By Fernando Cesar Moreira

fernando.cesar99@uol.com.br

São Paulo - Brazil

August/2.009

Choose the correct alternatives

• What is the Badminton?

A. Name of a city of England

B. A soccer team´s name

C. English band of rock

D. Name of some sport

Choose the correct alternatives

• What is the Badminton ?

A. Name of a city of England

B. A soccer team´s name

C. English band of rock

D. Name of some sport

BadmintonObjetive of the game

• The objective of the game is to do to pass the shuttlecock over the net; • Respecting the rules of the game; • Making him to play in the opposing field; • Offensive and defensive actions; • To impede that the shuttlecock and touch in own field;

Agenda

• Historical development of the game in the world

• Historical in Brazil• Sport Overview• Equipments• Techniques• Rules• Film• Curiosities on the Badminton• Questions?

Historical development of the game in the world

• It was in India that the badminton was born, with the name of “Poona” ( +- 1850 ).

• English officials to service in this country liked the game and they took it to Europe.

• The "poona" passed the if it calls Badminton when, in the decade of 1870, a new version of the sport was played in the property of Badminton, belonging to the Duke of Beaufort's, in Gloucestershire, England.

• The first rules were printed in India in 1876.

This is how Badminton was

Played during the early years.

Historical development of the game in the world

• In 1934 the International Federation of Badminton was founded (IBF), with nine members: Canada, Denmark, Scotland, France, Holland, England, New Zealand and Country of Wales.

• In 1995 the Badminton was included in the XII Pan-American Games of Sea del Plata, Argentina.

• Badminton is played both indoors and outdoors;

Historical in Brazil

• In Brazil, the Badminton passed to be practiced in a competitive way starting from 1984;

• In 1984 Brazil participated in the I American South Championship and in 1985 it won the II American South Championship. The first two tournaments were accomplished in Buenos Aires;

• In 1987 Brazil participated for the first time of a Cup Panamericano of Badminton accomplished in Lima (Peru).

Sport Overview

• Badminton is a physically demanding sport, requiring:– strength– endurance– muscular power– agility– speed endurance– anaerobic power– capacity to rapidly accelerate and

decelerate

Sport Overview

For factors influencing performance

EquipmentsThe court

Net

RacketShuttlecock

Players

Arbitration

The court

Net

NetPost

Height Net

Width

Racket

There are several racket types with different materials. Example: metal, graphite , carbon or ceramic.

HandleShaft

Head

weight

StringedArea

Racket

The first type of rackets used to play Badminton. Initially they were built with wood.

Shuttlecock

16 - Feathers

Base

• The shuttlecock may be made from natural and/or synthetic materials.• The shuttlecock shall have 16 feathers fixed in the base.• Weight The shuttle shall weigh from 4.74 to 5.50 grams.

goose feather 

Players

DoublesFeminine orMasculine

There are tournaments of :

Doubles MixFeminine and

Masculine

SingleFeminine orMasculine

Umpire

• Count the points;• Confirms the plays;• Decides launches them dúblios

Line judge

There are 10 line judges, one for each demarcation of the game

Service judge

Service judge

Signs of Arbitration

Shuttlecock out Shuttlecock inside Movement discontinues of the racket in the execution of the service

Signs of Arbitration

Play out of the base of the shuttlecock in the execution of the service

Execution of the service in lack with touch in the shuttlecock above the waist

I contact with the feet out of the service area or absence of the static position for the server

Individual techniqueHow to hold the racket ?

How to hold the shuttlecock to serve? • Legs beside the racket lightly ahead • Feet to the width of the shoulders • I weigh of the body equally distributed by the two feet • Knees lightly bent • Arms semi - bent • Racket at the level of the chest appearing to the front

Techniques

• Forehands• Backhands• Smash• Lob• Push• Drop-shot• Drive• Net-shots• Clear shot• Others.

Techniques - Forehand / backhand

Techniques – Forehand / backhand ( film )

Techniques - Smash

Techniques - Smash

The smash is an aggressive overhead stroke, witch if used at the right moment, instantly weakens an opponent´s

Techniques - Lob

Techniques - Drive

Techniques – Drop Shot• Set up and back-swing as you would for an overhead clear.• Turning your non racquet shoulder to face your target. • Hold your racket arm high with the racket's head behind you, at about shoulder height. • Position yourself behind and beneath the shuttle.

Techniques - Net-shots 

These are the blows played close and very close the net.

Techniques – Clear shots

Step-by-step of shot of clear shot

Actual shot : clear

Film - Techniques

Some Rules

• Services / Serve

• Score Systems

• Faults

Service ( or serve )

• The service ( serve ), in the Badminton, they are always accomplished in the diagonal, as in the same tennis.

Services

Position in the block to serve

Services

The serve in Badminton is an underhand stroke made on the forehand side of the body.

Services – trajectories shuttlecock

depends on the adopted tactics

Some tactics of the game

Use drop-netLobSmash

Low / High serve

Movement in the block

Score Systems• A match consists of the best of 3 games of 21

points.• 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.

Faults – some examples

Two touchesTo play in any part of the body

To play in the net with racket o play in the net with the body To invade the opposing field

To beat in the shuttlecock before passing for your field

Transport, to carry the shuttlecock with the racket

To be out of the service area.( in service )

To beat with the racket over the head

ServiceFaults

Faults

• Some examples– If a service is not correct;– Touches the person or dress of a player;– Touches any other object or person outside the

immediate surroundings of the court;– Others ….

The player distracts the opponent intentionally

Film – Examples

Curiosities on the Badminton• Better

– The best countries of the world in badminton are Indonesia and China, tends the together two conquered 70% of all of the events of IBF.

– Others dominant countries in the healthy sport: Malaysia, Korea and Denmark.

• Bruises – In spite of seeming an inoffensive sport, the badminton

when played professionals, it can, due to speed of the shuttlecock, to offer some danger for the players' eyes. It is like this advisable to the professionals the use of protecting glasses.

Curiosities on the Badminton

• Popularity – The popularity of the badminton was proven during premiere

as Olympic sport in Barcelona, 1992. Around 1.1 billion people they attended the competitions for television.

– Now, more than 130 countries are members of the International Federation of Badminton.

• Speed – The badminton is the faster racket sport of the world,

demanding fast reflexes and great physical conditioning. During a departure of professionals, is ashamed 1,6 kilometer approximately and the shuttlecock can reach the speed of ± 260km/h!

Curiosities on the BadmintonTennis X Badminton The statistics don't lie, see this comparison among a tennis game (Boris Becker X Kevin Curren for All England Championship) and a badminton game (Han Jian X Morten Frost for the World Badminton Championship):

Note : That the badminton players compete half of the tennis players' time and even so, they run twice more and they almost hit the double of times!

Tennis Badminton Difference

Time of Game 3 hours e 18 minuts 1 hour e 16 minuts 2 hoursBall / shutllesock in

game 18 minuts 37 minuts 49%

Number of Blows 1004 1972 51%

Covered distance 3,2 Km 6,4 Km 50%

In São Paulo, the categories are divided in a following way:

Pré-Little (smaller than 11 years)Little (smaller than 13 years)Infantile (smaller than 15 years)Juvenile (smaller than 17 years)Senior C (beginners)Senior BSenior A Senior A - Special

Veteran (larger or same to 45 years)

Senior (larger of 35 years)

Category for Age

Teens

D (beginners)CBA

A - Special

Open category

A - special that the athletes can be summoned for the Masculine and Feminine Brazilian Selection of Badminton.

Questions ?