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In 2002 the International Badminton Federation (BWF), concerned with the unpredictable and often lengthy time required for matches, decided to experiment with a different scoring system to improve the commercial and especially the broadcasting appeal of the sport [citation needed]. The new scoring system shortened games to seven points and ...
An umpire is an official in a variety of sports and competition, responsible for enforcing the rules of the sport, including sportsmanship decisions such as ejection. The term derives from the Old French nonper , non , ' not ' and per , ' equal ' : ' one who is requested to act as arbiter of a dispute between two people ' [ 1 ] (as evidenced in ...
Badminton rules also provide for testing a shuttlecock for the correct speed: [18] 4.4.1: To test a shuttlecock, hit a full underhand stroke that makes contact with the shuttlecock over the back boundary line. The shuttlecock shall be hit at an upward angle and in a direction parallel to the sidelines.
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Tennis, Lawn Tennis, Rackets, Fives (1890), standard trade edition, decorated brown cloth cover. The Badminton Library, called in full The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes, was a sporting and publishing project conceived by Longmans Green & Co. and edited by Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort (1824–1899).
Australian National Badminton Championships are officially held since the year 1935. Already eleven years earlier already started the unofficial national championships in Victoria , but a national governing body for badminton was still missing in this time.
The following is a list of individuals who have held the position of president or managing director of the Nippon Badminton Association. On 1 April 1957, when the association obtained corporate status, the title of president was changed to managing director. [3]
Later, the referee, a third "neutral" official was added; this referee would be "referred to" if the umpires could not resolve a dispute. The referee did not take his place on the pitch until 1891, when the umpires became linesmen (now assistant referees). Today, in many amateur football matches, each side will still supply their own partisan ...