Badminton Vocabulary:
VOLANTE
- Shuttlecock
RAQUETA
- Racket
GOLPEAR
– To hit
PARTIDO
- Match
FALTA
- Fault
BANDA
- Bounds
RED
- Net
JUGADA
- Rally
JUGADOR
QUE SACA SAQUE - Server
SAQUE
- Service
DERECHAS
- Forehand
REVÉS
- Backhand
PAR
- Even
IMPAR
- Odd - Receiver
PUNTOS
- Points
PISTA
- Court
INDIVIDUAL
- Singles
DOBLES - Doubles
AGARRE DE RAQUETA, AGARRAR - GRIP
HISTORY:
- In the 5th century BC, the
people in china played a game called ti jian zi, It was the first
game that uses a Shuttle.
- In the 1860s, a game named
Poona was played in India. The
British army learned this game in India and took the equipments back to England during the
1870s.
- In 1873, the Duke of Beaufort
held a lawn party in his country place, Badminton. A game of Poona was
played on that day and became
popular among the British society's elite.
HOW TO PLAY:
- To begin a singles game, players stand in diagonally opposite service courts
- The server, then, serves the shuttlecock underhand from below the waist. In singles, the server stands in their right service court when their score is even, and in her/his left service court when her/his score is odd.
- The rally continues until
someone wins it by hitting a good shot which their opponent cannot return,
or until someone loses it by
hitting a fault
- Faults
include:
- hitting the shuttlecock into the net
- hitting it outside the court,
- or hitting it twice with two separate shots before it
goes over the net.
- Whoever wins the rally earns one point, and serves to start the next
point.
- Play continues until one player wins the game by being the first to earn 21 points, with a margin of at least 2 points. For example, if the score is 21 to 19, the game is over. But if the score is 21 to 20, the game continues. If the player with 21 points then wins a point, the score is 22 to 20 and the game is over. Matches are usually the best of three games. This means the first player to win two games wins the match.
- Badminton court. Badminton is played on a court marked for both singles and doubles matches.
TYPES OF SHOTS:
THE GRIP