Artikel Bahasa Inggris Tentang Badminton

BADMINTON 

Badminton is one of sport which use racket played individually or in pairs. The sport first appeared in ancient Egypt about 200 years ago. Then it began to develop in the inggris1893. Badminton is a racket sport played by either two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs (doubles), who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court divided by a net. 

Since 1992, badminton has been am Olympic sport with five competition/events: men’s and women’s singles, men’s and women’s doubles, and mixed doubles, in which each pair consists of a man and a woman. At high levels of play. Especially in singles, the soprt demands excellent fitness: players require aerobic stamina, agility, explosive strength, speed and precision. It also a technical sport, requiring good motor coordination and development of sophisticated racket movements.

This game requires a racket, shuttlecock, nets and field as the instrument. The length of the game is not determined by time but it is determined by the player who makes game point first with 21 points. Each game consists of two sets. The player will be considered as winner if successfully obtain both round, but if a draw, there will be held an additional round or tiebreak.

In this game there are several kinds of hitting techniques, such as a service that is a blow when starting the game, lob that is aimed the shuttlecock flies as high as possible to the opponent and smash, which is a very strong blow swooping toward the opponent’s area.
GLOSSARY
Ø Agility
Ø Explosive 
Ø Precision 
Ø Speed 
Ø Opponent
Ø Lob

REFERENCES
Ø www.sportsinternational.org/about-badminton
Ø www.badmintonsports.org