Physical Education

Project
TOPIC - BADMINTON
SUBMITTED BY - LOKESH SONI
SUBMITTED TO - Mr. MOIN KHAN
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 Acknowledgement

I would like to express my special

thanks of gratitude to my physical
education teacher Mr. Moin khan who
gave me the golden opportunity to do this
wonderful project on the topic
BADMINTON, which also helped me in
doing a lot of Research and I came to
know about so many new things. I am
really thankful to them.

Secondly I would also like to thank my

parents and friends who helped me a lot
in finishing this project within the
limited time.
 Badminton
Badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played by
either two opposing players (singles) or two
opposing pairs (doubles), on a rectangular
court that is divided by a net. Players score
points by striking a shuttlecock with their
racquet so that it passes over the
net and lands in their opponents'
half
half of the court. Each side may
only strike the shuttlecock once
before it passes over the net.
net.
Shuttle cock
Since 1992, badminton has been an
Olympic sport with five events:
events: men's and
women's singles, men's , women's and mixed
doubles.
doubles. Badminton’s highest governing body is
the International
International Badminton Federation (IBF)
and has about 140 member nations. The IBF
estimates that about
about 200 million people play the
game worldwide.
 History
Badminton used to be played in 17th century in
Gloucestershire in England at the place called
badminton.

In India it was played in pune, Maharashtra in

around 18th century.

First badminton
badminton club was formed in bath,
England in 1873.

In 1893 badminton association of England was

formed.

The All England Open Badminton

Badminton
Championships,
Championships, the first badminton competition
in the world, in 1899.

The International Badminton Federation (IBF)

(now known as Badminton World Federation)
was established in 1934.
1934.

The badminton association of India was formed

and all India championship
championship was organized in
1934 in Calcutta (Kolkata).

The Thomas cup was started in world

championship in 1948 and women’s equivalent
Uber cup was started in 1954.
 Latest General Rules
Playing Court -The Badminton court is
rectangular and divided
divided into 2 halves by a net. The
length of the court is 44 ft.The width of the court for
doubles is 20ft and in singles this width is reduced to
17 ft.

Post - There will be 2 posts with height as 1.55m

above floor.

Net - Color of net should be dark and its mesh

should be 15-
15-20mm. width of net should be 760mm.

Toss -The winner

winner of toss decide the end of court or to
serve first.
Scoring - When the server serves, the shuttlecock
must pass over the short service line on the opponents'
court or it will count as a fault. There will be best of
three games. The winner of 2 games will be winner.
Each game consists of 21 points. This applies to both
doubles as well as singles.

Players- A singles is played with 1 player on each

side and in doubles it is 2 players on each side.

Interval - Between 1st and 2nd game there will be an

interval of 90seconds and interval between 2nd and 3rd
game should not exceed 5 minutes.

Let - Iff a let is called, the rally is stopped and

replayed with no change to the score. Lets may occur
occur
because of some unexpected disturbance.
disturbance.

Equipment
Rackets - A racket is usually made of steel,
aluminum, and graphite. The ideal length is 27 inches
and weight 85 to 140 gm for rackets.

Shuttlecock - A shuttlecock is a high drag projectile,

projectile,
with an open conical shape:
shape: the cone is formed from
sixteen overlapping feathers embedded into a rounded
cork base. The weight of a
shuttle should be 4.73-
4.73-5.5gm.
5.5gm.
The feathers should have

a length of 62-
62-72 mm .

Fundamental skills
1. Racket grip
1. Forehand grip
2. Backhand grip

2. Shuttlecock grip
1. Base grip
2. Mid grip
3. Out of hand grip
grip

3. Service
1. Flight service 2. Forehand
Forehand net service
3. Backhand net service 4.Drive service
4. Strokes
1. Smash - hitting thethe shuttle down fast and steeply to
finish a rally.
2. Drop shot - hitting the shuttle so that it
falls into the other players front court.
3. Net roll - hitting a shot from the net
that spins over the net.
net.
4. Clear - hitting the shuttle from the
back of your court, high into the other
players back court
court. smash
5. Lift - hitting the shuttle from the net,
up high into the opponents back court.
court.
6. Drive-
Drive- hitting the shuttle flat across the top of the
net.
net.
7. Block - stopping a smash from hitting
hitting the ground
on your side and hitting back over the net.
8. Lob – It sends the shuttle high
and deep towards base line of
opponent.
9. Forehand stroke – played from
same side of playing hand.
10. Backhand stroke – played from
opposite side of playing hand. Forehand stroke

11. Block - a defensive stroke in

response to smash.
 Badminton terminology
1.Back gallery- area included
between the long service line and
back line.

2.Service court- portion of

court from where service
is delievered.

3. Rally- sending shuttle

Over the net.

4.Server- player who puts

Shuttle in play.

5.Match point- the point service court

Which won by server makes him

Winner of match.

6.Inning- time during which a player holds service.

7.Rotation- in doubles, players keep changing
their position during the play.
 Specific exercises
Exercises of warming up
1. Short running forward,
forward, backward and sideways.
2. Sideways bending
3. arm circles
4. trunk twist
5. hamstring stretch
6. to do service, smash, shots.

