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My Favourite Sport - Badminton

Written by: Bipana Shrestha - 2023003, Grade IX

Posted on: 16 February, 2021

Badminton is an outdoor game that is played with a light-weight racket and shuttlecock. Usually, the shuttlecock is a tiny low cork with a hemisphere with sixteen geese that were connected and deliberation concerning five grams. So, these styles of shuttle should still be helpful today. However, the shuttles casually used are made of artificial materials also are allowed by BWF that may be a short name for a court game world federation.

The badminton is named according to the country's request for the barons of Beaufort in England. Similarly, the game was first conducted in 1873. Moreover, the foundations of the game are followed to archaic China, India, and Greece. Then, this game is supposed to be famously distinguished with kids down shuttlecock and battledore. The badminton world alliance mainly known as BWF is the directing body for the game of badminton all around the world. Furthermore, this controlling body was made in the year 1934. Above, badminton is also broadly famous in Indonesia, Japan, Denmark, and Malaysia. The appellation beneath BWF was conducted in the year 1977. 

Further, there are chromatic general, terrestrial, and zone contests that are held in many nations. The famous competition in badminton is the All-England titles. Similarly, the worldwide and distinguished contest Integrate Uber and Thomas cup. Badminton is also played in the Olympics games without antecedent since 1972 as a display sport. Whereas in the 1992 Olympics badminton fell under the full adornment classification. Furthermore, defiance integrated men are just as ladies dummies as they have blended pairs which were displayed in the 1996 Olympics. 

Then Badminton is also played all around the globe inside as even the small wind motion can affect the badminton shuttlecock. Likewise, the sport badminton is also played outside and is a famous open-air sport. The court for badminton is in a rectangle shape of 13.4 meters long and 5.2 meters wide with a single coordinate. Further, the net present there is 1.5 meters high and it is also stretched through the width of the court at its middle. Furthermore, there is an away from 1.3 meters around the court that is required. The play in badminton comprises completely hitting and volleying the shuttlecock to and fro across the net. Likewise, it ought to be remembered that the shuttlecock ought not to touch the ground or floor inside the court limits.