Introduction to Badminton Flashcards
(30 cards)
It refers to well-being and enjoyment.
Recreation
It involves commitment, time, effort, training.
Sports
It refers to physical activity only, for amusement only.
Play
It contains minimal set of rules, entertainment, educational, competition.
Games
are those played by one person against another or against a number of solo players .
Individual Sports
is played by partners (two people) against another set of partners or a number of sets
of partners.
Dual Sports
It is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net.
Badminton
Also known as bird or birdie with a small cork hemisphere.
Shuttlecock
How many feathers does a shuttlecock have?
16 goose feathers
Weight of shuttlecock
0.17 ounces or 5 grams
The game is named Badminton for?
the country estate of the dukes of Beaufort in Gloucestershire, England
When was badminton first played?
1873
Roots of badminton
Ancient Greece, China and India
Badminton is derived directly from?
Poona
Badminton is similar to the children’s game called
Battledore and Shuttlecock
Poona was played by British army officers stationed in ______ in the _____s.
India 1860
The first unofficial all-England badminton championships for men were held in
1899
BWF stands for
Badminton World Federation
BWF was originally called
International Badminton Federation
BWF was formed in
1934
The BWF’s first world championships were held in
1977
9 Members of IBF - SWIFCENND
Scotland, Wales, Ireland, France, Canada, England, Netherlands, New Zealand, Denmark
World men’s team championships
Thomas Cup by Sir Thomas George donated 1939
World women’s team championships
Uber Cup by Betty Uber donated 1956