Exercises of conditioning
1. continuous slow running for raising endurance
2. short accelerations for improving speed.
3. weight training exercises
Common sports injuries
1. sprain in ankles and knees.
2. strain in arm, hamstring, elbow and shoulders
3. muscle cramp
4. dislocation of shoulder joint
5. fracture
6. tennis elbow

Prevention of injuries
1. Proper warming up prior to tournament
2. specific warming up after general
general warming up
3. proper shoe and dress
4. proper skill while playing
5. don’t play until physically fit

Strain
 Important tournaments
The BWF organizes several international competitions,
including the Thomas Cup,
Cup, the premier men's
international team event first held in 1948–
1948–1949,
1949, and
the Uber Cup,
Cup, the women's equivalent first held
in 1956–
1956–1957.
1957. The competitions take place once every
two years. More than 50 national teams compete in
qualifying tournaments within continental
confederations for a place in the finals. The final
tournament involves 12 teams, following an increase
from eight teams in 2004.
The Sudirman Cup,
Cup, a gender-
gender-mixed international
international
team event held once every two years, began in 1989.
Teams are divided into seven levels based on the
performance of each country. To win the tournament, a
country must perform well across all five disciplines
(men's doubles and singles, women's doubles
doubles and
singles, and mixed doubles).
Badminton was a demonstration event in
the 1972 and 1988 Summer Olympics.
Olympics. It became an
official Summer Olympic sport at the Barcelona
Olympics in 1992 and its gold medals now generally
rate as the sport's most coveted prizes for individual
individual
players.
In the BWF World Championships,
Championships, first held in 1977,
1977,
currently only the highest ranked 64 players in the
world, and a maximum of four from each country, can
participate in any category.
At the start of 2007, the BWF introduced a new
tournament structure for the highest level tournaments
aside
aside from those in level one: the BWF Super Series.
Series.
This level two tournament series, a tour for the world's
elite players, stages twelve open tournaments around
the world with
with 32 players (half the previous limit). The
players collect points that determine whether they can
play in Super Series Final held at the year end.
Among the tournaments in this series is the
venerable All-
All-England Championships,
Championships, first held in
1900, which was once considered the unofficial world
championships of the sport.[13]
Level three tournaments consist of Grand Prix Gold
and Grand Prix event.
event. Top players can collect the world
ranking points and enable them to play in the BWF
Super Series open tournaments. These include the
regional competitions in Asia (Badminton
(Badminton Asia
Championships
Championships)ps) and Europe (European
(European Badminton
Championships),
Championships), which produce the world's best players
as well as the Pan America Badminton
Championships.
Championships.
The level four tournaments, known as International
Challenge, International Series and Future Series,
encourage participation by junior players.
players.
Some Major International Tournaments are as under:
 Sports personalities
1.Nandu natekar – winner of men’s
Singles of national badminton
championship for 6 times. He has also
got lifetime achievement
award.
2.Prakash padukone – won 9 national
national
Titles.he got gold medal in CWG games
In 1978. he was also awarded
Padmashri award in 1982.
3.Syed modi - Syed Modi was an Indian
badminton player, and an eight-
eight-time
National Badminton champion. He won
gold medal in Commonwealth Games,
Men's
Men's singles title and was awarded Arjuna
Award in 1980.

4.P.gopichand - Pullela Gopichand is an

Indian Badminton player. He won the All

England Open Badminton Championships

in 2001 and got Arjuna award in 1999

and rajiv Gandhi khel rattan award in

2000.
2000.

5.Madhumita Bisht
Madhumita Bisht is a former
badminton player from
Uttarakhand, India. She is an
eight-
eight-time National singles
champion, nine-
nine-time doubles
winner and a twelve-
twelve-time mixed
doubles winner. She received the
Arjuna Award in 1982.
6.Saina nehwal - Saina Nehwal is an

Indian Khel Ratna badminton player

who attained a career best ranking
of #2 in December 2010 by
Badminton World Federation.
Saina is the first Indian to win
a medal in Badminton at the
Olympics.
 National sports awards
1.Arjuna award - The Arjuna Awards were instituted
in 1961 by the Government of India to recognize
outstanding achievement of sportsmen in different
games.
The award carries
1. A cash prize of 5 lakh
2. A bronze statuette of Arjuna ,
3. A scroll

Some Arjuna awardees in badminton

1. Syed modi
2. P. kashyap
3. Saina nehwal

2.Dronacharya award - Dronacharya Award

Award is an
award presented by the government of India for
excellence in sports coaching in memory
of guru Dronacharya of Mahabharata
times . This
This award was instituted
in 1985. The award comprises
1. A bronze statuette of Dronacharya,
Dronacharya,
2. A scroll of honour and
3. A cash prize of Rs.
Rs. 5 lakh.
Dronacharya awardees in badminton
1. P. Gopichand
2. S. M. Arif

3. Rajiv Gandhi khel ratna award - The Rajiv

Gandhi Khel Ratna (RGKR) is India’s
highest honour and is given for
outstanding performance in sports.
This award was instituted in the
year 1991.
This award carries
1. A medal,
2. A scroll of honour
3. A cash component
component of Rs.7.5 lakh

Rajiv gandhi khel ratna awardees in badminton

1. P. Gopichand
2. Saina nehwal

4. Dhyan Chand award – Dhyan

Chand Award is India's
India's highest
award for lifetime achievement in
sports and games, given by the
Government of India.
India. The award
was instituted
instituted in 2002.
The award carries
1. A cash prize of Rs 5 lakh
2. A statuette,
3. A scroll of honour.

5. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy – This trophy is

given to university with best performance in sports.
This trophy was instituted in 1956-
1956-57. This award
carries a trophy and cash prize.

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy

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