BADMINTON TERMINOLOGIES AND TOURNAMENTS

IN 1934, THE IBF – NOW BADMINTON WORLD FEDERATION (BWF) – WAS ESTABLISHED. IT WAS 14 YEARS LATER THAT THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT, THE THOMAS CUP, TOOK PLACE. BADMINTON BECAME AN OFFICIAL OLYMPIC SPORT IN BARCELONA IN 1992.

TOURNAMENTS:-

OLYMPIC GAMES:-

HELD EVERY FOUR YEARS, BADMINTON HAS BEEN PART OF THE OLYMPICS SINCE 1992. IT INCLUDES EVENTS FOR MEN’S SINGLES, WOMEN’S SINGLES, MEN’S DOUBLES, WOMEN’S DOUBLES, AND MIXED DOUBLES.

BWF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS:-

AN ANNUAL EVENT ORGANIZED BY THE BADMINTON WORLD FEDERATION (BWF), IT DETERMINES THE WORLD CHAMPIONS IN VARIOUS CATEGORIES, INCLUDING SINGLES AND DOUBLES.

BWF SUPER SERIES:-

THIS SERIES CONSISTS OF A NUMBER OF ELITE TOURNAMENTS HELD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THE TOP PLAYERS ACCUMULATE POINTS TO QUALIFY FOR THE BWF SUPER SERIES FINALS.

BWF WORLD TOUR:-

LAUNCHED IN 2018, THIS TOUR INCLUDES MULTIPLE LEVELS OF TOURNAMENTS (SUPER 1000, SUPER 750, SUPER 500, AND SUPER 300) AND CULMINATES IN THE WORLD TOUR FINALS.

CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS:-

THESE INCLUDE EVENTS SUCH AS THE BADMINTON ASIA CHAMPIONSHIPS, EUROPEAN BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS, AND PAN AMERICAN BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS, WHICH DETERMINE THE CHAMPIONS WITHIN EACH CONTINENT.

THOMAS CUP AND UBER CUP:-

THE THOMAS CUP IS THE MEN’S TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP, WHILE THE UBER CUP IS THE WOMEN’S EQUIVALENT. THESE TOURNAMENTS ARE HELD EVERY TWO YEARS.

SUDIRMAN CUP:

THIS IS A MIXED TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP HELD EVERY TWO YEARS, FEATURING TEAMS FROM VARIOUS COUNTRIES COMPETING IN ALL FIVE EVENTS (MEN’S AND WOMEN’S SINGLES AND DOUBLES, AND MIXED DOUBLES).

COMMONWEALTH GAMES:-

BADMINTON HAS BEEN PART OF THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES SINCE 1966, FEATURING EVENTS FOR MEN, WOMEN, AND MIXED TEAMS.

THESE TOURNAMENTS ARE CRUCIAL FOR PLAYERS SEEKING TO ESTABLISH THEIR RANKINGS AND GAIN INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION IN THE SPORT.

ALLEY:–

SIDE-EXTENSION OF THE COURT BY L½ FEET ON BOTH SIDES THAT IS USED FOR DOUBLES PLAY.

BACK ALLEY:–

AREA BETWEEN THE BACK BOUNDARY LINE AND THE LONG SERVICE LINE FOR DOUBLES.

BACKCOURT: –

THE BACK THIRD OF THE COURT, IN THE AREA OF THE BACK BOUNDARY LINES.

BASELINE: –

BACK BOUNDARY LINE AT EACH END OF THE COURT, THAT RUNS PARALLEL TO THE NET.

BIRD OR BIRDIE:–

ANOTHER NAME FOR THE SHUTTLECOCK.

CARRY:–

AN ILLEGAL TACTIC, ALSO CALLED A SLING OR THROW, IN WHICH THE SHUTTLE IS CAUGHT AND HELD ON THE RACKET AND THEN SLUNG DURING THE EXECUTION OF A STROKE.

CENTER LINE:–

LINE PERPENDICULAR TO THE NET THAT SEPARATES THE LEFT AND RIGHT SERVICE COURTS.

CLEAR:–

A SHOT HIT DEEP TO THE OPPONENT’S BACK COURT.

COURT:–

AREA OF PLAY, AS DEFINED BY THE OUTER BOUNDARY LINES.

DRIVE:–

A FAST AND LOW SHOT THAT MAKES A HORIZONTAL FLIGHT OVER THE NET.

