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Introduction to Badminton (History, Rules, Equipment & Benefits)

Badminton is a sports racket that is played with a shuttlecock or birdie as a projectile and where the players are separated by a net that divides the court into two equal parts. Points are scored by landing the shuttle on your opponent’s side of the court. Badminton is played as an outdoor sport in several parts of the world. However, to fully enjoy its potential, badminton should be played indoors where the wind cannot compromise the flight of the shuttle.

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A brief history of badminton

The history of badminton is not fully clear and some parts of it remain a mystery. Badminton appears to be an evolution of a game called battledore and shuttlecock , which origins go way back in time. Badminton, as we know it today, was, according to most sources, invented and developed by the British in the middle of the 19th century. The most widespread theory is that it was invented in British India and then went back to England, where it became popular very fast.

The name, as the precise origin, is not clear either. However, the most plausible theory says that the game came from Badminton House in Gloucestershire, England , house owned by the Dukes of Beaufort since the 17th century. According to the theory, badminton became very popular in that location during its inception, with badminton matches being organized there.

The Badminton Association of England, founded on September 13, 1893, was the first national badminton association created and it organized the first badminton competition in 1899. The competition, called All England Open Badminton Championships, included gentlemen’s doubles, ladies’ doubles, and mixed doubles. Singles competitions were added the following year, in 1900.

The All England Open Badminton Championships is still one of the most important championships of the year, mostly due to its long history and its significance. Before the Badminton World Federation started organizing the World Badminton Championship, the All England was considered the unofficial world championship.

Basic equipment

There are certain items that you must have if you want to play badminton. It is by no means one of the most expensive sports to practice, but it is neither running or basketball, where the equipment needed is minimal.

A racket is one of the few mandatory items in order to play badminton. As we describe in detail in our badminton measurement post , a racket must follow very strict guidelines to be considered a badminton racket in a professional setting. That doesn’t mean you need to spend a lot. Yonex, the go-to brand for most professional players as we explained in our badminton brands post, has rackets for beginners that start at less than $30. One example is the Yonex B 4000. You can check the latest price on Amazon.com. In the UK, the same racket can be found for around £15. You can check the latest price on Amazon.co.uk .

Shuttle (or birdie)

The second mandatory item is the shuttle. This is what distinguishes badminton from all the other racket sports and what makes it so unique. The shuttles used in competitions are called feathered shuttles and they are not cheap to buy, especially because they do not last that long. We do not recommend using this type of shuttle if you are just starting.

There is a different kind of shuttle, called a non-feathered shuttle, which is cheaper and much more durable. This one doesn’t have feathers but has a plastic body that resembles fairly well the flight of the feathered shuttles. You can purchase a decent tube from Yonex on for around $15 in the US (check the latest price on Amazon.com ) or in the UK for around £8 (check the latest price on Amazon.co.uk ).

Net & poles

A net (with the poles) is, in our opinion, also a mandatory item. Even though you can still hit the shuttle around without the net, this equipment provides certain limitations to the shots that make the game more realistic and fun. If you are playing indoors in a sports hall that is equipped for badminton, they will most likely provide the nets and poles so you don’t need to worry about them. If you want to play outdoors, you will need to purchase them. They are not very expensive (start at around $50 in the US). Check the latest price on Amazon.com .

We go down the scale here from mandatory to recommended equipment. Shoes are, in our opinion, the third most important equipment to buy after rackets and shuttles. This is because badminton can be a very demanding sport for your feet and having proper shoes will save you from a lot of discomforts and injuries.

As it is the case with all the other items, there are shoes that are designed for beginners so you do not need to spend a tone of money on them. My recommendation is, if you can, to make sure they are shoes designed for badminton, as the movements are very specific and shoes designed for indoor courts, in general, will not work as well. These will be slightly more expensive but they are, in my opinion, worth the investment.

Sportive outfit

This is the final recommended equipment. It is not as important as the shoes because it will not prevent injuries, but it will certainly improve your comfort while playing. Having a sportive outfit will allow you to move faster and more comfortable around the court and hit the shuttle with ease. Shorts (or skirts) and a t-shirt are the preferred outfits.

Where can you play badminton?

Professional tournaments are played indoors, under a very controlled environment and usually on a special surface that is installed on top of the sports hall flooring, called a badminton mat. If you want to know a bit more about badminton mats, you can check our extensive badminton mats guide where we explain, between other things, all the different layers of a badminton mat or why badminton mats are so important in professional matches.

If you are playing recreational badminton, I would still recommend playing indoors because otherwise, the wind becomes an unwelcome guest. Having said that, there are a lot of people that practice and enjoy playing badminton outdoors so, if you do not have a sports hall nearby or you simply enjoy more playing outside, you can also do so.

How can you play badminton?

Once you have the required equipment as explained above, you need two additional things in order to play a badminton match and to keep a bit of the emotion going on. You need to know who serves first and, most importantly, you need to know how to keep the score.

How to decide who serves first in a badminton match?

In an official tournament, the umpire will toss a coin as it is done in most sports. Whoever has chosen the winning side can choose either to serve or receive.

In more unofficial environments or during training, the shuttle is usually used. You throw the shuttle up and, when it lands, whichever side the cork of the shuttle is pointing towards, is the side that decides if it wants to serve or not.

Alternatively, the shuttle can be placed feathers down onto the net and let it fall from there. As with throwing the shuttle up, when the shuttle lands on the floor, whichever side the cork of the shuttle is pointing towards, is the side that decides if it wants to serve or not.

How to win points and to keep score?

In order to win a point, you have to be the last one to hit the shuttle and the shuttle has to land within the perimeter of you opponent’s court. Alternatively, if your opponent is the last one to hit the shuttle, in order for you to win a point, the shuttle has to land outside the perimeter of your court.

As for the score, it is the same for both males and females and for both singles and doubles. It is played to the best of three sets. Each set is played to the best of 21 points, with a point scored every time the point is played. This means that it doesn’t matter if you have served or not. If you win a point, you score a point in your scoreboard. When you win the point, you have the service on the next point, no matter who had the service in the previous one. This can get a bit confusing in doubles so, if you are curious, you can check our badminton basics post where the serving principles in doubles are clearly explained.

If the game reaches 20-20, then a player must have two points of difference in the scoreboard (22-20, 23-21, …) in order to win the set. If the scoreboard reaches 29-29, the player to score the point 30th wins the set.

Additional badminton rules

Apart from the scoring system, there are a few extra important rules in order to play badminton. If you want to know the full set of rules, you can check our badminton game rules post , where we go into detail and explain with easy to understand language all the current rules for the sport.

Court dimensions

The badminton court is rectangular and it is divided by a net into two equal rectangles. The standard setting for a court is to be marked for both singles and doubles matches. The doubles court is wider than the singles one, but both are the same length. The only exception to that statement is that the doubles court has a different back serve line, which is shorter than the singles one. This often causes confusion to new players.

The lines marking the court are 40 mm (1.6 inches) wide (and preferably white or yellow in color). These lines are part of the area which they define, so both in the image above and in the data below the lines are included in the measurements. This means that, if the shuttle falls on the line, it is considered “in”. This is the same as in other sports such as tennis.

Court dimensions for singles and doubles

	Total width	Total length	Front service line distance to the net	Rear service line distance to the net
Singles	5.18 m (17 ft)	13.4 m (44 ft)	1.98 m (6 ft 6 inch)	6.7 m (22 ft)
Doubles	6.1 m (20 ft)	13.4 m (44 ft)	1.98 m (6 ft 6 inch)	5.94 m (19 ft 6 inch)

Court equipment information rules

In addition to the court itself, it is also important to highlight the rules for the court equipment. The court equipment is made up of the posts and the net.

The posts have to be 1.55 m (5 ft 1 inch) in height from the surface of the court. Moreover, when the net is fully stretched in the dimensions on the picture above, the posts have to remain vertical. In addition to that, the posts must be placed on the double sidelines irrespective of whether singles or doubles is being played.

