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NAME: TAGACA, LANCE CEDRIC T. GR/SRTND/SEC: 11- STEM- 18
SUBJECT: PHYSICAL EDUCATION 2 DATE:

>HISTORY OF BADMINTON
Badminton developed in the mid-19th century among
the expatriate officers of British India as a variant of the
earlier game of battledore and shuttlecock. ("Battledore" was
an older term for "racquet".) Its exact origin remains obscure.
The name derives from the Duke of Beaufort's Badminton
House in Gloucestershire, but why or when remains unclear.
As early as 1860, a London toy dealer named Isaac
Spratt published a booklet entitled Badminton Battledore – A
New Game, but no copy is known to have survived. An 1863
article in The Cornhill Magazine describes badminton as
"battledore and shuttlecock played with sides, across a string
suspended some five feet from the ground".
The game originally developed in India among the
British expatriates, where it was very popular by the
1870s. Ball badminton, a form of the game played with a wool
ball instead of a shuttlecock, was being played in Thanjavur as early as the 1850s and was at
first played interchangeably with badminton by the British, the woollen ball being preferred in
windy or wet weather.
Early on, the game was also known as Poona or Poonah after the garrison town
of Poona, where it was particularly popular and where the first rules for the game were drawn
up in 1873. By 1875, officers returning home had started a badminton club in Folkestone.
Initially, the sport was played with sides ranging from 1 to 4 players, but it was quickly
established that games between two or four competitors worked the best. The shuttlecocks
were coated with India rubber and, in outdoor play, sometimes weighted with lead. Although
the depth of the net was of no consequence, it was preferred that it should reach the ground.
The sport was played under the Pune rules until 1887, when J. H. E. Hart of
the Bath Badminton Club drew up revised regulations. In 1890, Hart and Bagnel Wild again
revised the rules. The Badminton Association of England (BAE) published these rules in 1893
and officially launched the sport at a house called "Dunbar".

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 The BAE started the first badminton competition, the All England Open Badminton
Championships for gentlemen's doubles, ladies' doubles, and mixed doubles, in 1899. Singles
competitions were added in 1900 and an England–Ireland championship match appeared in
1904.
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badminton

>COURT/FACILITIES OF BADMINTON

Table 1.0 Reference: https://badmintonisgreat.com/basic-badminton-equipment-needed-play/

The singles court running wide till 5.18m (17 feet), denoted by the side lines, while for the
doubles court, the width is extended to 6.1m (20 feet), marked as the doubles sidelines. The
full court measures 14.723m diagonally.

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>EQUIPMENT ON BADMINTON
-SHUTTLECOCK

Shuttlecock (also called as birdie) is a sports equipment, which is used for

playing badminton game. Shuttlecock is thrown on the opponent's half of the field
through the use of badminton racket. Shuttlecock consists of a head and a tail.
The tail of a shuttlecock is formed by 16 overlapping feathers, which are inserted
into the head and secured with thread.

The material used for the shuttle can be from natural sources or synthetic.
Currently there are two types of shuttlecock – ones made of nylon/plastic and the
other made from feathers. For the manufacturer of the feather shuttlecock are
using feathers of domestic goose for the tail feathers.  Head of the shuttlecock is
made of cork or synthetic materials. Both types of shuttlecocks have their
advantages and disadvantages.

Table 2.0 Reference: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Shuttlecock-aerodynamics-Cooke/

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-ROCKET/RACQUET

A racket, or racquet, is a sports implement used for striking a ball or

shuttlecock in games such as squash, tennis, racquetball, badminton and padel.
In the strictest sense a racket consists of a handled frame with an open hoop
across which a network of strings is stretched tightly.

Table 2.1 Reference: https://supertennisracquet.com/parts-of-a-tennis-racket/

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-NET

The badminton net is what equally divides the badminton court into two
sides, creating the objective of attempting to make the shuttlecock hit the
floor on the other side to win a point. 

A net in badminton is the element that divides the court into two equal parts and
over which all shuttles must pass to continue a rally.

Table 2.2 Reference: https://badmintoneverything.com/what-is-a-net-in-badminton/

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-SCORE BOARD

Every time there is a serve – there is a point scored. The side winning a rally
adds a point to its score. At 20 all, the side which gains a 2 point lead first, wins
that game. At 29 all, the side scoring the 30th point, wins that game.

Table 2.3 Reference: https://www.amazon.in/Digit-Scoreboard-Competition-Basketball-Badminton/dp/B081L6ZDH2

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 -POLE

The DG11™ Badminton Pole is a slender, steel pole that comes with a hook
and a sliding collar to adjust net tension and a plastic grooved cap to
ensure accurate net height. The groove is wide enough for a second cable to
allow the pole to be used as a common center post to hold 2 nets.

Table 2.4 Reference:

https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/1-55m-Height-Movable-Badminton-Stand_62442883630.html

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>WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF BADMINTON?
-This are 15 benefits based on analysis:

1. IMPROVES MUSCLE STRENGTH

One among the important benefits of playing badminton is that it boosts up the muscle
strength making you strong and fit. The continuous movements from here to there build
up your muscle mass, as well as tone them up into perfect structure. It boosts up your
core muscles, calves, quads and hamstrings.

