision. It
is also a technical sport, requiring good motor coordination and the development
of sophisticated racket movements.
HISTORY OF BADMINTON
Badminton was known in ancient times; an early form of the sport was played in
ancient Greece. In Japan, the related game Hanetsuki was played as early as
the 16th century. In the west, badminton came from a game called battledore and
shuttlecock, in which two or more players keep a feathered shuttlecock in the air
with small rackets. The game was called "Poona" in India during the 18th
century, and British Army officers stationed there took a competitive Indian
version back to England in the 1860s, where it was played at country houses as
an upper-class amusement. Isaac Spratt, a London toy dealer, published a
booklet, "Badminton Battledore - a new game" in 1860, but unfortunately, no
copy has survived.
The new sport was definitively launched in 1873 at the Badminton House,
Gloucestershire, owned by the Duke of Beaufort. During that time, the game was
referred to as "The Game of Badminton," and the game's official name became
Badminton.
Until 1887 the sport was played in England under the rules that prevailed in India.
The Bath Badminton Club standardized the rules and made the game applicable
to English ideas. The basic regulations were drawn up in 1887. In 1893, the
Badminton Association of England published the first set of rules according to
these regulations, like today's rules, and officially launched badminton in a house
called "Dunbar" at 6 Waverley Grove, Portsmouth, England on September 13 of
that year. They also started the All-England Open Badminton Championships,
the first badminton competition in the world, in 1899.
Badminton has its origins in ancient civilizations in Asia and Europe with a game
called battledore (bat or paddle) and a shuttlecock.
More than 1.1 billion people watched badminton's Olympic debut on TV in 1992.
The most successful badminton countries at the top level are China, Korea and
Indonesia.
A shuttle weighs between 4.74 and 5.50 grams. The highest quality shuttles have
a natural cork base covered by thin leather, and 16 goose feathers from the bird's
left wing that are held together with thread and glue.
The fastest badminton hit in competition is 417 km/h (259 mph), achieved by Lee
Chong Wei (Malaysia) in Tokyo, Japan, on 24 September 2017. Lee Chong Wei
achieved this record in the Japan Open final against Viktor Axelsen (Denmark).
REFERENCE: https://www.badmintonwa.org.au/where-play/about-game