Badminton

Question 1

The origins of the game are ___, but badminton is probably based on the _______derived from ___or _______ with ___, “___” or ___ as depicted in ancient ___ and ___, and later ___, ___ and ___(___&___, p.36).

Answer 1

• obscure
  -human enjoyment
  -hitting or kicking missiles
  -hands, bats or feet
• pottery, carvings and later engravings,
  -pictures and drawings
  -Jones & Jarvis

Question 2

A badminton-like game was known in ancient ___ and ___ - a game called __ (“battledore” was an older term for “___”) and shuttlecock over __ years ago

Answer 2

-Greece and Egypt
-Battledore
-racquet
-2000

Question 3

Two players use ______ to strike a feathered shuttlecock back and forth. As a variation of the previous game of battledore and shuttlecock, badminton emerged in the ______ century among the ___. This game was known as _________ to them. Also, people in China played a game called ____ in the ___ century BC. ______ is a direct translation of the term ti jian zi. The goal of the game is to keep the shuttle from _________ , as the term suggests.

Answer 3

• tiny rackets
• mid-nineteenth
• British
• jeu de volant
• ti jian zi
• 5th century
• Kicking the shuttle
• keep the shuttle from hitting the ground without using your hands

Question 4

___ was a game played in ___ in the ___ and is similar to Battledore and Shuttlecock, only it has a ___. During the British occupation in India in ____’s, the British soldiers were very much fascinated with the game, learned the game in India and carried the equipment back to with them in ____. __________ is a large country house where they used to play badminton in the ___ ____ century. This is also where the name badminton came from

Answer 4

• Poona
• India
  -1860
• net
• 1870
  -England
• Badminton House
• late 17th

Question 5

The game badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to ___ a shuttlecock ______ a net. Its objective is to ________ by _____ a shuttlecock over the net and into your __________, ____ them to make an ____ and be ________the shuttlecock, and striking your opponent’s body with the shuttle.

Answer 5

• racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net
• score points by hitting a shuttlecock over the net
• opponent’s court,
• forcing
• make an error and be unable to return the shuttlecock

Question 6

______ et al. (___) states that badminton is considered as dual sports played in singles (one player per side) and in doubles (two players per side).

Answer 6

• Dizon-Poquiz
• 2008

Question 7

The sport made its Olympic debut in ____ (___, Olympics) as a demonstration sport, then as an exhibition sport in ____ (____ Olympics). It was made a full-medal Olympic sport in ___ (____ Olympics), with competitions for men’s and women’s singles (one against one) and doubles (two against two). The____ ______ Olympic Games had seen the inauguration of mixed doubles.

Answer 7

1972- Munich
1988-Seoul
1992- Barcelona
1996 Atlanta

Question 8

The _________ (IBF) was established in ___ and consisted of ___ founding members – badminton associations from ___, ___, ___, ___, ___, ___,___, ___ and ___.

Answer 8

-International Badminton Federation
-1934
-nine
-Canada, Denmark, England, France, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Scotland and Wales.

Question 9

In ___ the IBF changed its name to the _________ (BWF). The BWF is the world governing body for badminton, recognised by the _________ (IOC).

Answer 9

-2006
-Badminton World Federation
-International Olympic Committee