Badminton

Hold the badminton racket in front of you and have one side pointing to the ground and the other side pointing upwards. then wrap your fingers and thumb round the bottom of the handle. (your thumb and finger nearest you thumb should make a V shape facing upwards). When serving short you should hold your hand futher up the handle to give you more control.

The match referee in badminton is called the umpire. There are 8 other linesmen for making line calls.

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Badminton is the original name in English, but the game is sometimes known as battledore and shuttlecock. The name comes from the shuttlecock, the a lightweight ball with feathers volleyed back and forth, more commonly referred to in the modern day as a birdie.

The more modern name comes from Badminton House, the home of the Duke of Beaufort, in Gloucestershire, England. The game comes from the Indian game Poona, which became popular with British officers in India in the nineteenth century.

The name of the game badminton is derived from the ancient Greek game known as Battledore and Shuttlecock and is a sport played with racquets, wither in singles, where two players play against each other, or in doubles, where four people play in two teams.

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To determine who gets the point.
The referee of a badminton game ensures fair and unbiased gameplay.
to make the game as fair as possible
The referee is directly in the middle of the court and watches out to see if the players touch the net with their racket or if someone hits it when its on the other players side with their racket over the net or to determine which side the shuttle lands on.

once someone has scored then they need to start from the middle again but the team that scored doesn't start neither does the other team but in fact you throw it up in the air which ever centre gets it first starts. ilove one direction x

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Yes they do have an official uniform, they're uniform is what distinguishes them from the participants. the uniform usually consists of a single colour polo shirt which is tucked into knee length shorts. They wear all court trainers with a rubber sole on the base.

It is said that the most similar form of badminton was originated in ancient China, some years before Christ. It has evolved over the years, and the actual rules and regulations of the game were set in Europe around the 19th century.

There are a few different grips you use in tennis. The different grips include: the Continental Grip, Eastern Grip, Western Grip, Semi-Western Grip, and two-handed backhand grip. Let's start with the Continental Grip. You would use this grip when you are at the net hitting volleys and overheads. You will also use it when serving. You hold the racquet like a hammer with the "V" of your thumb and index finger on the narrower edge of the racquet grip. You'll want to use the Eastern Grip when you wish to hit ground storkes that are flat or have topspin. Hold the racquet with the "V" slightly off to the right. You'll want to use the Western Grip when you want to use extreme topspin. This grip is a preferred grip of clay court players because topspin rules on clay. The "V" extremely far off to the right. You'll want to use the Semi-Western Grip when you want to add power and you are a baseliner. You can either hit topsin or flat with this grip. The "V" is between that of the Eastern Grip and the Western Grip. It is recommended to have a Tennis professional demonstrate the different grips for you, so that you are doing them properly.

The shuttlecock has two different parts that helps it to fly once it has been hit, the cock and the feathers. The cock is the head piece which has the most weight. The feathers are the back in of the piece and can be easily damaged while playing in a game. The feathers have been developed into a plastic skirt for longer play.

A drop shot, usually used after a clear (a far shot to the back of the court), is where the player gently taps the birdie over the net so it makes a player either.... a) hit the birdie high up into the air (a good drop shot is one that you can't smash). b)sprint forwards to try and reach.

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It depends what country you play for or if you include the prize money for tournaments, for example, the Korea open has a prize money of $1,200,000 and the all England is going up to £1,000,000 aswell. So it depends how good you are, but i would say now in 2012 it is easily above £100,000 considering all the sponsors these days and that players in places like malaysia,china,indo and etc. are on millions but in the UK the highest paid singles player (rajiv) is still on almost £100,000, so i would say about £200,000.

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A foul in soccer is when you slide tackle, grab, pull on another players jersey, or hit another player. It can also be when you bad mouth a player, coach, or referee. These can also become yellow or red flags if taken too far.

Server diagonally to the opposite court

Serve underhand

Must hit with the base of the shuttle first (part of the birdie that isn't with holes)

Cannot cross the line with your foot while serving

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i play badminton at high standard so here it goes,

In a singles match the side tramlines are always out even after the serve. If you have served and you won the point you serve again in the other box on your side of the court, if your score is an even number (including 0) the you serve in the box on your right, if your score is odd you serve on the left. (the boxes in the four corners of the court are out in singles)

For singles you want to make your opponen move round the court alot, however dont do too much cross-court shots as the side tramlines are out. It is safer to make your opponent run back and forward. For example, if you serve right to the back of the court, he then has to run back to play his shot. The chances are this shot is not going to be a good one so it will most likely drop on your side in front of the net. The best thing to do then is to play a net shot gently over the net so that he has to run forward to get to it, if this shot just about goes over the net, simply send him to the back of the court!

Hope this helps!!

From Qwerty-man

1. Shakehand

2. Chinese Penhold

3. Korean/Japanese Penhold

4. Reverse Penhold Grip

5. Seemiller grip

6. V-grip

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A shuttlecock is really light! It feels like a feather, just a bit heavier because of its head. The Yonex brand feather shuttlecock weighs 5 grams. A badminton shuttlecocks weighs around 4.75 - 5.50 grams.