re: Badminton Rule Dispute apologies to those who have had enough of this particular discussion, but I've been away on holiday. I was waiting to see if anyone else brought up this point: Badminton was supposedly played in India by the British during the time of the Empire. There is a story that it used to be played in a barn and the court was a funny shape to allow for doors to be opened or something. The court is supposed to have been this shape. This may be the origin of it being legal for the shuttle to go around the posts.
Nice idea.... however the reason is that the object of badminton is to get the shuttle past the net, and since the net only covers the width of the court if you can find a way to get it past the net by going around it, it still passes the net
i read in a badminton book found at Indigo that the original shape of the courts were hourglass shaped in India before British troops brought the game back to England, then back to Badminton (the place).
Strange, is it not, that badminton is the only racquets sport (there are two other big ones like tennis and table tennis) where the net is on the lines? Why do the nets in the other two sports extend beyond the side lines? I wonder if it is to aid the umpire to 'see' better.
I remember in a game of Tennis, Pete Sampras hit a great shot outside the court, it was low below net height as it past, went past the post but landed in the other court for a winner. But that's tennis. It was the first time that I saw a shot like that played, I think his opponent was Becker at the time, who was so stunned, that he 'bowed down' to sampras in a 'we are not worthy' pose. My memory may be playing tricks on some of the parts, but the shot really did exist.
Nets I think Wizbit has answered Taneepak's question about the nets extending beyond the court sides. Because in both tennis and table tennis players can put enough spin on the ball to make it move SIDEways in mid-air. The nets have to go a little beyond the sides to stop players hitting shots below the net but around the sides. It's just not an issue in badminton (unless the Sidek brothers come up with some new crazy shot).
I hear Punch is thinking of changing the courts back to this shape so the the umpire and service judge can be closer to the action...
i heard he is going to move the net-post outside the confine the badminton court by a foot. so we can be more like tennis....
I heard he is going to suspend the shuttle from a string for each stroke, so we can be more like golf
Only applicable to tennis and table tennis. Surface cannot be anything other than the surface the players stand on, whether it is wood, mat, clay, grass cement, asphalt, compacted mud, etc.
