June 8th 2013 Saturday As far as I know about badminton is only hit the ball to the opposite direction without letting the ball hit the net. Today‚ I invited 3 of my friends to my hostel to lecture me for 1 hour to learn more about badminton‚ they are willing to teach me all their experience in badminton tournament‚ the rule and regulations and the necessary stretching. Firstly‚ I learn how to warm up my body‚ stretching muscles of my neck‚ legs‚ arm‚ and body. After that‚ I learn the rules
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sports: badminton‚ arnis and bowling BADMINTON EQUIPMENT AND HISTORY Court The area of play‚ as defined by the outer boundary lines. Net The net is made of fine cord‚ dark in colour and of an even thickness‚ with a mesh. Posts The posts are used to hold the net in place. Racket The instrument used by players to hit the shuttlecock. Shuttlecock A piece of cork covered in goat skin with 16 goose feathers attached to one end. It can be made from natural or synthetic materials. Badminton is a racquet
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HOBBIES In his leisure time‚ a man is free to do whatever he wants. Yet the best way to occupy oneself while at home or on holiday is to indulge in a hobby. A hobby is a person’s favourite activity‚ which he does for pleasure as contrasted with his job. Common hobbies are gardening‚ collecting stamps or other items‚ making art and craft‚ drawing and reading. Some people like to knit and sew‚ while others like to build miniature buildings or indulge in bird-watching. Some like to take photographs
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I can’t begin to explain how reading has enriched my life. I live in a small fishing village called Lancaster‚ 200 miles northeast of Anchorage‚ Alaska. It’s strictly a fishing and mining town with a year-long population of 424. We’re a loyal‚ self-sufficent group‚ and count among our ranks five teachers‚ an architecht‚ two medical doctors and a dentist. Unfortunately‚ we are over three hours from the nearest city‚ limiting our access to most cultural events‚ athletics and other typical extracuricular
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not grow up playing soccer. I definitely have a love/hate relationship with this sport but in the end playing soccer made me a better person. Playing soccer has taught me to work hard‚ to never give up‚ and to set my goals high and then reach them. Everything that I have learned from playing a physical and mentally demanding sport will continue to help me achieve in my future. My father was a very talented soccer player back in his day and loved the sport more than anything. When my sisters and
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My experiences of playing a sport Two years ago‚ I went to visit my relatives in Nha Trang and I tried playing scuba-diving. It was my wonderful experiences. First day‚ my cousin – a diving instructor of VietNam Dive Center (VinaDive) – invited me to take part in a scuba-diving tour. I thought it was a great idea and I was very interested. This was a chance of overcoming my fear of water. Next day‚ my cousin taught me about dive equipment‚ how to breathe and move underwater‚ basic skills and safe
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Introduction For my Personal Exercise Programme coursework I have chosen Badminton as my sport‚ the reason behind this is I enjoy playing it with my friends in sport centres as well as watching the sport. This sport is a fast moving energetic game where a lot of thinking is required. In order to play this game you need 2-4 players. This is a game where a net is required which is used for the shuttlecock to be returned over the net. History The exact origin of the game‚ tracing back to ancient
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History of Badminton The history of badminton can be traced back many to the games of battledore and shuttlecock which were played in ancient Greece over 2000 years ago. The game we all know as badminton began in the 19th century (1870) and was named by the Duke of Beaufort after Badminton House in Gloucestershire1. The International Badminton Federation now has its base in Gloucestershire. In England there had long been a children’s game known as "battledore and shuttlecock". Players used
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Badminton is a game that involves the use of a net‚ lightweight rackets‚ and a shuttlecock. Two or four players play it‚ which is played indoors‚ 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 of the net set at 5 ft (1.52 m) from the ground at the centre and 5 ft 1 in (1.55 m) at the posts. The players hit the shuttlecock back and forth over the net
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Badminton rule book Rules and regulations Of badminton Regulations The court A badminton court is used for both singles and doubles matches but the ruling on the boundary’s court you are allowed to use will vary depending on if you are playing doubles or singles. The singles court is 13.4m x 5.18m making the playing area = 69.41m² including boundary lines and the doubles court is 13.4m x 6.1m‚ making the playing area = 81.74m² including boundary lines. However when setting up a badminton
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