2006-10-04 13:17:19 · 36 answers · asked by aky1968owls 2 in Sports ➔ Other - Sports
badminton.....did i spell that right......lol
2006-10-04 13:20:57 · answer #1 · answered by tg315 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Badminton
A Brief History:
Badminton is an Olympic sport for two or four players in which long-handled rackets are used to hit a shuttlecock (also called a shuttle or bird) over a net stretched across a marked court.
Badminton's growth both as a backyard recreation and as a highly developed competitive indoor sport has been greatest since the end of World War II, although the game dates back to the 1800s.
The International Badminton Federation (IBF) has members in more than 90 nations and an annual world Grand Prix circuit for both men and women. The game is believed to have been invented in India in a version called poona. British army officers learned the game about 1870.
In 1873 the duke of Beaufort introduced the sport at his country estate, Badminton, from which the game derives its name. In 1887 the Bath Badminton Club was formed; it was replaced in 1893 by the Badminton Association of England, which codified the rules that still govern competitive play. In doubles or men's singles, 15 points wins a game; in women's singles, 11 points.
A match is the best two out of three games.
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2006-10-04 13:28:22 · answer #2 · answered by neema s 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lily P said lacrosse.
I'd like to point out that although I am thrilled that this brilliant sport got a mention on here, it is indeed played with a ball, getting a ball into the goal being the point of the sport.
2006-10-06 12:05:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Badminton, Fishing, Ice Hockey, and Boxing.
(In Boxing Annette is the girl who carries the board showing the number of the next round).
2006-10-04 13:38:26 · answer #4 · answered by mainwoolly 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hockey
2006-10-04 13:53:37 · answer #5 · answered by pjm 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Show Jumping. The ladies wear hair nets.
2006-10-04 13:22:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Angling badmington Ice hockey Discus
2006-10-04 13:23:56 · answer #7 · answered by ianforty3 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Badminton
2006-10-06 04:41:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Badminton
2006-10-04 13:28:55 · answer #9 · answered by libbyft 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Badminton
2006-10-04 13:24:55 · answer #10 · answered by Quizard 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Disc golf. Its a a net made of chain but a net nonetheless.
2006-10-04 13:23:36 · answer #11 · answered by Travis S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