2. Acknowledgement
I am thankful to…
- Mr Moin Khan Sir, our Physical Education Teacher. He
is instrumental in teaching us the importance of
Physical Activities.
- Mr Darshanlal Sir, our class teacher for his kind
motivation and moral support.
- The Principal
- The School
- All the school authorities
Last but not the least, I am indebted to my parents for
their kind and touching support despite all odds.
3. Badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two
opposing players (singles) or two
opposing pairs (doubles), who take
positions on opposite halves of 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 of the
court. Each side may
only strike the
shuttlecock once before it
passes over the net. A rally ends once the
shuttlecock has struck the floor.
4. History
• The beginnings of Badminton can be traced to mid-
18th century British India.
• It was created by British military officers stationed
there.
• Early photographs show Englishmen adding a net to
the traditional BADMINTON was invented long ago; a
form of sport played in ancient Greece and Egypt.
• Being particularly popular in the British garrison town
Poona (now Pune), the game also came to be known
as Poona
• The game was called "POONA" in India during the
18th Century, and British Army Officers stationed there
took the Indian version back to England in the 1860's.
• In 1934, the International Badminton Federation (IBF)
was organized
• Badminton was first contested as an official Olympic
sport at the 1992 Olympic games in Barcelona, Spain.
5. Rules
It is played by two or four players on a marked-out
area 44 ft (13.41 m) long by 17 ft (5.18 m) wide for
the two-player game and 20 ft (6.10 m) wide for the
four-player game. A net is fixed across the middle of
the court, with the top edge of the net set to a height
of 5 ft (1.52 m) from the ground at the center and 5 ft
1 in (1.55 m) at the posts.
If the serving side fails to return the shuttlecock, it
losses the serve. Each game is played to 21 points,
with players scoring a point whenever they win a rally
regardless of whether they served (this differs from
6. the old system where players could only win a point
on their serve and each game was played to 15
points). A match is the best of three games
At the start of the rally, the server and receiver stand
in diagonally opposite service courts. The server hits
the shuttlecock so that it would land in the receiver's
service court. This is similar to tennis, except that a
badminton serve must be hit below waist height and
with the racquet shaft pointing downwards, the
shuttlecock is not allowed to bounce and in
badminton, the players stand inside their service
courts unlike tennis
7. CHAMPIANSHIPS
The BWF organizes several international competitions, including
the Thomas Cup, the premier men's international team event first
held in 1948–1949, and the Uber Cup, the women's equivalent first
held in 1956–1957. 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.
The Sudirman Cup, a gender-mixed 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 and singles, and
mixed doubles). Like association football (soccer), it features a
promotion and relegation system in every level.
Badminton 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 players.
In the BWF World Championships, first held in 1977, currently only
the highest ranked 64 players in the world, and a maximum of four
from each country, can participate in any category. In both the
8. Olympic and BWF World competitions restrictions on the number of
participants from any one country have caused some controversy
because they sometimes result in excluding elite world level
players from the strongest badminton nations. The Thomas, Uber,
and Sudirman Cups, the Olympics, and the BWF World (and World
Junior Championships), are all categorized as level one
tournaments.
At the start of 2007, the BWF introduced a new tournament
structure for the highest level tournaments aside from those in level
one: the BWF Super Series. This level two tournament series, a
tour for the world's elite players, stages twelve open tournaments
around the world 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-England Championships, first held in
1900, which was once considered the unofficial world
championships of the sport.
Level three tournaments consist of Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix
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 Asia
Championships) and Europe (European Badminton
Championships), which produce the world's best players as well as
the Pan America Badminton Championships.
9. The level four tournaments, known as International Challenge,
International Series and Future Series, encourage participation by
junior players.
