Module 3 - PEH 2 (Final)
Module 3 - PEH 2 (Final)
Module 3 - PEH 2 (Final)
BADMINTON
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(What you already KNOW) (What you WANT to know) (What you have LEARNED)
Badminton is such an exciting and fun sport. With only two rackets, one shuttlecock, and a good friend, you
can easily spend a great day together exercising. In this module, we will talk about the brief history of
Badminton so you get to know this lovely sport better.
CONCEPT NOTES
Badminton is one of the racquet sports requiring players to hit a shuttlecock across a net with a racket
inside a badminton court. Generally, it comes in 2 forms:
“Singles”, a 1 vs 1 game and
“Doubles”, a 2 vs 2 games
You can play badminton in either indoor or outdoor environments; however, most of the world-class
competitions are held in an indoor area because they want to reduce the influence caused by external
factors such as wind and lights to the minimum level.
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History of Badminton
Origin
Badminton could be traced back to more than 2000 years ago to the ancient game called
battledore (bat or paddle) and shuttlecock (also called “bird” or “birdie”), similar games were
played for centuries across Eurasia countries such as Greece, Egypt, China, India, and Japan.
From the 1600s, battledore and shuttlecock was just a game involving two persons hitting a
shuttlecock towards each other as many times as possible before it hit the ground and it used to be
an upper-class game in Europe, including England. Nowadays, you can still find a similar game in
Japan which is called Hanetsuki, which is a very popular new year’s game involving a wooden
paddle called hagoita and a shuttle called hane.
Development of Badminton
According to “A Brief History of Badminton from 1870 to 1949” written by Betty Uber, modern
badminton was created by British military officers by around 1850s in British India, at that time,
a net was added to the game and because it was very popular in the garrison town of Poona, the
game was known as Poona.
During that period, when the weather was windy and wet, instead of a shuttlecock, a woolen ball
was preferred by the upper class and hence “Ball badminton” was invented.
By around 1870s, Retired British army officers brought the game back to England from India, and
it became a very popular sport. In 1873 the Duke of Beaufort introduced the sport at his country
estate, “Badminton House” in Gloucestershire, since then this sport was called Badminton.
In 1875, a badminton club in Folkestone, England was started by retired officers from British
India.
In 1887, J. H. E. Hart of the Bath Badminton Club standardized the rules.
On 13 September 1893, the Badminton Association of England published the first set of rules
similar to the modern rules that were published in a house called “Dunbar” at Six Waverley Grove,
Portsmouth, England. By 1899, they started the first badminton competition in the world, “All
England Open Badminton Championships”.
By 1934, the International Badminton Federation (IBF, now known as the Badminton World
Federation) was formed with England, Scotland, Wales, Canada, Denmark, France, Ireland, New
Zealand, and the Netherlands as the founding members.
By 1948, the International Badminton Federation launched the first tournament: Thomas Cup
(World Men’s Team Championships). Since then, more world-class events have been launched
such as:
Uber Club (World Team Championships for Women)
World Championships (BWF World Championships)
Sudirman Cup (Mixed Team Badminton Championship takes place every two years)
World Junior Championships (BWF World Junior Championships)
World Grand Prix Finals (BWF World Badminton Grand Prix Finals, only the top 8 players in the
year-end world rankings were invited)
By 1972, Badminton became a demo sport at the Munich Olympics and became an official
Olympic Sport at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. At that time, only singles and doubles were listed.
By 1996, Mixed Doubles was included in the Atlanta Olympic Games, till now, Badminton is still
the only sport with mixed doubles events in the Olympics.
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Total length: 44 ft
This length is divided into two equal parts ( 22 ft each)
Front service line distance to the net: 6 ft 6 inch
Rear service line distance to the back: 2 ft 6 inch
A net that is set across the center of the badminton court
Proper Sportswear, it is okay if you are not wearing badminton T-shirts or shorts, but you should
at least wear a pair of Badminton Shoes to protect your foot.
Exercise:
1. Why do you think the British officers stationed in India invented the game “Poona”? What do you think is
its purpose?
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2. Are you interested in playing badminton? Why or Why not? What characteristics of this sport make you
interested in playing/not playing it?
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ACTIVITY 3.1
Directions: Create a simple yet creative infographic about badminton – its history and development, equipment
needed, and even basic skills in playing.
POST TEST
Directions: Read and answer the following questions in complete sentences. (4 points each)
1. What do you think is the importance of sports events like badminton in an individual?
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2. If you were to become a coach in the future, how would you encourage a child to learn and play badminton?
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Go back to PRETEST part and write in the L column what have you learned from this module.
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organized. The ideas are organized. The ideas organized. The ideas are organized. The ideas
explained very clearly and are explained clearly explained but have little are not explained and
are very relevant to what and have relevance to relevance to what is being have no relevance to
is being asked. what is being asked. asked. what is being asked.
References:
Online Sources
Brief History of Badminton (updated 2021) - Badminton Professor
https://www.nationalbadmintonmuseum.com/