Badminton

Rio Olympic 2016 | Watch Olympics Badminton

Rio Olympic 2016 | Watch Olympics Badminton

Badminton became an Olympic in the 1992 Summer Olympics, although since the 1972 Summer Olympics was a demonstration sport.  

It is held indoors for 8 days. His game is to hit a ball with feathers over a network within the measures of the playing court. It includes the following events: men ’s singles, women ’s singles, men ’s doubles, women ’s doubles and mixed doubles, the sport has a limit of participation of 172 athletes (86 men and 86 women). 

The Badminton is practiced indoor shoe and a kind feathery ball for two or four players. The network is fixed so that its top edge is at a height of 1.52 m above the ground, measured at the center, and 1.55 m at the poles. The racket is light and measures approximately 66 cm long, while the hitting zone of the same measures 21 cm at its widest part. The ball also knock ‘fly’ or ‘cockerel’ has a cork base with 16 goose adjusted for stability; Feathers are now made ​​of nylon or plastic. The track resembles tennis and measures 13.4 m long by 6.1 m wide. 

The score, however, is different from tennis. In singles, the player who draws it does from the service zone on the right and serves the service zone right of the opposite side; if the player taking wins the rally, scores a point. The next service is done from the left to the far left; This alternative process continues as the player who draws earn points. Only the drawer can score points: If you lose the rally, the other player does not score any points but acquires the right to serve. As points are awarded in tennis when a player does not return the ball or hits sending off the track. Normally, 15 points win the game, as long as there are two points of difference, at least for the winner. The victory in two games wins the match. Championship rules and procedures set scores decisive tiebreaker different for male, female and doubles matches. 

Sport abounds in positional play and subtle maneuvers, especially in doubles play where the long rallies are common. There is a wide range of shots on a scale ranging from delicate smashes left to the violent (shots hit hard, above the head and thrown to the opposite field in the downward direction). Players need quick reflexes and constant changes of speed. 

The game was called in Gloucestershire Badminton (England), which is the family seat of the Dukes of Beaufort. It is believed that there was invented around 1867. It is possible, however, that British Army officers they had seen in India as a hobby and would teach the Beaufort family.  

Its most obvious precursor is the old English game of battledore . A similar game is also practiced in China more than 2,000 years ago. Badminton became popular very quickly and Britain Badminton Association was founded in 1893. The sport has also flourished in Denmark, Japan, China, South Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand. A large proportion of champions (men and women) come from the Far East. . The world governing body is the International Badminton Federation, founded in 1934, which today has more than 100 member nations 

major competitions are: Championship Men ’s World Team (known as the Thomas Cup), held for the first time 1948-1949; Women ’s World Championship Team, established in 1977 and now held every two years; England Championships, first held in 1899 and open to competitors of all countries; and the European Championships, held every two years since 1968. The badminton participated as a demonstration sport in the 1972 Olympics and 1988 and became an official sport in 1992 when all were champions Indonesia and South Korea .