Regarding the net, the important rules are that the top of the net from the surface of the court shall be 1.525 (5 ft) meters at the center of the court and 1.55 m (5 ft 1 inch) over the side lines for doubles.

Change of ends rules

Change of ends simply means that the teams or individuals need to change sides of the court as it is customary in most sports. This is to ensure that, if there is a little advantage in one of the sides, that advantage is lost by both sides being able to play there.

The change of ends occurs always at the end of the first game. At the end of the second game, if the match goes to a third game, a change of end will also occur. While playing the third game and in order to keep equality, a change of ends will also occur in the middle of the third game, when the first of both sides reaches point number 11.

Service rules

Service is probably the most difficult part of the rules. Here we highlight the ones I believe are more critical to the game. The full set, as I said before, is available in our badminton game rules post .

Serving diagonally

The most basic point for both types of matches is that you always serve diagonally as happens in other racket sports like tennis. So, if you are serving from the right side of the court, you will serve to the right side of the court of your opponent, thus diagonally.

All the shuttle has to be below waist height when hitting the shuttle

In order to perform the service correctly, it is mandatory that the shuttle is below waist height when it is being hit in the service movement.

The waist is considered to be an imaginary line around the body, at the same height as the lowest part of the server’s bottom rib.

The racket head and the shaft have to be pointing down while serving

In addition to the shuttle being below waist height, another important element is that the racket head and shaft have to be pointing down while serving.

Faults rules

In addition to the service rules, there are a few more rules that are good to keep in mind if you are starting to play badminton

The shots are not alternated between sides

This rule will be obvious to experienced players but might not be so obvious to new players. In a rally, the shuttle must be hit by both teams alternately. What does that mean? It means that your team cannot hit the shuttle twice in a row, as that becomes a fault and the point is therefore lost. The same obviously stands for singles.

The receiving partner hits the shuttle after the service

As we said in the service section, the service is always performed diagonally and the person staying in the diagonal side from the server is the receiver. If for whatever reason, while playing doubles, the partner of the receiver returns the service instead of the receiver, that will be considered a fault and the point will go to the serving team.

The shuttle touches the person or the dress of a player or touches any other object or person outside of the court

If you are playing and your opponent manages to hit you with the shuttle, it will be considered as your fault and the point will go to him or her. Whenever the shuttle touches any other object or person outside of the court, the fault is from the person that has hit the shuttle and therefore the point goes to the opponent.

The player touches the net or its supports with racket, body or dress

Another cause of a fault is whenever a player touches the net or its supports with racket, body or dress. In this case, the fault is called instantly and the point goes to the opponent.

Benefits of playing badminton

After a long set of rules, you might be wondering if it is such a good idea to start playing badminton if you have to learn all these rules. So this section highlights the most important benefits of playing badminton to serve as a counterbalance to the previous (and boring) section. If you want to see the full list of benefits with a more elaborated description, check our badminton benefits post .

1. Badminton develops physical agility

Badminton is a very fast sport, both while playing singles and doubles. The shuttle travels at a lightning speed and you have to react to that in a matter of milliseconds. Therefore, by practicing badminton, you will develop your physical agility

2. More reach leads to better balance and flexibility

Apart from the agility improvement that you will gain from playing badminton, another benefit is the balance and flexibility that is gained through the practice of badminton.

Being such a fast sport, sometimes you have to shoot in uncomfortable situations while keeping yourself standing up. This will over time help you improve your body balance. Moreover, it will help you improve your flexibility because you will have to stretch yourself further than you thought possible to catch the shuttle.

3. You can lose weight by playing badminton

Yes, you can lose weight by playing badminton. As we explained in our badminton vs tennis post , you can burn around 500 calories in one hour by playing badminton. This, together with the fact that badminton is categorized as a high-intensity interval training (HIIT) exercise makes it a great sport if you are looking to lose some weight.

4. Skeleton & Bone density. Badminton increases bone density during youth and may help maintain it during adulthood

Badminton benefits are not only improved agility, flexibility, and balance. Playing badminton also helps to build and maintain a healthy skeleton.

In a review undertaken in 2008, it was shown that physical activity increases bone mass during growth . The researches highlighted badminton as one of the most effective sports to practice in order to improve skeletal strength. A follow-up review to check whether the benefits of bone mass induced growth were maintained during adulthood was less conclusive, but it still showed a positive correlation between exercise in adulthood and the maintenance of bone density.

5. Badminton is good for your heart. It improves heart health very efficiently

Another research-backed benefit of badminton (as of any high-intensity interval training) is that it improves heart function much more than other lower intensity exercises if you practice it the same amount of time. In a study published in 2016 titled “Twelve Weeks of Sprint Interval Training Improves Indices of Cardiometabolic Health Similar to Traditional Endurance Training despite a Five-Fold Lower Exercise Volume and Time Commitment” , the researchers proved that you could get the same benefits in a high-intensity interval training than in traditional endurance training even though you exercised 5 times less.

6. Badminton develops mental agility

The same that was true for physical agility is true for mental agility. In the research called “Badminton: Specific movement agility testing system” , the testing is not only about how fast your body moves but also about how fast you react and start moving, which is a great measurement for mental agility.

7. Badminton could help fight stress

Although we could not find any research that backs up this statement, the fact that badminton is a high-intensity interval training exercise and the fact that you can put all your soul in smashes make badminton a great candidate for fighting stress. In a recent article titled “Smashing stress with a shuttlecock” the University of Buffalo tackles precisely this topic. I think the following quote from an assistant professor of the Department of Rehabilitation Science sums it up perfectly.

“A fast-paced game with a few service smashes is also very useful for working through any type of stress you might have.” Vijay Muthaiah, assistant professor Department of Rehabilitation Science in article “Smashing stress with a shuttlecock”

8. Badminton can teach you about both teamwork & individual work

Even though the teams are not as big as in other sports, a doubles couple is still a team. And if you start to play tournaments, you may start attending club tournaments, where different matches are played but the main objective is to win the most number of matches. In these two situations, badminton becomes a good way to learn teamwork. You have to care for your teammate and make sure you are both connected. In a club’s game, you may need to give up on your expectations or individual goals in order to help the team win the greater battle.

But, sometimes, badminton also leaves you alone against the storm. Especially when you are playing a singles tournament, it will be you against your opponent and the results will be a matter of who plays best. The environment is, in general, very controlled, and the umpires do not have such a big impact as they can have in other sports such as soccer or basketball. Therefore, you will always have to face the reality of a game lost and learn to take responsibility for it. That can help you grow as a person and take responsibility for things also in other parts of your life.

Badminton strokes

There is a lot of different ways to hit a shuttle, but in this section, we will just cover the most basic strokes there are in badminton. Basically, all the different shots in badminton can be divided into four different strokes. These are four different zones where you hit the shuttle, as seen in the image below.

The first division is horizontal. We take as a reference the chest because it is roughly the height where the net is and, therefore, the height where shots change from being more defensive to being more attacking.

The second division is vertical and easier to understand. On one side is where you will hit the shuttle with a forehand grip/stroke and the other side is where you will hit the shuttle with a backhand grip/stroke. The following video from KC Badminton explains the forehand/backhand differentiation much better than I could by writing it.

Badminton grips

A badminton grip is the way you hold your racket when hitting the shuttle. When beginning to play badminton, you should only worry about two types of grip, which are the main ones used. These are the forehand grip and the backhand grip.

The forehand grip is used with the forehand strokes and the backhand grip is used with backhand strokes. If you want to know a bit more about badminton grips, have a look at our badminton grip post , where we explain, between other things, how to hold your racket in each grip.

Badminton footwork

Footwork in badminton means how you move around the court in order to reach the position of the shuttle. Beginners just run around in order to speed the process up, but that is a mistake. The best thing you can do for your footwork is to start working on the principles early so you do not catch any bad habits. We have created a very extensive footwork guide where we explain all you need to know in order to move around the court correctly. Below you can find the main principles summarized.

Basepoint – Where all starts

The base point is what we could also call the anchor of our game. Is the position in the court we will always come back to after every single shot, while we wait for the opponent to hit the shot back. This is roughly in the center of the area of the court you are covering.

