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Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players per side). Badminton is often played as a casual outdoor activity in a yard or on a beach; formal games are ...
Sports that use a netted racket. Badminton. Ball badminton. Battledore and shuttlecock. Crossminton (previously "Speedminton") Frontenis. Qianball. Racketlon (a series of other racket and paddle sports) Rackets.
Badminton. In badminton, the objective of the game is to hit the shuttlecock over the net and into your opponents boundary. If both of you are able to hit the shuttlecock or birdie back and forth a rally has ensued. A rally is won if one player hits the shuttlecock out of bounds or into the net. Games go to 21 points.
A shuttlecock (also called a birdie or shuttle) is a high-drag projectile used in the sport of badminton. It has an open conical shape formed by feathers or plastic (or a synthetic alternative) embedded into a rounded cork (or rubber) base. The shuttlecock's shape makes it extremely aerodynamically stable. Regardless of initial orientation, it ...
BWF World Tour. The BWF World Tour is a Grade 2 badminton tournament series, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). It is a competition open to the top world ranked players in singles (men's and women's) and doubles (men's, women's and mixed). [1] The competition was announced on 19 March 2017 and came into effect starting from 2018 ...
This category has the following 22 subcategories, out of 22 total. Badminton by populated place (1 C) Badminton by continent (7 C) Badminton by country (138 C)
Battledore and shuttlecock, or jeu de volant, is a sport related to the professional sport of badminton. The game is played by two or more people using small rackets (battledores), made of parchment or rows of gut stretched across wooden frames, and shuttlecocks, made of a base of some light material, such as cork, with trimmed feathers fixed ...
Racket is the standard American spelling of the word.Racquet is an alternative spelling [3] [4] more common in Britain, as evidenced by the BBC style guide. [5] Racquet is used more commonly in certain sports, such as tennis, squash, racquetball, and badminton, and less commonly in others.