Badminton

Badminton consists of a racket and a shuttlecock. It is played either by two opposing players as singles or two opposing pairs as doubles. The game is played in a rectangular court that was divided by a net in the middle of the court. To score a point however, a player strikes the shuttlecock with his racket so that it'll fly past the net and landed onto half of the opponent's court. A shuttlecock can only be strike once by each player for it to passes over the net to the opponent's area and the game ends once the shuttlecock has struck the floor.

RULES
COURT DIMENSIONS
The court is obviously in a rectangular shape which is divided halves by a net. Even though the court is marked only for singles play, it is also suitable for doubles play. The only difference during singles and doubles play is the serve length dimension. The width of the court is 6.1 metres but in singles play, the width is reduced to 5.18 metres. The length of the court however is 13.4 metres long. The net on the other hand is 1.55 metres high at the edges and 1.524 metres high in the center.

EQUIPMENT
i) Racket
    - Badminton rackets are lightweight weighing between 70 and 95 grams not including grip or strings. Light metals such as aluminium was used to make a racket before carbon fibre composite was adopted. Carbon fibre is stiff, has an excellent strength to weight ratio and also gives excellent kinetic energy transfer. Nowadays, rackets has an isometric head shape however if you want to find the traditional oval head shape racket, it is still available in the market.

ii) Strings
     - Strings to the rackets are very thin ranging from about 0.62 to 0.73 mm. Even though thicker strings are more durable, players prefer the feel of thinner strings.

iii) Grip
      - Depends on players to choose a comfortable surface to hold. There are two main types of grip; replacement grips and over-grips. Replacement grips are thicker while over-grips are thinner.

iv) Shuttlecock
      - A shuttlecock is formed from sixteen overlapping feathers embedded into a rounded cork base.

v) Shoes
    - Lightweight shoes are the most suitable type of shoes for badminton.