Body position – Key to a good balance

Another important part of footwork is to keep a good body balance so that you can hit the shuttle in a consistent way and you can also recover to the base point as fast as possible.

This is a complex skill that requires loads of practice, but it is important to have its importance in mind in order to be able to work towards your goal. The three keys to a good balance as far as body position is concerned are the following:

Keep your center of gravity low
Use your non-racket arm to balance your movements
Keep your trunk always straight

Focus on the technique and not on the speed

The last principle you need to learn is that, while improving your footwork, it is critical that you focus on making it correctly and not on making it fast. If you focus on going fast, you will start using shortcuts that help at the moment they are being practiced, but that will become a burden further down the line.

Badminton shots

After learning the principles for moving around the court, we are going to list here all the badminton shots that exist. If you want to know more about them, you can check our badminton shots post , where we explain them in more detail.

Shots from the back of the court

A shot is called a clear when you send the shuttle from the back of your court to the back of your opponent’s court.

A shot is called a drop shot when you send the shuttle from the back of your court to the front of your opponent’s court (near the net).

A shot is called a smash when you send the shuttle from the back of your court to the center of your opponent’s court, with a fully descending trajectory.

A shot is called a jump smash when a smash as discussed in the previous section is performed while jumping.

Shots from the center of the court

A shot is called a service when you hit the first shot of a rally. It is the only shot that you have to make every single point (as long as you are the one serving).

A shot is called a drive when you hit the shuttle from the middle of the court and you direct it to the middle of your opponent’s court.

Defense shot

A shot is called a defense shot when you hit the shuttle from the center of your court and you send it to the back of your opponent’s court with an upward direction.

Shots from the front of the court

A shot is called a net shot whenever you hit the shuttle from the front of your court and you send it to the front of your opponent’s court.

Net lift shot

A shot is called a net lift shot when you hit the shuttle from the front of your court to the back of your opponent’s court with an upward direction.

Net kill shot

A shot is called a net kill shot when you hit the shuttle from the front of your court and you hit it in a downwards direction.

Net brush shot

A shot is called a net brush shot when you hit the shuttle from the front of your court with a motion similar to the one of a windshield wiper. This shot is also sometimes called net kill swipe shot or net swipe shot.

Badminton strategies

Badminton strategies become important when you start playing matches, even recreational ones. For a full set of strategies you can use in order to increase your chances of winning, check out our badminton tactics post . Below we have listed the most relevant for a beginner.

Extraordinary tennis for the ordinary player – A great book that can also be applied to badminton

Simon Ramo , a scientist and statistician, wrote a fascinating book that is not very well know. The book is called Extraordinary tennis for the ordinary player . It explores the idea of how amateur tennis players would improve their chances of winning if they tried to avoid mistakes instead of trying to score points.

If you want to understand a bit more the logic behind this but don’t want to buy the book, you can also check this article which explains the concept in a bit more detail.

Even though the concept is not as powerful for badminton as it is for tennis, the same principle still applies. When playing at an amateur level, playing to avoid mistakes is a great general tactic that can increase your chances of winning the game.

Targetting the backhand on the end of the court, a very effective tactic

A very simple and effective tactic for singles is to target with your shots the backhand shot in the back of the court. Why is that? Because it is usually the shot that most people struggle with, especially at beginner’s level.

By targetting that area of the court often, you will be able to gain the lead of the point easily.

This tactic is very dependent on the skill of your opponent, as you are exploiting a weakness from the other player more than your own strength.

Before you use this tactic, make sure that your own backhand shots are better than average, as this tactic can backfire easily if your opponent catches it and decides to use it against you also.

Target your attacks to the weakest opponent, especially when you smash from the center of the court

A good tactic to use in doubles is targetting your attacks to the weakest opponent, or at least the one with the weakest defense skills. By focusing your attacks towards the weakest player, you will increase your chances of winning the match.

A word of caution, though. Parallel smashes are always preferred to diagonal ones, as diagonal smashes make a parallel defense (to the side of the court you are not located) easier and more dangerous. Therefore, if you would have to smash diagonally in order to reach the weak opponent, think about it twice.

And with this, we have arrived at the end of this badminton introduction post. In it, we have started with a brief history of the sport, the basic equipment you need in order to play, where you can play and the basic rules to play a badminton match. We have continued with the benefits of playing badminton, the types of strokes you can find and the types of grip you can use. To end up, we have explained the badminton footwork, or how to move through the court, all the badminton shots and a few badminton strategies you can use to increase your chances of winning.

Is there anything you would like to know more about? Then let us know in the comments below!

I have been playing badminton since I was a kid, playing in both national and international tournaments at a semi-professional level. If you want to know a bit more about me, check my "About me" page.

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badminton , court or lawn game played with lightweight rackets and a shuttlecock . Historically, the shuttlecock (also known as a “bird” or “birdie”) was a small cork hemisphere with 16 goose feathers attached and weighing about 0.17 ounce (5 grams). These types of shuttles may still be used in modern play, but shuttles made from synthetic materials are also allowed by the Badminton World Federation. The game is named for Badminton , the country estate of the dukes of Beaufort in Gloucestershire , England , where it was first played about 1873. The roots of the sport can be traced to ancient Greece, China , and India , and it is closely related to the old children’s game battledore and shuttlecock . Badminton is derived directly from poona , which was played by British army officers stationed in India in the 1860s. The first unofficial all-England badminton championships for men were held in 1899, and the first badminton tournament for women was arranged the next year.

The Badminton World Federation (BWF; originally the International Badminton Federation), the world governing body of the sport, was formed in 1934. Badminton is also popular in Malaysia , Indonesia , Japan , and Denmark . The BWF’s first world championships were held in 1977. A number of regional, national, and zonal badminton tournaments are held in several countries. The best-known of these is the All-England Championships. Other well-known international tournaments include the Thomas Cup (donated 1939) for men’s team competition and the Uber Cup (donated 1956) for women’s team competition.

Badminton first appeared in the Olympic Games as a demonstration sport in 1972 and as an exhibition sport in 1988. At the 1992 Games it became a full-medal Olympic sport, with competition for men’s and women’s singles (one against one) and doubles (two against two). Mixed doubles was introduced at the 1996 Games.

Competitive badminton is usually played indoors because even light winds affect the course of the shuttlecock. (Recreational badminton, on the other hand, is a popular outdoor summertime activity.) The rectangular court is 44 feet (13.4 meters) long and 17 feet (5.2 meters) wide for singles, 20 feet (6.1 meters) wide for doubles. A net 5 feet (1.5 meters) high stretches across the width of the court at its center. A clear space of 4 feet (1.3 meters) around the court is needed. Play consists entirely of volleying—hitting the shuttlecock back and forth across the net without letting it touch the floor or ground within the boundaries of the court.

In international play, athletes compete in best-of-three-games matches. A game is played to 21 points, provided that the winner has at least a 2-point advantage. If a 2-point advantage is never reached, the first player or team to score 30 points wins. Points were only awarded to the serving side until 2006, when the BWF adopted the “rally scoring” system, under which either side can score at any time.

