Lesson 3 Flashcards
One of the racket sports requiring players to hit a shuttlecock across a net with a racket inside a court
Badminton
Badminton has 2 forms
Singles and Doubles
Badminton traced back more than _____ years ago to the ancient games with its original name called _________ and __________
2000 Years; Battledore and shuttlecock
What year when battledore and shuttlecock was just a game involving 2 persons hitting a shuttlecock towards each other as many times as possible before it hit the ground and it used to be an upper-class game in europe
1600s
Badminton was invented in a __________ version called ___________
British India; Poona
They learned the game by around 1870 and brought back to England with them
British army officers
Badminton is called badminton because the _________ introduced this sport at his country estate located in Gloucestersshire called “ Badminton house in 1873”
Duke of Beaufort
In 1887, who standardized the rules
J.H.E. Hart of the Bath Badminton Club
When did the Badminton Association of England published the first set of rules
September 13 1893
Where was the modern rules of badminton published
“Dunbar” at Six Waverley Grove, Portsmouth, England
First Badminton competition was called what
“ All England open Badminton Championship”
When was the first badminton competition held
1899
What was formed in 1934
International Badminton Federation (Now known as Badminton World Federation)
First tournament launched by IBF was called? And when?
Thomas Cup; 1948
What was the World team Championship for women called
Uber Club
A championship where only the top 8 players in the year-end world ranking are invited
world grand prix finals
Badminton became a demo sports at Munich Olympics
1972
Badminton became an official olympic sports
1992 Barcelona Olympics
Mixed doubles were included in the Atlanta Olympics Games
1996
