11. Racket There are several racket types made of different materials. Example: metal, graphite , carbon or ceramic. Handle Shaft Head weight Stringed Area
12. Racket The first type of rackets used to play Badminton were initially built with wood.
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14. Players Doubles: Feminine or Masculine There are tournaments of : Doubles Mix: Feminine and Masculine Singles: Feminine or Masculine
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16. Line Judge There are 10 line judges, one for each demarcation of the game.
18. Signs of Arbitration Shuttlecock out Shuttlecock inside Movement discontinues of the racket in the execution of the service
19. Signs of Arbitration Play out of the base of the shuttlecock in the execution of the service Execution of the service in lack of touch with the shuttlecock above the waist Contact with the feet out of the service area or absence of the static position for the server
29. Techniques – Service Forehand service Backhand service
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32. Services Position in the block to serve The serve in Badminton is an underhand stroke made on the forehand side of the body.
33. Services – Trajectories Shuttlecock depends on the adopted tactics
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35. Faults – Some Examples Two touches To play in any part of the body To play in the net with racket To play in the net with the body To invade the opposing field To beat in the shuttlecock before passing for your field Transport, to carry the shuttlecock with the racket To be out of the service area. ( in service ) To beat with the racket over the head
40. Tennis vs. Badminton The statistics don't lie, see this comparison among a tennis game (Boris Becker vs. Kevin Curren for All England Championship) and a badminton game (Han Jian vs Morten Frost for the World Badminton Championship): Note : That the badminton players compete only half of the tennis players' time and even so, they run twice as much and they almost hit the double as many of times!