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June 28, 2009

Badminton Singles


Badminton Singles

Exclusive summary about Badminton Singles by wikipedia.org

The singles court is narrower than the doubles court, but the same length. Since one person needs to cover the entire court, singles tactics are based on forcing the opponent to move as much as possible; this means that singles strokes are normally directed to the corners of the court. Players exploit the length of the court by combining lifts and clears with drop shots and net shots. Smashing is less prominent in singles than in doubles because players are rarely in the ideal position to execute a smash, and smashing often leaves the smasher vulnerable if the smash is returned.

In singles, players will often start the rally with a forehand high serve. Low serves are also used frequently, either forehand or backhand. Flick serves are less common, and drive serves are rare.

At high levels of play, singles demands extraordinary fitness. Singles is a game of patient positional maneuvering, unlike the all-out aggression of doubles.

June 5, 2009

How High is Badminton Net


Badminton Net

Exclusive summary About Badminton Net by badminton-information.com

Badminton is a racquet game played with two or four players, across a net. The equipments like nets and net posts were not always a part of the game. In 1877, the Bath Badminton Club, the first badminton club in world set forth a set of rules for the sport.

A badminton court is a rectangular space, 44 feet long X 17 feet wide for a single's match and 4 feet long X 20 feet wide for a double's match. The court is divided into two halves by a net. The next obvious question is- how high is badminton net? The net is supposed to be 5 feet 1 inch on the edges and 5 feet in the centre.

Badminton nets are now available in a range of materials, from polyethelene, to nylon, to vinyl. Also ensure that the net is properly extended between the poles. The depth of the net should be 2 feet 6 inches.

The game of badminton involves the opponents hitting the shuttlecock over the net into other's side till it touches the ground.

Badminton Net Posts

Although today we cannot visualize the game of badminton without the net and consequently, without the badminton net posts, these equipments were not always part of the game. It was in the 1860s that the net and the badminton net posts made an appearance in the game.

Later, to add a competitive edge to the game, they introduced the net and the badminton net posts. Badminton net posts, today, are not sold separately but are bundled together with the net and the guy ropes and pegs. Badminton net posts are usually differentiated on the basis of location - indoor or outdoor.

Indoor net posts come in two varieties. The former
net posts are designed as steel uprights. The net hooks, cleats and grooved tops for the fixing of the net are attached to the post.

Floor pugs should come as standard accessories of the second type of
badminton net posts.