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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 ...
Games employing shuttlecocks have been played for centuries across Eurasia, [a] but the modern game of badminton developed in the mid-19th century among the expatriate officers of British India as a variant of the earlier game of battledore and shuttlecock. ("Battledore" was an older term for "racquet".) [4] Its exact origin remains obscure.
Racket sports (or racquet sports) are games in which players use a racket or paddle to hit a ball or other object. [1] Rackets consist of a handled frame with an open hoop that supports a network of tightly stretched strings.
French Badminton Federation (FFBaD, French: Fédération Française de Badminton) is the national governing body for the sport of badminton in France. As of 2017, it has more than 191,600 registered players across the country and 1,977 affiliated badminton clubs.
Sport in France plays an important role in French society, which is reflected in its popularity among the French people and the nation's strong sporting history. [1] Various types of sports are played and followed in France, notably cycling, fencing, football, [2] and handball, which has earned France eight victories in world championships and five Olympic medals.
The French Open (French: Internationaux de France de Badminton) is an annual badminton tournament held in France since 1909 and hosted by the Fédération Française de Badminton (FFBad). [1] [2] [3] The tournament was halted between 1915 and 1934, in 1965, 1970, 1972, 1994 and 2006.
Crossminton, previously known as Speed Badminton, is a racket game that combines elements from different sports like badminton, squash and tennis. It is played without any net and has no prescribed playground, so it can be executed on tennis courts, streets, beaches, fields or gyms.
Maud Lefort (born 2006) is a French para badminton player who competes in international badminton competitions. She is a double European Para champion in the singles and doubles events with Caroline Bergeron and won a bronze medal in the mixed doubles event with Mathieu Thomas.