Badminton Facts
Badminton is a racquet sport played with two opposing players or two opposing pairs. Each player or pair takes position on each ends of a rectangular court with floor markings to play a match.
The object of the game is to hit a shuttlecock or birdie over the net onto the court within the marked boundaries before the opposing player or pair can hit it back.
In badminton, the first team or player to twenty-one point wins.
Badminton is often compared to tennis. The rallies of each point tend to be much longer in badminton than in tennis. The game can be physically more tiring than tennis as the time between shots can be much longer.
The history of badminton dates back 2,000 years to ancient Greece.
The history of badminton dates back 2,000 years to ancient Greece.
The traditional scoring system in badminton history involves 15 points. In this system, only the player or pair currently serving can score a point. If the non-serving team wins the rally, no point is scored, but the service simply goes back to their side.
In 1992, IBF introduced new rules: setting at 13-all and 14-all. That mean if the player or pair tie at 13-13 or 14-14 (9-9 or 10-10 for women's singles), the player or pair to reach that score first can decide whether to play to 17 (or to 13 for the women) or called "setting". The player or pair to win 2 games first is declared as the match winner.
In badminton, racquets can be no longer than 68 cm and now wider than 220 cm by 280 cm.
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