Badminton notes

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