Badminton Skills and Drills

Jan 04, 2020

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Badminton Skills and Drills. Dr. Stanley Li-Ming Chiang and Dr. Kevin Casebolt East Stroudsburg University. Preface. Battledore and shuttlecock (paddles and shuttle) The International Badminton Federation (IBF) established in 1934

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Badminton Skills and Drills Dr. Stanley Li-Ming Chiang and Dr. Kevin CaseboltEast Stroudsburg University

Preface • Battledore and shuttlecock (paddles and shuttle) • The International Badminton Federation (IBF) established in 1934 • Due to competition, different training methods and skills have evolved • Thomas Cup, Uber Cup, Sudirman Cup, BWF world championships, Olympics, Asian games • Singles, doubles, and mixed doubles

Introduction • Fitness variables • Sport specific strength and conditioning • Aerobic Capability • Power • Speed • Endurance

Introduction • A badminton match lasts approximately 28.0 ± 5.2 minutes. • 6.4 secs. between each rally • 12 hits between each point and 12.9 sec. between each resting period 12.9 sec. • Total match consists 100 rally/hits (Cabello & Manrique, 2003)

Introduction • Average heart rate: 173-180 beats/min • HR Max 190.5-200beats/min • 30-40% anaerobic, 60-70% aerobic • In a singles tournament, the amount of time between service and the end of a rally is between 4.6 to 7.7 sec. • Level of intensity is doubled during normal game play (2:1). (Lei et al.,1993)

Scoring System in Badminton • May 6th 2006, the new 21 point system has been established. • Influence: the time of matches shortens, rhythm quickens. • Tendency of attack after service or at serve in a back court. • Tendency of a smash after service, drive before volley (Guang, Lu, & Jiang, 2008). • Due to the 21 point system, technical, tactical, physical changes have been made. • Psychological pressure resistance. • High Intensity duration.

Scoring System in Badminton • 15 point system • Relax or re-adjust between each points. • 21 point system • No errors can be made. Even if your opponent has a lower rank, you may lose the match if you are not mentally and physically strong enough. • Catastrophic Theory

Badminton Court System Length and Width: 44 x 20 ft, 44x 16ft

Forehand Grips 1. Finger space between grip 2. Leaving three fingers on grip 3. Rotate grip to the palm during point of contact 4. Used for overhead clear, underhand clear, smash, and long service

Backhand Grips Method 1 Method 2 Method 1 Thumb placed on top bevil of the grip Method 2 Thumb rotates between the side and top bevel

Backhand Grips Method 3 Method 4 Method 3 Thumb moved to the side of the grip used for the drive and short service Method 4 Dead grip holding the grip tight when defending a smash

Footwork • Fundamental Technique • Must learn before handing the racket • Step and Touch • Four way, Eight way • Lunge Net Play • Used when shots are close to center and forehand short shots (Push off from the back foot, front foot leaps forward). • Forehand Cross Step Net Play • Used when shots are relatively further away from the center

Forehand FootworkFront Court Coverage • Front Lunge Net Play • Cross Step Net Play

Backhand FootworkFront Court Coverage • Three Step Backhand Net Play • Cross Step Backhand Net play

Forehand FootworkFront-Mid Court Coverage • Three Step Forehand Net Play • Two Step Forehand Recovery

Backhand FootworkMid Court Coverage • Two Step Backhand Recovery • One Step Backhand Recovery

Backhand FootworkBack Court Coverage • Overhead There Step Backhand • There Step Backhand

Shots Category • Clear Shots • FH and BH Overhead Clear, Around the head clear, Underhand clear shot. • FH and BH Drives • FH and BH Smash • Drop Shot • Net play • Net push • Net kill • Net lift (Net clear)

Overhead Shot Selection Overhead & Defensive Clear Drop Shots & Smash Stretch & Pull Phase

Shot Selection: Overhead Clear Shots 1 • Defensive Clear • Attacking Clear • Defensive Drive 2 3

Shot Selection: Net Clear • Underhand clear • Net kill • Net drop 1 2 3

Shot Selection: Offensive Attacks • Offensive Drive • Drop • Smash 1 2 3

Service • Short Service (low, drive, and high service ) • Also referred to as the backhand serve. Backhand service was once mainly used in doubles. High level singles badminton players would also use the backhand service during game play. • High Service • Use of the badminton serve during singles play to move your opponent as far back in court as possible, thus opening up his court. • If used during doubles. Vulnerable to opponents with strong attacking abilities.

Service Patterns for National League Athletes • 85% start off the game with short service • 35% Backcourt drive service • 45% Backcourt high service

Service Trajectories • Low Service • Flick Service • Drive Service • High Service Point of Impact

Badminton Drills Based on the conditioning of an individual and develop sport specific drills to improve skill related fitness

Stability and Conditioning Drill • Shuttle bumping drill (15 reps.) • FH and BH bumping the shuttle in place • Bumping the shuttle while walking • Bump up once and stabilize in your racket • Scooping the shuttle (15 reps.) • Lay the shuttle with heads tilted upwards • Lay the shuttle down by the side • Overhead shuttle throw (15 reps.) • Have a group of two throw shuttle behind the singles side line • Throwing and catching (15 reps.) • While partner throws the shuttle, catch it with racket face facing the shuttles direction then lay flat • Alternate by hitting the shuttle

Stroke Drills: Overhead Clear • Preparation Phase • Front foot pivot inward, heel facing side • Torso turn to the side • Both hands raising up • Eyes on the shuttle • Contact Phase • Elbow rotates • Arm close to head

Stroke Drills: Overhead Drop • Drop Shot • Same technique as overhead clear • Instead of using elbow, focus on wrist pushing/slicing/hitting the tip of the shuttle • Shot types (Front, Diagonal) • Slicing • Hitting • Pushing • Hitting Sequence • Rotate body, slicing the shuttle without using excess force of elbow, focus only on wrist follow through with back leg

Overhead Clear Drill • Overhead Clear • Hitting the shuttle back and forth • Overhead Drive (Push) • Hitting the shuttle back and forth • Overhead Smash and Return • Practice recovery and defense • Overhead Drop and Return • Overhead drop near the net and clearing the shuttle for a return

Net Play Drill • Net Play: redirect shots • Net drop in place • Diagonal Net Hook • Net Clear • Net Push/Kill : toward body or the court

Advanced Skill Practice • Half Court Badminton • Accuracy and half court control • Front and backcourt drill • Trainer drop shots the shuttle towards front court and clears the shuttle by sending to the backcourt • Athlete has to hit the shuttle back to the trainer • Backcourt hit and return drill • Trainer hits alternately to back left and back right corner • Athlete returns to trainer • Four corners • Aim for four different angles as the trainer maintain dropping the shuttle front and back the court • Athlete hits back to the trainer as he/she moves

Field Tests

Net Movements: CPM1CPM2 CPM3CP Racket: M1 andM2 touch the net M3 Jump Smash 3 Point Anaerobic Field Test (Wonisch, 2003)

Net Movements: CPM1CPM2CPM3CPM4CP Racket: M1 and M2 Touch the Net M3 andM4 Smash Jump 4 point Anaerobic Field Test (Ji, 2002)

Net Movements: CPM1CPM2CP M3CPM4CP M5CPM6CP M1 and M2 net lift M3 and M4 underhand clear M6 and M5 Overhead jump smash

Training Camp Focus on Basic Skills

Conditioning and Skill Specificity Training

References • Chin, M. K., Wong, S. K., So, C. H., Steininger, K., and Lo, T. L. (1995). Sport specific fitness testing of elite badminton players. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 29, 3, 153-157. • Guang, Y., Lu, Zhi, & Jiang, J. (2008). Influence of 21 point system on development of men’s singles technique and tactics of badminton. Journal of Shanghai University of Sport, 32, 2. • Gi, S. C. (2002). Badminton specific skill test research. Taipei, Shi-Da book store. • Pan, L (2001). Badminton endurance and frequency training. Journal of Nanjing Institute of Physical Education, 15, 2.

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Tennis. Goal Of Tennis Hit the ball into your opponent’s court once more than your opponent can hit it into yours.

Christian Alliance S C Chan Memorial College F.2 PE Theory – Badminton Mr. Wong Shun Ki, Aaron.

Prepared by: Ms. Pellegrino

Badminton. 1.Definition Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs (doubles), who take positions.

Badminton Semester 1 Unit 3.

BADMINTON 1) Badminton history and origins. 2) Regulations (rules):

Badminton Individual Sports.

Acevedo Team Sports Unit 3

Origins of Badminton Badminton is a development of a game once played in India called Poona. It was brought to England by English army officers in the.

Individual Sports TENNIS. HISTORY The history of tennis dates back several thousand years (12 th /13 th century) Tennis originally was known as “lawn.