Some Major International Tournaments are as under:
Name of Tournament Type
BWF World Junior Championships BWF events
European Men's & Women's Team
Championships
BWF events
Thomas & Uber Cup BWF
Tournament
Russian Open Grand Prix Grand Prix
YONEX Canada Open Grand Prix
YONEX Dutch Open Grand Prix
YONEX-SUNRISE Vietnam Open Grand Prix
Bitburger SaarLoxLux Open Grand Prix Gold
Indonesia Open Grand Prix Gold
Korea Open Grand Prix Gold
Macau Open Badminton Championships Grand Prix Gold
Malaysia Open Grand Prix Gold
SCG Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold
Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold
YONEX Australian Open Grand Prix Gold
YONEX Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold
10. YONEX German Open Badminton
Championships
Grand Prix Gold
YONEX/OCBC US Open Championships Grand Prix Gold
YONEX-SUNRISE India Grand Prix Grand Prix Gold
Oceania Championships Grand Prix
status
27th Brazil International Badminton Cup International
Challenge
Austrian International Challenge -do-
Bahrain International Challenge -do-
Denmark International -do-
Finnish Open -do-
Guatemala International Challenge -do-
India International Challenge -do-
Iran Fajr International Challenge -do-
Kharkov International -do-
Maldives International Badminton Challenge -do-
MAYBANK Malaysia International Challenge -do-
Norwegian International -do-
Osaka International Challenge -do-
Polish Open International -do-
Scottish International Championships -do-
Spanish Open -do-
Swedish International Stockholm -do-
Swiss International 2012 -do-
11. Tahiti French Polynesia International Challenge -do-
VICTOR Indonesia International Challenge -do-
Vietnam International Challange -do-
XII Italian International -do-
XVII Peru Internacional -do-
YONEX Belgian International -do-
YONEX Bulgarian International Championships -do-
YONEX Czech International -do-
YONEX Dutch International -do-
YONEX Welsh International Badminton
Championships
-do-
Bulgaria Hebar Open International
Series
37th YONEX Hungarian International 2012 -do-
Banuinvest International -do-
Croatian International -do-
French International -do-
FZ Forza Slovenia International -do-
Iceland International -do-
Internacional Mexicano CANCELLED -do-
International Open Morocco -do-
Iraqi International Series -do-
LI-NING Singapore International Series -do-
Li-Ning Sunlight Victorian International -do-
Polish Open -do-
12. Portuguese International Championships -do-
SOTX Auckland International -do-
Turkiye International -do-
Uganda International -do-
VI Suriname International -do-
YONEX Estonian International -do-
LI NING China Masters Super Series
LI-NING Singapore Open Super Series
MAYBANK Malaysia Badminton Open Super Series
YONEX French Open Super Series
YONEX Open Japan Super Series
YONEX-SUNRISE Hong Kong Open Super Series
YONEX-SUNRISE India Open Super Series
Denmark Open Super Series
Premier
DJARUM Indonesia Open -do-
LI NING China Open -do-
VICTOR Korea Open -do-
YONEX All England Badminton Championships -do-
13. The Top 10 men's singles badminton players in the world
(as on 24-Apr-2011 based on world rankings published by BWF)
1. Chong Wei LEE - Malaysia
2. Taufik HIDAYAT - Indonesia
3. Dan LIN - China
4. Long CHEN - China
5. Boonsak PONSANA - Thailand
6. Peter Hoeg GADE - Denmark
7. Tien Minh NGUYEN - Vietnam
8. Jin CHEN - China
9. Simon SANTOSO - Indonesia
10. Sung Hwan PARK – Korea
The Top 10 women's singles badminton players in the world (as
on 24-Apr-2011 based on world rankings published by BWF)
1. Shixian WANG - China
2. Yihan Wang - China
3. Xin Wang - China
4. Saina NEHWAL - India
5. Xin(1) - China
6. Jiang Yanjiao - China
7. Juliane Schenk - Germany
8. Youn Joo BAE - Korea
9. Tine BAUN - Denmark
10. Petya NEDELCHEVA - Bulgaria
14. Old Warriors
There are so many to name when it comes to the famous
badminton legends:
Eddy Choong, Han Jian, Yang Yang, Zhao Jian Hua, Rudy
Hartono, Icuk Sugiarto, Morten Frost, Ong Ewe Hock, Rexy
Manaiky, Park Joo Bong, Misbun Sidek, Lim Swie King, David G.
Freeman, Jorge Palazuelos, Pullela Gopichand, Martin Dew-
Hattens or Susi Susanti,
Eddy Choong. Eddy Choong, born in 1930 in
Malaysian, is a famous badminton player, who won
most major honors during his career spanned from as
early as 1950.
David G. Freeman of Pasadena, Calif. He dominated the sport
from 1939 until the national championships were
abandoned because of the war after 1942. He is
one of those players who have so many incredible
stories associated with his career in badminton. He
is considered to be a magician in the court because
he can drive the shuttlecock at any designated spot and make a
bulls-eye. Not only this, but he is said to be the greatest retriever
15. that badminton has ever produced.
India has a great badminton history. Prakash Padukone, Pullela
Gopichand, Aparna Popat & Saina Nehwal are some of the most
famous Indian badminton players.
Great American men players have been Walter R. Kramer, Chester
Goss, Donald Eversoll, Hamilton Law, Richard Yeager, William
Markham, Carl Loveday, Donald Richardson, Phillip Richardson,
LeRoy Erikson, Reaford Haney, William Faversham, Wayne Schell,
C. Raynor Hutchinson, Clinton Stephens, Richard Mitchell, Barney
McCay, Webb Kimball, Roy Lockwood, Wynn Robers, Marten
Mendez, Joseph Alston, Dr. Jim Poole, Dr. Don Paup, Dr. Stanton
Hales, and Chris Kinard.
