A green lawn, a pair of rackets and a shuttlecock – badminton remains the cheapest and most popular sport. Moreover, you can learn to play badminton tolerably in just two to three hours! Basic rules, game tricks and subtleties of equipment – in the material WDay.ru.
“Flying Feather”
Badminton is one of the ancient games. Six centuries ago, the Japanese played a ball made of feathers and cherries with wooden rackets. They took a ripe cherry, inserted 5-6 goose feathers into it and dried it in the sun. The game was called Flying Feather.
Then she migrated to Europe. In France, for example, they played coq vanten (flying rooster). It has long been fond of shuttlecock in Russia. This is evidenced by old engravings and classical literature. “Letok” – this is how the Russians aptly dubbed the game of shuttlecock.
The year 1872 is considered to be the beginning of modern badminton. Badminton originated in a small English town called Badminton, a hundred kilometers from London. The Duke of Beaufort returned from India to his estate and, along with spices and expensive ivory products, brought rackets and a ball with feathers.
BTW
When running at a speed of about 18 kilometers per hour, it burns 1280 calories. For an hour of cycling, about 400 calories swimming in the pool – 500 calories. Tennis game burns 400 calories per hour, playing badminton – about 370 calories.
There are no nets in “folk” badminton – you can play anywhere, as long as there is a flat surface under your feet.
Fundamental rules
Everyone understands the meaning of playing badminton: throwing a shuttlecock over the net. But this is the official version. There are no nets in “folk” badminton – you can play in absolutely any place, as long as there is a flat surface under your feet!
If you want to arrange “everything is fair” and amaze your friends by observing the rules, then know that the game starts with a “zero-zero” score and can continue for three games. It all starts with the serve – the server and the receiver occupy their right “even” squares, that is, they stand diagonally.
When the score is 1: 0, the server and the receiver move to the odd half of the court. Serves the player who won the point, but from the left field to the opponent’s left field. At the end of the set, when one of the players is the first to gain the maximum number of points – 21, the competitors switch sides of the court. If at the end of two sets the score is 1: 1, the players continue the argument in the third set. Since a combat draw in badminton is impossible, the strongest wins.
Experienced craftsmen say that a badminton racket is an extension of the hand if it is familiar and comfortable.
Equipment
Of course, first of all, you need to take care of the equipment. Choosing the right racket is important. Experienced craftsmen say that the racket is an extension of the hand if it is familiar and comfortable. Today, the Chinese industry has mastered the production of sports products from the world’s leading sports developers, including the badminton rackets of the Japanese company “Yonex”. What are we wearing? T-shirt, shorts (or skirt) and always sports footwear. You can read how to find the right sneakers for your feet here.
First of all, you need to learn how to properly grip the racket. Watching the players, pay attention: before serving, most players hold the shuttlecock in their left hand, and the handle of the racket is wrapped around as if holding a small tourist hatchet. A badminton racket, lightweight, graceful, does not need to be tightly squeezed in the hand, performing all the strokes with the same grip.
Badminton is a dodgy sport. Each blow must have a “trap” for the opponent.
Not strength, but cunning
So, the serve is a blow, but not any, but from the bottom to the side. The movement resembles a paddle stroke. Stance – legs are “open”, right to the foot behind the left. The knee of the right leg is slightly bent and springy. When serving, move the hand with the shuttle farther on the body. And then a shuttlecock flies in your direction. We must return blow for blow. Right, left, top or bottom – depending on whether the feed is short, high or flat. Clarity, precision and … cat’s cunning!
Former world champion, Indonesian Ferry Sonneville once said to our badminton players: “Playing with a shuttlecock requires not so much the power of the blow as cunning. Each blow must have a “trap” for the opponent. It is necessary to make false swings, distracting movements of the head, body, legs. And even the eyes of a badminton player can help him outwit an opponent. Before serving, look in one corner and send the ball to the other. ” It is no coincidence that the masters have a feline grace in their movements.
Based on materials from Superstyle.ru.