2. IMPROVES HEART FUNCTIONING

Continuing movements and hits in badminton strengthens your heart muscles. It also
improves the blood flow through our veins and pumps the heart up. It decreases the
cholesterol level and reduces the risk of heart attacks or strokes. This also unclogs the
blocked walls of the heart and increases the blood flow.

3. IT HELPS TO REDUCE STRESS

The vibrant game of badminton is a healthy habit to ward off your stress hormones.That’s
so soothing right! Stress is something that eats you up day by day. It reduces both your
physical and mental ability leaving you a living zombie. But by practicing badminton as a
daily sport our body reduces the stress hormones and boosts up the happy hormones
leaving you happy and alive.

4. IMPROVES FLEXIBILITY
The backhand smashing and forehand smashing needs high flexibility. By making it a
habit our muscles become flexible and strong. Flexibility of muscles helps you maintain a
healthy smart life.

5. BOOST YOUR METABOLISM RATE

Having a good metabolism with a high metabolic rate is vital for a healthy life.
Badminton is an active sport which sweats you out from tip to toe. The natural sweating
of our body burns up the calories and removes toxins inside out and hence helps in
weight loss. Increased metabolic rate maintains your physique and keeps you fit and firm.

6. STRENGTHEN YOUR BONE

Having a healthy badminton match everyday reduces the risk of bone fractures. The back
and forth movements of hands, legs and arms, develops calcium matrix in your bones
strengthening the bones within. This also enhances the physical appearance, as we all are
nothing but mere skeletons.
7. IMPROVES MENTAL AGILITY
Apart from physical benefits, mental benefits of playing badminton are more striking and
interesting. The tiny white cock may deceive you with its meek look but moves like a
swift, fast and furious! The player has to focus on the fast moving cock which increases
the level of concentration and mental activeness. One has to be alert at any given point,
presence of mind is cardinal. By planning where to move, how to move, how to smash it,
when to return it back, whether to use backhand or forehand, everything should be kept in
mind.This presence of mind benefits you in multiple ways even in your daily life.

8. HELPS IN SOCIAL BEING

Badminton is a game of two or four members and not a single sole play. It’s a healthy
competition between two members, you either win or lose, but you’ll always maintain a
good social relationship. The benefit of playing badminton is that it is an outdoor game
which can be played as a fun time pass with your family or friends while you get
together. It connects people and adds spice to their relationship, rather than drowning into
the digital world.

9. HELPS IN WEIGHT LOSS

Fed up with starving diets and low calories, put up a healthy habit of burning up your
calories by sweating off with a badminton match. It helps you in controlling your weight
and maintaining the body balance thereby. Burning up calories thus boosts up the
metabolic rate leaving as healthy and fit

10. DECREASES THE RISK OF DIABETES

A badminton play sweats you up a lot which decreases the diabetics inside us. It tames
the production of sugar by the liver and decreases fasting blood sugar. 

11. REDUCE THE RISK OF DEATH

Badminton may seem to be a mere sport activity but the health benefits of playing
badminton are extremely far reaching and eternal. It’s been found that since badminton
increases the heart rate and reduces breathlessness, the risk of death for a regular player is
23% in 20 years. To add to it as a token of gift for your hard work it rewards you with at
least 2 years of extra life compared to the normal.

12. INCREASES YOUR LUNG CAPACITY

A regular badminton match increases your lung capacity. The lung capacity of a
badminton player is higher compared to a normal person. It is our Adrenal hormones
which indirectly affect the respiratory system. This indirect connection links with your
medulla oblongata (a long stem-like structure located in the brainstem. It is a cone-shaped
neuronal mass responsible for autonomic (involuntary) functions ranging from vomiting
to sneezing. Source - Wikipedia) making your lungs work more quickly, with pace.
Ironically the play which rushes your lungs to catch enough breathe while playing,
enhances your lung capacity!
 13. HEALTH IS NOTHING WITHOUT BRAIN
It’s interesting to look at the mental benefits of playing badminton. Most of the physical
health benefits of playing badminton are obvious and predictable. But have you ever
dreamt of your brain feeling good while playing a sport? Yes, that’s true. A tight
badminton match produces endorphins, a neurotransmitter which makes your brain feel
good and happy. Strange, but true.

14. YOU ARE SMART ENOUGH

Badminton is a strategic play. It needs plans on where to shoot, how to serve, what kind
of smash, when to return, everything is a pre-planned process, an understanding between
you, your brain and senses. Thus it wakes up your snoozed brain and forces it to work.
This will obviously make you a smart, tricky lad.

15. INCREASES YOUR REFLEX ACTION

Being a quick sport, it requires lightning reflexes from one to other both physically and
mentally. Physically you have to switch from one to another within a count of seconds,
while mentally you have to reflex back to the shots ideally and accordingly. These quick
reflexes enhance the way you think and live a daily life too.

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