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Badminton at the 2024 Olympics: Rules, scoring and more to know

Badminton is one of the few olympic sports team usa has never medaled in., by eric mullin • published june 25, 2024 • updated on july 1, 2024 at 2:38 pm.

Could this finally be the year for Team USA in badminton?

The Americans have been shut out from the podium at each of the eight Olympic Games where badminton was featured. It's one of the few sports Team USA has never medaled in .

The furthest Team USA has ever gone in any Olympic badminton competition was the men's doubles quarterfinals at the 2008 Beijing Games.

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The U.S. will have seven athletes vying to capture the country's first ever Olympic title at the 2024 Olympics in Paris . Beiwen Zhang , who suffered a competition-ending ruptured Achilles in Round of 16 at the pandemic-delayed 2020 Tokyo Games , will compete in women's singles for a second straight Olympics. Howard Shu , meanwhile, will make his return to the Games in men's singles after debuting at the 2016 Rio Olympics .

The five other Team USA athletes will be debuting at the Olympics in doubles competitions: Twin sisters Annie Xu and Kerry Xu in women's doubles, Vinson Chiu and Joshua Yuan in men's doubles, and Vinson Chiu and Jennie Gai in mixed doubles.

As Team USA looks to finally end its badminton medal drought , here's what to know about the racket sport:

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How long has badminton been an Olympic sport?

Badminton made its debut at the 1992 Barcelona Games , and the sport has been featured at every Olympics since.

What equipment is used in badminton?

Players use a racket to hit a birdie, or shuttlecock, over a net that is 5-feet tall at the center and an inch taller at each post.

How long is a badminton court?

The length of a badminton court is 44 feet across all competitions, but the width is different for singles versus doubles. Singles matches are played on a court that's 17-feet wide.

The court is extended to 20 feet for doubles matches.

What are the rules of badminton?

Badminton players hit the birdie back and forth over the net until one side is unable to successfully return it. The birdie is allowed to hit the net on its way over, but it can't pass through or under the net. Each side is allowed to just hit the birdie once to get it over the net.

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Reaching over the net to hit the birdie isn't allowed and contacting the net with your body or racket results in a point for the opposing side.

A serving player must hit the birdie below their waist and land it diagonally into the opponent's service court. Players serve from and receive in their respective right-hand service courts when the server’s score is zero or an even number. The serve is from the left-hand service court to the left-hand return court when the server has an odd number of points.

How does scoring work in badminton?

Badminton features a rally points scoring system where whichever side wins a rally earns both a point and the next serve. So a side doesn't need to serve in order to earn a point.

Matches have a best-of-three format with games to 21 points. An advantage of at least two points is needed for a game to end unless it reaches a 29-29 tie. In the event of a 29-29 tie, whichever side earns the next point is the winner.

How fast can badminton players hit a birdie?

Faster than a fastball from MLB 's top flamethrowers. Way faster.

Olympians can hit a birdie in the range of 150 mph to over 200 mph. That makes badminton the world's fastest racket sport .

How many badminton events are there at the 2024 Olympics?

Badminton at the Olympics features two singles events (men's and women's) and three doubles events (men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles).

What is the badminton schedule at the 2024 Olympics?

Badminton will run from Saturday, July 27 to Monday, Aug. 5. The sport's first medals will be awarded on Friday, Aug. 2, when the mixed doubles medal matches are scheduled.

The women's doubles medal matches take place Saturday, Aug. 3 followed by the men's doubles medal matches on Sunday, Aug. 4. The competition concludes with the men's and women's singles medal matches on Aug. 5.

Check out NBCOlympics.com for a detailed badminton schedule.

Where will badminton be played at the 2024 Olympics?

Porte de La Chapelle Arena in northern Paris will host the badminton competitions.

Who won gold in badminton at the last Olympics?

Here's a look at the gold medalists in badminton from the Tokyo Olympics:

Men's singles: Viktor Axelsen, Denmark

Women's singles: Chen Yu Fei, China

Men's doubles: Wang Chi-lin and Lee Yang, Chinese Taipei

Women's doubles : Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu, Indonesia

Mixed doubles: Wang Yi Lyu and Huang Dong Ping, China

Which country has won the most Olympic badminton medals?

China has dominated badminton at the Olympics, winning 20 of the sport's 39 gold medals overall. China's 47 combined medals are more than double the next-closest country of Indonesia, which owns 21 medals.

South Korea is the only other country that has double-figure badminton medals with 20.

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A 17-year-old Chinese badminton player died after collapsing on court during an international tournament in Indonesia, officials said on Monday, mourning him as "outstanding" and "talented".

Zhang Zhijie was suddenly taken ill during a match late Sunday against Japan's Kazuma Kawano at the Asia Junior Championships in Yogyakarta.

The score was 11-11 in the first game when Zhang fell to the floor. He received treatment at the venue and was taken to hospital by ambulance, but passed away after efforts to resuscitate him failed.

The cause of death was not immediately known.

"China's Zhang Zhijie, a singles player, collapsed on the court during a match in the evening," Badminton Asia and the Badminton Association of Indonesia (PBSI) said in a joint statement on Monday.

"He was sent to the hospital where he passed away at 23:20 local time yesterday.

"He was attended to by the tournament doctor and medical team. He was taken in the standby ambulance in less than two minutes and sent to hospital.

"The world of badminton has lost a talented player," the statement added.

Zhang started playing badminton in kindergarten and joined China's national youth team last year.

Earlier this year he won the singles title at the Dutch Junior International, a prestigious youth tournament.

China's badminton association said that it was "deeply saddened".

"Zhang Zhijie loved badminton and was an outstanding athlete of the national youth badminton team," the CBA said in a statement.

It added: "At present the local hospital has not yet identified the cause of death."

The team tournament in the city of Yogyakarta held a moment's silence on Monday and the Chinese team wore black armbands as a mark of respect.

India's P.V. Sindhu, who has won Olympic silver and bronze, called Zhang's death "absolutely heartbreaking".

"I offer my deepest condolences to Zhang's family during this devastating time," Sindhu, who was not at the tournament, wrote on X.

"The world has lost a remarkable talent today."

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T20 world cup 2024 final, presentation ceremony: here’s the full list of winners..

Published : Jun 29, 2024 23:11 IST , CHENNAI - 1 MIN READ

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India beat South Africa in the T20 World Cup 2024 final by seven runs in Barbados on Saturday.

While Virat Kohli won the Player of the Match for his 76 off 59 balls, Jasprit Bumrah was awarded Player of the Tournament for his 15 wickets in eight matches.

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Player of the match - Virat Kohli (India)
Player of the tournament - Jasprit Bumrah (India)

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Afghanistan’s Fazalhaq Farooqi was the joint highest wicket-taker with along with India’s Arshdeep Singh - 17 wickets.

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US Open 2024 badminton: Malvika Bansod reaches semi-finals, keeps India’s campaign alive

Priyanshu Rajawat and Treesa-Gayatri lost their respective men’s singles and women’s doubles quarter-finals to bow out.

Indian badminton player Malvika Bansod reached the semi-finals of the women’s singles event at the US Open 2024 badminton tournament in Texas, USA on Friday.

Malvika, 49th in the badminton rankings , bounced back from a game down to beat two-time Commonwealth Games medallist Kirsty Gilmour of Scotland at the Fort Worth Convention Centre.

Seeded seventh, the Indian badminton player secured a 10-21, 21-15, 21-10 win over world No. 22 Gilmour in the 57-minute-long. She will face world No. 38 Natsuki Nidaira of Japan in the last four.

Malvika saw her third-seeded opponent taking the upper hand in the early stages of the match as Gilmour surged to a comprehensive 9-1 lead in the first game.

Although Malvika found her rhythm and was able to close the deficit to 16-9, the early lead proved too difficult to overturn. Gilmour won five of the next six points to close the first game.

The second game began on an even footing with the shuttlers tied at 6-6. Malvika was successful in establishing a marginal lead at 14-12 and then won the next four points to make it 18-12.

Even though her Scottish opponent was able to close the gap down to 19-15, Malvika remained composed and forced a decider after pocketing the second game.

