Thursday, September 18, 2008

BADMINTON



One of the most popular sports is badminton. Since 1992, badminton has been an Olympic sport with five events. This sports require an excellent fitness. Players require aerobic stamina, agility, strength, speed, and precision.

Badminton is a racquet sport which required 2 players opposing each other or 4 players with 2 opposing pairs. The players taking positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Score is counted by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their opponents' half of the court.


The full width of the court is 6.1 metres. The full length of the court is 13.4 metres. The net is 1.55 metres high at the edges and 1.524 metres high in the centre. The net posts are placed over the doubles side lines, even when singles is played.

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