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Basic Rules of Badminton
A sport similar
to tennis, badminton is played by
either two opposing players (singles)
or two opposing pairs (doubles).
Players are positioned at the opposite
ends of the court, aiming to hit
a shuttlecock over the net so that
it lands inside the marked boundaries
of the court, and their opponents
from doing the same. Only the server
can win points. Just like tennis,
there are five main categories in
badminton: men's singles, women's
singles, men's doubles, women's doubles
and mixed doubles (each pair is composed
of one man and one woman). A game
of badminton is played on a court
measuring 6.1 m/20 ft by 13.4 m/44
ft. There is a net (0.8 m/2.5 ft
deep and a height of 1.52m/5 ft)
stretched across the middle of the
court where the shuttlecock must
be sent over.
Sources:
http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Badminton
http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia
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