Badminton Fastest Game.. NOT.

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  1. ants

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    Believe it or not.. Badminton is not the fastest racket sport game as we know.. Pelota is the world fastest game. "Pelota" spanish name for ball is actually made from rubber and thrown by using a "Cesta" or basket to a wall.

    But personally , weather fastest or not.. badminton is still the best and believe it or not.. it is the world's 2nd most played game after Soccer.
     
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    Whoa Really?!?! Thats krazy.... 8|
     
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    Do you have a source on the second fact(badminton second most played sport in the world)? That would be really cool if it's true.
     
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    there is no doubt that badminton is the best game... :D
    in my next incarnation, i pray that i become a baddy player or a bird whose feathers could be used to make the shuttle... :D I am infatuated.

    But when you say it's the 2nd most played game after Soccer, I believe it would count all the people who just hold the racket and play in their backyard, lanes... but who play seriously might count less....
     
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    it was in an NBC article i read just before the olympics started, on their website. i'm guessing that may be where ants read it too?

    on a sidenote, that game, "Pelota" i heard is quite insane, other than a big stick with a net on it kind of thing, the goalie doesn't wear padding. the ball used is nearly like a field hockey ball, so it has a decent amount of weight and doesn't really slow down like a shuttlecock. i heard it can actually kill people (apart from the game supposedly being also full contact), so the game is banned in some places.
     
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    source? nothing official as no one really conduct a worldwide census.
    However, if one add the population of countries where badminton is popular: china, indonesia, malayisa, singapore, taipei, japan, denmark and part of india, I think badminton can easily be 2nd most played sport.
     
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    You're talking about Lacrosse, which I find to be cooler than field hockey. A fine game in its own right but not the fastest game in the world.

    Pelota (or jai-alai) is played with a big crescent shaped basket on your hand. You have a ball slightly smaller than a baseball, but harder and denser, and you use the curvature of your basket to whip the ball out at speeds much faster than a shuttlecock. You also use the curvature to catch the ball, as if you don't, it will literally blow a hole through the wicker. Because of this, pelota is played on a very large enclosed field. And yes, a hit from that ball will kill you. Sometimes even if you have a helmet on.
     
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    Pelota is not a racket game! :p

    Badminton is still the fastest racket game! :)
     
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    Have to agree with Seven..LOL!!
     
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    Did i mentioned that Pelota is a racket game? Hehehe :) Of coz its not a racket game.
     
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    Is there another racket game which is faster than badminton then? (since Pelota is not a racket game which we agree)
     
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    even if petola is faster than badminton...badminton smashes are getting faster and faster as racket and string technology and just more powerful players come down the pipe. side note...I wonder how fast would andy riddick smash be if he practice badminton...his serve is incredible 154mph I believe
     
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    would table tennis be considered a racket sport?
     
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    I think there is some confusion here, which is caused by the title of this thread. A better thread title would be "Is badminton the fastest racquet game?", which would have generated a more relevant and balanced discussion of racquet sports.
     
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    Yes of course!
    Badminton is faster than table tennis anyway! :)
     
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    no. it's a paddle sport.

    to find out which is the fastest paddle sport you must first compare it with other sports that uses paddles........... like kayaking! :D:D:D

    LOL
     
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    Is pelota that game from the Jackass movie where they were whipping oranges at Johnny Knoxville.
     
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    i think to compare whether a sport is "fast", we should compare not only the raw speed of the ball/shuttle itself, but also the amount of distance the ball have to travel for the player to react to it. the shorter the distance, the less time to react.

    and that's why table-tennis is a very fast sport as the length of the table is quite short and the ball travels at a decent speed.

    badminton is not bad, 200mph travelling a few meters.

    tennis in this definition is even slower as the tennis ball is slow and the court is large.
     
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    i think we should clarify the air........ because im generally not that sure either. is table tennis a considered a racquet sport?

    some one pls help. i want to be sure this time :)
     
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    YES it is!! ..... (already answered this higher in the thread :rolleyes: )
     

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