Great English badminton men players through the last 40 years
have included F. Chesterton, G.A. Sautter, H.N. Marrett, Sir George
A. Thomas, G.B.S. Mack, J.F. Devlin, F.Hodge, E. Hawthorn, D.C.
Hume, H.G. Uber, A.K. Jones, R.C.F. Nichols, R.M. White and Ken
Davidson (later of the United States).
The Canadian men stars were Col. A.E. Snell, McTaggart Cowan,
Dr. H.T. Douglas, C.W. Aikmen, Jack Underhill, Jack Purcell, J.W.
Taylor, Douglass Grant, Rod Phelan, Jack G. Muir, Noel Radford,
George Goodwin Jr., James Forsythe, J.E. Sibbald, Reginald Hill,
16. D.W.R. McKean, Grant Henry, John Samis, James Snyder, Paul
Snyder, Richard Birch, Len Schlemm, Allan France, H.K. Pollock,
H.E. Porter, Gordon Simpson, Don Smythe, Daryl Thompson, Alan
Williams, Dave McTaggart, Wayne MacDonnell, Jamie Paulson,
Bruce Rollick, and Yves Pare.
Canadian Judy Devlin-Hashman was one of the best
badminton players in the world. From 1954 to 1967 she won
more than 50 major championships, including 12 U.S. seniors'
national titles and 10 All-England championships. Isn't it
remarkable?
17. Indian National Champions
Season
Men's
singles
Women's
singles
Men's
doubles
Women's
doubles
Mixed
doubles
2000
Pullela
Gopichand
Aparna
Popat
Vincent
Lobo
Jaseel P.
Ismail
Jwala Gutta
Shruti Kurian
Vincent Lobo
Madhumita
Bisht
2001
Abhinn
Shyam
Gupta
Sanave
Thomas
Valiyaveetil
Diju
K. Neelima
Chowdary
D. Swetha
Markose
Bristow
Madhumita
Bisht
2002 Markose
Bristow
Rupesh
Kumar
Jwala Gutta
Shruti Kurian
Jaseel P. Ismail
Manjusha
Kanwar
2003
Chetan
Anand
Pullela
Gopichand
Jwala Gutta
2004
Anup
Sridhar
Rupesh
Kumar
Sanave
Thomas
Markose
Bristow
B. R.
Meenakshi
2005
Valiyaveetil Diju
Jwala Gutta
2006
Chetan
Anand
Valiyaveetil Diju
Shruti Kurian
2007
Saina
Nehwal
Valiyaveetil Diju
Aparna Balan
2008 Arvind Bhat
Sayali
Gokhale
Valiyaveetil Diju
Jwala Gutta
2009
Chetan
Anand
Trupti
Murgunde
Jwala Gutta
Ashwini
Ponnappa
2010 Arvind Bhat
Aditi
Mutatkar
Aparna
Balan
Prajakta
Sawant
Pranav Chopra
Prajakta
Sawant
18. Beijing Olympic 2008 Results
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men’s
Singles
Lin Dan (CHN) Lee Chong
Wei (MAS)
Chen Jin (CHN)
Men’s
Doubles
Markis Kido
and Hendra
Setiawan (INA)
Cai Yun
and Fu
Haifeng (CHN)
Hwang Ji-man
and Lee Jae-
jin (KOR)
Women’s
Singles
Zhang
Ning (CHN)
Xie
Xingfang (CHN)
Maria Kristin
Yulianti (INA)
Women’s
Doubles
Du Jing
and Yu
Yang (CHN)
Lee Hyo-jung
and Lee Kyung-
won (KOR)
Wei Yili
and Zhang
Yawen (CHN
Mixed
Doubles
Lee Hyo-jung
and Lee Yong-
dae (KOR)
Lilyana Natsir
and Nova
Widianto (INA)
He Hanbin
and Yu
Yang (CHN)
19. Yonex BWF World Championships 2011
Event I II III
Men’s Singles Lin Dan Chong Wei Lee Jin Chen
Peter Hoeg
Gade
Men’s Doubles Yun Cai
Haifeng Fu
Sung Hyun Ko
Yeon Seong
Yoo
Jae Sung Jung
Yong Dae Lee
Mohammad
Ahsan
Bona Septano
Women’s
Singles
Yihan Wang Shao Chieh
Cheng
Juliane Schenk
Xin Wang
Women’s
Doubles
Xiaoli Wang
Yang Yu
Qing Tian
Yunlei Zhao
Miyuki Maeda
Satoko
Suetsuna
Jwala Gutta
Ashwini
Ponnappa
Mixed Doubles Nan Zhang
Yunlei Zhao
Chris Adcock
Imogen Bankier
Chen Xu
Jin Ma
Tantowi Ahmad
Liliyana Natsir