Malvika began the final game on the front foot and opened up a sizeable lead at 10-5.

Gilmour was able to reduce the deficit to 14-10 before the 22-year-old Indian clinched the next seven points to secure the tie and set up a semi-final clash with Natsuki Nidaira.

Meanwhile, world No. 40 Priyanshu Rajawat of India lost to the 34th-ranked Lei Lan Xi of the People’s Republic of China 21-15, 11-21, 18-21 in the men’s singles quarter-finals.

In the women’s doubles event, Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand , ranked 23rd, also suffered a three-game loss to world No. 35 Rui Hirokami and Yuna Kato of Japan. The 73 minute-long quarter-final encounter finished 21-17, 17-21, 21-19 in favour of the Japanese shuttlers.

The US Open 2024 badminton, a BWF Super 300 event, will conclude on Sunday.

Can a civics teacher persuade her students to believe in democracy?

Shannon Salter aimed to turn all the seniors in her high school civics class into voters. Her task has never been harder.

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Shannon Salter checked the results of an online poll that she gave each year to her high school civics students. One of the questions asked whether they would support lowering the voting age to 16.

“Everyone said no,” Salter told her students in late April. “That has never happened before. So, I am dying to dig into why.”

Salter, a 53-year-old White woman, stood at the front of the classroom. Her students, Black and Hispanic teenagers drawn from Allentown’s working-class neighborhoods, were arrayed around her. All were seniors. Most were weighing whether they will become first-time voters in the fall when the presidential election could come down to their state, Pennsylvania.

One student complained that social media had polluted his peers’ minds with misinformation and fried their attention spans. “A 16-year-old nowadays — that’s not old enough,” he said. “There’s no maturity or knowledge there.”

Another, who had spent much of the coronavirus pandemic living with his mother in an abandoned building, talked about the social and emotional damage that the restrictions had inflicted. “As kids, we’ve become way more social distanced,” he said. Some of his classmates were so isolated that they barely spoke to anyone, he added. Surely, they weren’t qualified to choose the next president.

Like most civics teachers, Salter wanted her students to believe that their voices and opinions could shape the nation’s future — that their participation in politics was essential to improving their country, their neighborhoods and their lives. A big part of her job, as she saw it, was persuading her students to vote.

Shannon Salter, teacher

Salter, 53, chats daily with students, including J’livette Baez, 16, at Building 21. For some seniors, November’s election will be the first that they can vote in.

Whether young voters will turn out to vote in November is one of the essential unknowns of the upcoming presidential election. In 2020, nearly 50 percent of the population between the ages of 18 and 29 cast ballots, one of the highest levels since the voting age was lowered to 18 in 1971, according to the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement at Tufts University. Those young voters — particularly young voters of color — were critical to President Biden’s victory.

So far, polling suggests that young voter turnout in 2024 may not match 2020’s rate. In April, only 41 percent of Black people 18 to 39 told a Washington Post-Ipsos poll that they were certain to vote this year, down from 61 percent in June 2020.

The poll mirrored what Salter was seeing among her students, whose interest in voting had been hobbled by poverty, racism and two aging presidential candidates seemingly far removed from the world of a struggling Allentown teen. “I’m pushing against more pessimism than I ever have before,” she said.

And so, on this morning, she decided to hit her students with a blast of idealism in the form of a clip from “The West Wing,” the television drama from the early 2000s that Salter called her “happy place.”

How we reported this story

Washington Post reporter Greg Jaffe made six trips to Allentown, Pa., starting in late April and attended 17 civics classes at Building 21 high school to document how young people think about politics and America’s democratic system.

Salter’s classroom filled with the sound of the show’s stately theme. On a screen at the front of the room a teenager in a suit was badgering the president’s communications director to rethink his position on teen suffrage. “I’m going to be drinking the water and breathing the air after you’re long gone, but I can’t vote to protect the environment,” the young man said.

Minutes later, the young advocate was challenging the president at a packed White House news conference.

Salter hit the pause button and the students in her classroom picked up the debate, unmoved by the earnestness of their fictional counterpart. Their memories of politics began with the bitter 2016 presidential election between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton and included the U.S. Capitol riot two months after the November 2020 election.

To these students, American politics was an ego-driven, aimless mess. Adding younger, less-mature voices to the toxic mix would only produce more chaos and disappointment, they said.

After class, a few of the students congregated around Salter’s desk, continuing the argument until Salter realized that they were running late for their third-period classes. She shooed them on. Salter hadn’t changed any minds, not yet.

But she still had more than a month to go before the end of the term to convince her students that their participation in American democracy was worth it. She had no idea how hard a sell that would turn out to be.

Turning ideas into action

Salter teaches at a public high school called Building 21 , housed in an old banking call center just beyond the edge of Allentown’s urban core.

The eastern Pennsylvania city, which once helped power America’s industrial revolution, had undergone a transformation in recent decades. Its factories had given way to sprawling e-commerce warehouses. Today, more than half of its 125,000 residents — many of whom came from New York City in search of cheaper housing — are Hispanic.

Salter arrived at the school in 2015, when it opened as an alternative to the city’s two big, underperforming high schools. Building 21 wasn’t much to look at. It didn’t have athletic fields or a gymnasium. On sunny days, gym class was a badminton net strung up in the school’s cracked asphalt parking lot. The classrooms were windowless.

To Salter, though, the school and her civics class sat squarely on the front line of a nationwide battle to save American democracy. Public school is one of the few American institutions where people from all sides of the country’s political, social and cultural divides still come together. In her view, it was the place where a new generation — the most diverse in the country’s history — could learn the skills needed to revive America’s creaking system of self-governance.

Salter played a role in shaping civics curriculums nationally through iCivics , an educational nonprofit organization founded by former Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O’Connor , and the Educating for American Democracy initiative , a coalition of 300 historians, political scientists and education leaders. Her Allentown classroom was the place where she sought to put those groups’ lofty ideas about voting and democracy into practice.

BUILDING 21

The school’s students live in Allentown’s less-wealthy voting districts. Clockwise from top left: Alexander Cardona, 18, helps J.J. Morales, 18, into the suit for Fuego, Building 21’s mascot; Brylee Gold, 15; and Doh Nay Kaw, 16, and Morales, now out of the mascot suit.

One of the students she thought she could win over was Bryan Sticatto, the senior who had spent much of the pandemic living in an abandoned building.

Bryan was one of the stars of the school’s Ethics Bowl team, in which he debated issues such as the morality of mining precious metals or the use of semiautonomous robots in war. “I’d be shocked if Bryan doesn’t end up becoming a voter,” Salter said in late April.

She didn’t see the other forces — outside of her classroom and the school — that had played an even greater role in shaping Bryan’s views of the country and his place in it. One of the biggest was his experience during the pandemic, when he and his mother lived in a house that lacked heat and water.

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There were other families living in the two-story building, Bryan said. So he and his mother fashioned privacy screens out of cardboard boxes. Today, when Bryan recalls that period of his life, he talks about the loud music that played late into the night, the drinking and the fights.

He remembers the bucket he used to take “bird baths,” the hours he spent alone watching YouTube videos on his phone and the two jobs his mother worked so that they could escape.

At the time, she was only earning $12 an hour, $3 less than he made last summer at a local amusement park. “You can’t even afford a good meal at McDonald’s at that wage,” Bryan said. The experience left him believing that he shouldn’t dream too big or expect too much.

It was a lesson his mother reinforced over pizza one evening this spring after school. She had just finished her shift caring for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Her pay, thanks to a recent raise, was now $17 an hour, enough to afford a clean apartment in which Bryan has his own room. But the extra money still didn’t cover rent in a decent neighborhood, she said. A day earlier, the police had booted her car and she had borrowed $400 so that she could pay the parking fines she owed and make it to her job.

BRYAN STICATTO, 17

Bryan, a senior in Salter’s civics class, said his views have been strongly influenced by his difficult experience during the coronavirus pandemic.

“The system just doesn’t work,” Bryan’s mother said. “It’s literally meant to keep us down.”

