Sports Assignment Badminton Badminton is a huge sport nowadays but has been a game for 100s of years, as it was played in Greek, China and India and was known as shuttlecock/battledore. It had first taken off in England when it was played by the dukes estate in Beaufort of Gloucestershire, England where it was named Badminton. The children's game of shuttlecock had been played for many years in China, Greece and India and as the years went on the game developed it reached to other nations such as England and many more had started playing it around 1873. The popularity had been growing throughout the decades and in 1899 the first unofficial men’s championship was held and the women's championship was held the next year. The sport had started to spread around the world and many decades later the Badminton World Federation was formed in 1934 to place rules and regulations for the sport. In 1977 the first BFW championship was held around the world and the most known one was the All-England Championship. The Olympics had introduced Badminton into the 1972 and 1988 Olympics as exhibitions. As success was seen in Badminton, the 1992 Olympics the sport Badminton had become a medal awarded sport. Equipment required for badminton isn’t much as badminton only requires a Badminton Racket usually made of aluminum or steel not weighing more than 100 grams and being 68cm in length and 23cm in width, a shuttlecock that has 16 feathers fitted into a thin piece of leather weighing between 4.74 to 5.5 grams, a pair of badminton shoes and optional accessories such as a grip, badminton clothes, socks, wrist band, and headband. The goal in the game of Badminton is to serve a birdie which is hit by a racket over a net to land on your opponent's side of the net so that you win a rally. When a certain number of rallies are won you win the game. If you think that your opponent's hit is going to land out of bounds you can choose not to hit the birdie to win a rally and most important of all in any game of badminton no matter the number of people it can only be hit one time every time it's on your side. The rules of Badminton consist of the scoring system and intervals and change of ends. In the scoring system the rules state that the winner is the outcome of the best out of three games of 21 points, everytime someone serves the birdie there is a point recorded, the rally winning side gets a point, when both sides have 20 points the first to win by 2 wins, and at 29 points on both sides the first to get to 30 points wins and the winning side serves first the next game. The rules for intervals and end changes states that there is a 60 second interval when one side is at 11 points, there is a 2 minute interval between games and in the third game when one side reaches 11 points sides are switched. Referee Calls and Signals: Undue delay of serve - if the serve takes to long the referee swing their right arm to their left to indicate and undue delay of serve. Feet on the serve line or off the ground - The server and opponent have to stand diagonally from each other and during service time they cannot cross the boundaries Service to High - If servers racket is above his/her waist a fault is called Racket should be facing down during service Birdie lands outside of court lines - the referee will spread his arms to his sides like a T to call the when the shuttle is out of bounds When the shuttle lands on the lines or inside the lines - the referee will point his/her hands down to represent that it was not out of bounds Diagrams of the Field of Play: There are many rules that have been changed or altered throughout the history of badminton but here are the major few. In games of badminton you had to get 15 points to win but after many years it was changed to 21 points. Tie breakers have also been given rules that state if the score is tied at 20 the first person with a 2 point lead wins, and at 29 all the first person with 30 points wins. In doubles each team would have 2 serves but recently it was changed to 1 serve per team. All these changes are made to increase the speed at which the sport is played to make the games more interesting. Badminton is a sport and in all sports you have to be able to do certain things to be successful whether you’re a beginner or a pro. First of all knowing how to grip the racket can change how well you can move the shuttle for instance if you have a lackluster grip the shuttle will not go as far and not go in the direction intended. Basic shots in badminton are necessary to know as they will help you win more rallies, knowing how to serve, or lift the ball when its falling, when to block a shot so it falls close to the net on the other side, smashing the shuttle to increase the speed of the game and catch your opponent slipping. Hand eye coordination is definitely the most important because I you cannot coordinate when or how you are hitting the shuttle you will not be able to win a rally against anyone. Biographies: Srikanth Kidambi He was born on February 7, 1993, and played badminton for the first time in 2001 after watching his brother play. In 2014 it was first announced that he was going to be playing professional badminton and would be the first Indian to win the China Open Super Series Premier’s mens title after beating a two time olympic champion Lin Dan. In 2016 he was seeded 9th for his first olympics and was able to get many wins on Lino Munez from Mexico and Henri Hurskanien from Sweden. He played a close battle against Jan Jorgensen from Denmark but won. This was the final time he would ever go against Lin Dan and sadly lost. He was continuing in his success as he had won 4 super series championships the next year in 2017. A year later in 2018 he would go on to win gold in mixed team events and silver in the singles event while representing India in the CommonWealth Games, giving him the number spot in the world. Although he was rising after 2018 he started to get worse after injuries and inconsistent results, the next event he will attempt to redeem himself will be in 2021 Olympics Japan. Lin Dan Lin Dan is possibly the greatest to ever do it in Badminton, born on October 14th, 1983 and went on to win every major league title. At the young age of 17 he entered into the professional world of Badminton at the 2004 olympics he gave a great performance as a rookie and got his name Super Dan. After these olympics he had gone one to make many more amazing appearances and win so many super series and olympic titles, 1st in Madrid 2006, Kuala Lumpur 2007, Hyderabad 2009, London 2011, and Guangzhou 2013. His most noticeable achievements though were at the olympics as he won 2 Olympic Gold medals, one in 2008 and one in 2012. With the arrival of the next olympics in 2021 he is in the best shape possible and still hungry to win. Largest Badminton Events Include: 1. The Summer Olympics held every 4 years 2. World Championships held every year except for the Olympics Year 3. BWF World Finals held in All England, Indonesia, and China, this event is only for the elite athletes in Badminton 4. BWF World Tour Super 1000 Malaysia, Japan, Denmark, French, and China 5. WF World Tour Super 750 held in Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Thailand, Singapore, Korea, and Hongkong 6. BWF World Tour Super 500 held in Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Thailand, Singapore, Korea, and Hongkong 7. BWF World Tour Super 300 held in Thailand, Swiss, German, New Zealand, Australia, US, Spanish, Taipei, Macau, India, and Korea Major Awards: Sources “Badminton.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., https://www.britannica.com/sports/badminton. Editor, Players Bio, et al. “Lin Dan [2022 Update]: Family, Ranking, Lee Chong Wei & Net Worth.” Players Bio, 29 Dec. 2021, https://playersbio.com/lin-dan/. “Kidambi Srikanth.” Sports News, https://www.sportskeeda.com/player/kidambi-srikanth.