DROP:–

A SHOT HIT SOHLY AND WITH FINESSE TO FALL RAPIDLY AND CLOSE TO THE NET ON THE OPPONENT’S SIDE.

FAULT:–

A VIOLATION OF THE PLAYING RULES, EITHER IN SERVING, RECEIVING, OR DURING PLAY (SEE COMMON FAULTS LISTED BELOW).

FLICK:–

A QUICK WRIST AND FOREARM ROTATION THAT SURPRISES AN OPPONENT BY CHANGING AN APPARENTLY SOFT SHOT INTO A FASTER PASSING ONE; USED PRIMARILY ON THE SERVE AND AT THE NET.

FORECOURT:–

FRONT THIRD OF THE COURT, BETWEEN THE NET AND THE SHORT SERVICE LINE.

HAIRPIN NET SHOT:–

SHOT MADE FROM BELOW AND VERY CLOSE TO THE NET WITH THE SHUTTLE RISING, JUST CLEARING THE NET, AND THEN DROPPING SHARPLY DOWN THE OTHER SIDE. THE SHUTTLE’S FLIGHT APPROXIMATES THE SHAPE OF A HAIRPIN.

HALFCOURT SHOT:–

A SHOT HIT LOW AND TO MIDCOURT, USED EFFECTIVELY IN DOUBLES AGAINST THE UP-AND-BACK FORMATION.

KILL:–

FAST, DOWNWARD SHOT THAT CANNOT BE RETURNED; A “PUTAWAY.”

LET:–

A LEGITIMATE CESSATION OF PLAY TO ALLOW A RALLY TO BE REPLAYED.

LONG SERVICE LINE:–

IN SINGLES, THE BACK BOUNDARY LINE. IN DOUBLES A LINE 2 L/2 FEET INSIDE THE BACK BOUNDARY LINE. THE SERVE MAY NOT GO PAST THIS LINE.

MATCH:–

A SERIES OF GAMES (AT U.S. OLYMPIC FESTIVAL-’93 IT IS THREE OUT OF FIVE), TO DETERMINE A WINNER. MIDCOURT – THE MIDDLE THIRD OF THE COURT, HALFWAY BETWEEN THE NET AND THE BACK BOUNDARY LINE.

NET SHOT:–

SHOT HIT FROM THE FORECOURT THAT JUST CLEARS THE NET AND DROPS SHARPLY.

PUSH SHOT:–

GENTLE SHOT PLAYED BY PUSHING THE SHUTTLE WITH LITTLE WRIST MOTION, USUALLY FROM NET OR MIDCOURT TO THE OPPONENT’S MIDCOURT.

RACKET:-

INSTRUMENT USED BY PLAYERTO HIT SHUTTLECOCK WEIGHT:ABOUT3 OUNCES. LENGTH: 27 INCHES. MADE OF: CERAMIC, GRAPHITE, OR BORON FRAME; BEEF-GUT STRING. COST: $60-$175 (UNSTRUNG).

RALLY:–

THIS OCCURS WHEN THE PLAYERS HIT THE BIRD BACK AND FORTH SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE ONE SIDE SCORES A POINT

SERVE OR SERVICE:–

PLAYERS PUT THE SHUTTLECOCK INTO PLAY FOR POINTS BY “SERVING” IT TO OPPONENTS, HITTING IT OVER THE NET INTO A SPECIAL PART OF THE COURT NEAR THEIR OPPONENT

SERVICE COURT:–

AREA INTO WHICH THE SERVE MUST BE DELIVERED. DIFFERENT FOR SINGLES AND DOUBLES PLAY.

SHORT SERVICE LINE:–

THE LINE 6 L/2 FEET FROM THE NET WHICH A SERVE MUST REACH TO BE LEGAL.

SHUTTLE COCK:–

THE NAME FOR THE OBJECT THAT PLAYERS HIT, MADE OF A BALL OF CORK OR RUBBER WITH A CROWN OF FEATHERS IN AN OPEN CONICAL SHAPE.

SMASH:–

WHEN A SHUTTLE IS FLOATED HIGH INTO THE AIR, A PLAYER HAS TIME TO UNLEASH A POWERFUL OVERHAND SHOT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR OF THE OPPOSING COURT

WOOD SHOT: – A SHOT THAT RESULTS WHEN THE BASE OF THE SHUTTLE IS HIT BY THE FRAME OF THE RACKET. ONCE ILLEGAL, THIS SHOT WAS RULED ACCEPTABLE BY THE INTERNATIONAL BADMINTON FEDERATION IN 1963.

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