Bryan’s mother had last voted in 2012, when she cast a ballot for Barack Obama, but she had no interest in voting this year.

“I have no hope,” she said.

In school, Bryan listened as his civics teacher talked about how hard some Americans, particularly Black people, had fought to earn the right to vote and how they had used their new power to improve their lives. In an early May class assignment, Bryan argued in favor of extending voting rights to felons in states where they were currently denied.

“How can you put someone back into society and then tell them that they are not allowed to vote to change it — that their voice doesn’t even count?” he asked.

But when Bryan considered whether he would vote in November, the first election he’ll be eligible, the loudest voice in his head belonged to his mother. Neither Biden nor Trump seemed like candidates who understood or cared about his life, he said. Neither was likely to make it materially better.

“I don’t think my rent is going to get any cheaper. I don’t think jobs are going to get any better,” he said. “So, honestly, I don’t really care.”

A system worth saving?

Salter knew her experience of America and its democracy was starkly different from that of her students. She had spent her high school years in Singapore, a prosperous and clean city-state, where her father was an executive with a big, U.S.-based company. After college in the United States, she worked in marketing, married a computer programmer, and then returned to school to become a teacher, a job that would give her time at home with her two children.

Now, her children were grown. Her marriage had ended a decade earlier in divorce. Home was a townhouse in a newish suburb, carved from farmland, about an hour south of Allentown.

Most mornings, she passed time on the drive to work listening to left-leaning podcasts. The view through her windshield spoke to the anger and disillusionment in the country: An “Arrest Trump” flag was followed a few hundred yards later by a “Make America Great Again” banner. A “Taylor Swift 2024” flag stirred in the wind across the street from a yellow sign that warned: “Today’s Illegals Are Tomorrow’s Democrats.”

Salter said she tried to bring an “optimistic patriotism” to class. She had seen American democracy work for people with “privilege” like her, she said. She wanted to teach her students the rules that would give them access to that same system.

One of her most meaningful moments as a teacher came the day after Trump won the presidency in 2016. Salter arrived at Building 21 and found two dozen students lined up outside her classroom desperate to talk about what had just happened. Most were old enough to remember Obama’s groundbreaking victory in 2008, which seemed, in the moment, to symbolize America’s overcoming the stain of slavery and racism. They had been expecting to wake up to another historic moment — the country’s first female president.

Many students felt betrayed by their country and fellow citizens. Several were the children of immigrants — some of whom were undocumented. They worried that their parents were going to be deported by the incoming president’s administration.

Salter reassured them, saying that nothing would happen imminently and that there were laws and processes that would protect them and their families. The anger and shock they and millions of other Americans felt fueled a surge in activism that dominated Trump’s term — the Women’s March , the March for Our Lives protests of gun violence, the Black Lives Matter protests.

In 2024, Salter’s students saw American democracy through a different prism. They were fifth-graders in 2016 when Trump defeated Clinton, and freshmen when rioters, inflamed by Trump’s disproved allegations of election fraud in his loss to Biden, stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Now, Trump and Biden were headed for a rematch , with both insisting that the foundations of the republic could be irreparably harmed should the other guy win.

Salter was determined to convince her students that as damaged as American democracy might be, it was still a system worth saving.

Two years earlier, she had persuaded the Lehigh County elections office to hire high school students as Election Day poll workers. The county had an urgent need for Spanish speakers that her students could help fill.

Building 21’s students could benefit, as well. Salter knew that many of their parents didn’t vote because they weren’t citizens or because they had lost faith in politics. She hoped that working the polls would make her students feel more invested in the country’s elections. She also believed it would help them see through Trump’s repeatedly disproved allegations of voter fraud.

VANESSA-LUSIANNE BELONY, 17

Vanessa was a poll worker for Lehigh County during Pennsylvania’s April primary. For a class assignment, Vanessa created a proposal to increase voter turnout.

This year, one of Salter’s student poll workers was Vanessa-Lusianne Belony.

“How did yesterday go? What did you notice?” Salter asked her the day after Pennsylvania’s April 23 primary.

“There were a lot of White people,” Vanessa replied.

She told Salter that she could probably count the number of Black voters she saw “on both of her hands.” There were even fewer Hispanic and Asian voters, she said. Most of the 250 people who came through her polling place — located in an old banquet hall — were in their 50s or older.

Vanessa, 17, lived with her parents, grandparents and four siblings in a modest two-story house a short distance from downtown. Her mother and father — a nurse and long-haul truck driver — emigrated from Haiti more than two decades earlier and spoke often of moving back home.

Vanessa, who grew up speaking Creole and English, was born in the United States. But lately, she said she felt more Haitian than American, and she was filled with doubts about the country where she lived.

One of her earliest childhood memories was of the police stopping her father as he was leaving a store in Allentown. “I remember being terrified. I was so confused,” she recalled. Vanessa said it seemed as if the police officer was using his power to intimidate her father “for no reason.”

The experience continued to resonate in the years that followed as she watched demonstrators flood Allentown — and dozens of other American cities — to protest the 2020 murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.

Salter asked if she thought she could work to help fix the problem of American policing through voting or activism. “It’s been like this forever, like, since the country’s founding,” Vanessa replied. “If it hasn’t changed now, I doubt [it] … It feels like a systemic thing.”

The relatively small number of Black people who had turned out to vote in the primary had surprised and disappointed Vanessa. But it also didn’t fuel a determination to vote when she turns 18 or drive a desire for greater civic engagement. Instead, she said it left her feeling alienated.

“I don’t think I’ll ever feel that I belong in this country,” Vanessa told Salter before heading off to her next class.

Empty desks, distracted students

The toughest students for Salter to reach were the ones who weren’t there because they rarely made it to her 9 a.m. class. She was supposed to have 12 students, but most days only six or seven showed up.

During the 2022-2023 school year only 54 percent of Building 21’s students were classified as “regular attendees,” down from about 80 percent before the coronavirus pandemic, said Jose Rosado Jr., the school’s principal. This year, the number rebounded, with about 74 percent of the students attending regularly.

But students still struggled to make it to morning classes. Several of Salter’s students worked after-school jobs that kept them out until 10 p.m. or later. One student worked on the cleanup crew at the PPL Center, Allentown’s downtown arena, and didn’t get off some nights until 4 a.m. He told Salter that he had been working since he was 12 and landed a job washing dishes on the weekend at a cafeteria-style restaurant near Allentown’s mall. “I lied about my age,” he said. “I don’t know why they believed me.”

Other students had simply fallen out of the habit of making it to school on time. Instead of demanding they come to class, Salter worked with them during their free periods or after school. “I’ve only got one shot to convince a 17-year-old of the benefits of our democracy,” she said. “I’d rather they learn social studies than die on the hill of insisting that they show up in my room on time.”

In early May, Salter’s class studied the factors that tended to drive or suppress participation in presidential elections. The students discussed why turnout dropped precipitously in 1820, when James Monroe effectively ran unopposed for the White House, and why it spiked to about 80 percent in 1860, when Abraham Lincoln was elected amid rancorous division over the future of slavery in America.

Bryan often spent class reading Japanese manga novels on his phone or playing chess on his school-issued laptop. Some days he rested his head on his desk. Vanessa paid attention but rarely participated in class. The other students didn’t appear any more excited or engaged by the material.

Salter blamed some of the students’ apathy on this election’s uninspiring choices. Her students knew Biden from memes and short videos showing him slipping on the stairs of Air Force One or appearing to walk into a bush. They saw Trump as loud, profane and largely focused on helping the rich.

Salter envisioned her classes building to an exercise that she hoped would drive home the importance of voting no matter the candidates’ appeal. She had worked with a geospatial data analyst at Lehigh University to map 2016 voter turnout in more than 50 Allentown voting districts. The plan was to have students compare their district’s turnout with wealthier, Whiter and better-maintained parts of the city.

YEIMY LORENZO, 17, and JINESSA GONZALEZ, 18

From left: Yeimy and Jinessa are seniors learning about the benefits of civic engagement; Jamalia Torres, 18, chats with Yeimy and Jinessa in Building 21.

