Badminton is a racquet sport, which can have either two or four
players on a badminton court; and can be classified as: (1) Men’s singles; (2) Women’s
singles; (3) Men’s doubles; (4) Women’s doubles; (5) Mixed doubles (each team
is a man and a woman)
The rectangular court is divided into two halves with a net in the
centre. The court size for a single's match was (L)44 feet X (W)17 feet and
for a doubles match was (L)44 feet X (W)20 feet. The height of the net was 5
feet.
Unlike other racquet games like squash or tennis, badminton does not use “ball”.
It is played with shuttlecock. Shuttlecocks characteristically are light weight
and are thereby affected by the wind.
Professional Badminton is played indoors. The game involves the two opponents hitting the shuttlecock over the net to the
opposite side. The rally ends when the shuttlecock touches the ground. Only one
stroke is allowed to pass it over the net. Badminton match is made up of three
games, of 21 points each.