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  2. Badminton - Wikipedia

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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).

  3. Racket (sports equipment) - Wikipedia

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    Squash racket and ball Racquetball racket and ball. A racket or racquet [1] is an item of sporting equipment used to strike a ball or shuttlecock in a variety of sports. A racket consists of three major components: a widened distal end known as the head, an elongated handle known as the grip, and a reinforced connection between the head and handle known as the throat or heart.

  4. Battledore and shuttlecock - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  5. Shuttlecock - Wikipedia

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    World Badminton Federation Rules say the shuttle should reach the far doubles service line plus or minus half the width of the tram. According to manufacturers proper shuttles will generally travel from the back line of the court to just short of the long doubles service line on the opposite side of the net, with a full underhand hit from an ...

  6. Badminton in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Badminton fails to receive substantial media attention in the United States and with that comes low wages. Participants can earn up to $15,000 for winning a championship, which is a relatively small amount of money in comparison to an average football player that has a salary of $2.7 million.

  7. Category:Badminton equipment - Wikipedia

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    Contact us; Contribute Help; Learn to edit; Community portal; Recent changes; ... Pages in category "Badminton equipment" The following 3 pages are in this category ...

  8. Category:Racket sports equipment - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 21 October 2024, at 12:00 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  9. Sports equipment - Wikipedia

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    Sports equipment, also called sporting goods, are the tools, materials, apparel, and gear, which varies in shapes, size, and usage in a particular sport. It includes balls, nets, rackets, protective gears like helmets, goggles, etc. Since the performer must use a sport equipment, [1] it can also be serve for protection. [2] [a]