In early May, Salter was helping a couple of seniors who rarely made it to school before 10 a.m. — Yeimy Lorenzo and Jinessa Gonzalez — catch up on their work. She decided to try the assignment out on them before she unveiled it to the full class. The two seniors noticed that voter turnout in Allentown’s wealthier west side, which has big green parks and wide, tree-lined streets, typically averaged nearly 80 percent.

Jinessa then zeroed in on her voting district, a couple of miles north of Building 21, where turnout in 2016 was less than 40 percent and the roads were full of potholes.

“This is why our shit is so shitty!” Jinessa exclaimed.

“Tell me more,” Salter replied.

“When you vote, that’s when [the politicians] look at you more and stuff,” Jinessa said. “And look at us. We aren’t voting.”

Salter was delighted that her students had made the connection. “I want you to bring all of these awesome ideas to class tomorrow,” she told them.

The next morning, a rainy Friday, only four students showed up for class; neither Yeimy nor Jinessa was among them. The students were restless and distracted. Salter directed their attention to the high voter-turnout rates in Allentown’s wealthier and Whiter western districts.

“What do you know about the west side?” she asked, brightly.

“I didn’t even know there was a west side to Allentown,” one senior replied.

“I don’t go outside, man,” Bryan added, dully.

“It’s nicer,” Vanessa finally volunteered.

The class proceeded fitfully. “What’s going on?” she snapped at Bryan. “Why can’t you keep your head off your desk?”

Then class ended. There were two weeks until the end of the term. A frustrated Salter told the students that they would try to wrap up the lesson on Monday. The same exercise had succeeded in previous years with other Building 21 students, she said. But, clearly, something had changed.

“What’s not working here?” she asked herself. “What’s messed with my students?”

A new approach

The following Monday, after the students had settled into their desks, Salter asked them to put away their phones and laptops.

“Something happened in my life over the weekend, and it immediately made me think of you all,” she told them. She pulled up a picture from a few years earlier of her sitting in a restaurant in Washington with two white-haired men.

“The two older gentlemen I’m sitting with are my two high school social studies teachers,” Salter said. “In fact, I would describe them as the two voices that kind of sit on my shoulders, whisper in my ear and tell me, ‘Do better for your students.’”

She told them that Bob Dodge , who was seated to her right in the photo, had died of a brain tumor over the weekend.

“Whoa,” one of the students replied. For the first time all semester, everyone’s eyes were fixed on Salter.

Dodge had taught her that if she wanted her students to fall in love with history, then she needed to “be a storyteller,” she said. This was the mistake she had been making. “I realized that I hadn’t been doing enough storytelling with you,” she told her students.

So, she began to tell them a story that she hoped might finally persuade them to become voters. It started with a 1963 photo of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and President Lyndon B. Johnson sitting together in the White House. Johnson wanted to move forward with his War on Poverty, but King insisted that the push for voting rights in the South should take priority.

Salter then skipped to 1965 and photos of Alabama state troopers attacking civil rights marchers as they crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge on their way from Selma to Montgomery — a day that became known as Bloody Sunday . “Look at the pictures carefully,” she said. “Are these protesters being treated humanely and decently by the police?”

“There’s Black people on the floor!” one student exclaimed.

Salter focused in on Amelia Boynton , a foot soldier in the civil rights movement, whom the troopers were beating unconscious . Just five months later, Congress passed the Voting Rights Act, which cleared away many of the barriers that blocked Black people from voting in the South. Salter knew that most of the students in her class were more worried about their economic well-being than voting. So she ended her story with a chart that showed how the passage of the Voting Rights Act had helped open thousands of good-paying state and local government jobs to people of color.

JALIUS DEJESUS, 17

Jalius was moved when Salter taught his class about civil rights protesters beaten by law enforcement officers in the 1960s.

Jalius DeJesus, 17, sat cross-legged on top of his desk. He and Salter had grown close over the semester; sometimes, Jalius would drop by her office just to chat.

After graduation, he was thinking of going to trade school to learn how to be a plumber or an electrician. As for voting, he wasn’t interested. Politicians, he said, seemed more focused on their personal well-being and their party than the good of the country.

Now Jalius, who had been moved by Boynton’s bravery and sacrifices at Selma, had a question for Salter. “What argument do you have if I feel guilty for voting for somebody who I thought was going to do good but didn’t?” he asked. “I’d rather just not vote.”

“Sometimes, you’re going to kick yourself,” Salter replied. But it was still worth trying. Jalius hadn’t committed to voting in November, but at least he seemed to be considering it. The students drifted off to their next classes. For weeks, they had seemed distracted and disengaged. Salter felt that she had finally found a way to grab their attention.

Time for a choice

For their final assignment, Salter asked her students to present a proposal to increase voter turnout and an answer to the most important question of all: Were they going to vote?

Bryan, soaking wet from a heavy storm that hit as he was walking to school, focused on the need for more voter education in middle and high school. Some students learned about politics and the importance of voting from their parents, he said. Bryan said he didn’t have that opportunity. He and his mother were too busy trying to survive.

The other students listened quietly or fretted over their presentations. Bryan began to walk back to his desk. “So, what are you going to do?” Salter asked. “What are the chances that you show up on Election Day?”

He was going to register but didn’t plan to vote, he said. He was waiting for a candidate who deserved his support.

Building 21

The school is in a town that has been transformed — factories have given way to e-commerce warehouses. Clockwise from top left: Keane Carrington, 17, prepares to play flag football; Alisha Peña, 15, talks to Promyse Swift-Ford, 16, in between classes; and students play badminton.

Vanessa suggested that a better, more diverse set of candidates might boost turnout. When she thought about voting, her mind went to a bridge that she passed over on her way home from school. Beneath it was a stream, a grassy bank and a homeless encampment. “We need to fix homelessness. We need to fix poverty. Inflation is crazy. Gas prices are crazy,” she said. “I think that’s part of the reason why people don’t vote.”

She thought of Boynton and the marchers beaten at Selma. “We, as Black people, fought so hard for this chance to vote. … We came from such inspiring and amazing people, and it feels like we’re here stuck in the dirt, not able to find a way out of it,” she said. “How would voting even begin to change that?”

In the fall, Vanessa plans to attend Temple University’s campus in Tokyo . She isn’t going to be old enough to vote, but even if she were, she didn’t think she would participate. “I feel like it’d be a matter of which choice isn’t as bad as the other,” she told the class.

Jalius proposed getting rid of the two-party system, which he said fed politicians’ “egotistical tendencies” and inhibited cooperation. More humility and compromise, he argued, would lead to more progress and higher voter turnout.

But like Bryan and Vanessa, he didn’t plan to vote. “I don’t consider myself well-versed enough,” he said.

In all, nine of Salter’s 12 students completed their final presentations. Only four said they planned to vote in November’s election. None seemed particularly enthusiastic.

Salter was disappointed by the final tally. She had underestimated the damage the pandemic had wrought on her students’ learning and social development, she said. She hadn’t fully grasped the ways in which the last decade’s angry and divisive politics had filled them with a deep mistrust of government and the collective wisdom of their fellow citizens.

But she didn’t feel that she had failed. All of her students had described voting as important. They hadn’t entirely quit on the idea of democracy — even if many of them were choosing not to take part. Eventually, she told herself, some issue would energize them, or some politician would inspire them. They would find a reason to have their say.

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Badminton.
7 Serving Rules: As in tennis, badminton service is always done diagonally, e.g. from the right service court to the opponent's left service court. The first serve is always taken from the right court, and subsequent serves are taken from alternating sides. Line shots in badminton service or rallies are considered in, though court bounds are different for singles and doubles play.
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Sep 1, 2018 • Download as PPTX, PDF •. Badminton originated in India as a game called "Poona" and involves hitting a shuttlecock back and forth over a net using rackets. It is played on a court by one or two people and requires gripping techniques, serving skills, and various strokes like backhands, forehands, drives, drop shots, and smashes.
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