WHAT IS AN OBA A<B<C level?

I doubt anyone who does not live in Ontario would know what OBA stands for. I'm not sure if there are any videos on youtube but have you checked youtube?

 

This would be Ontaria A level.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIhWy1MHzEw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTs3Ifck6BQ

 

and A>B>C not the other way around

 

It's just the grading system of skill.

 

isn't there D, E?

 

Usually theres A,B,C,D have seen the rare time there are others beyond that but ABCD are the usual grading systems for tournaments all across canada.

 

E are for people who JUST played badminton and F is more people who can't play badminton at all.

 

Anyone can play Badminton

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I beg your pardon. Anyone can play Badminton. And we want more players to participate ... so that Badminton can be more popular, even beating Soccer players in numbers.
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I am referring to people who think badminton is a girly sport. I know plenty of people know say that and yet they can't even hit a shuttlecock

 

Actually my information is that Badminton is the second most popular participant sport in the world. Is Soccer the top?

 

Go to any forum on any moderately popular sport (other than soccer), and the chances are you'll find a post just like this one.

Let's see your information!

 

Yes, I know . It's very much based on perception, with a liberal serving of prejudice! I wish I had the research results. But there's probably no research .

 

Now I'm from England, and have never played anywhere near Ontario but I can hazard a guess that OBA stands for Ontario badminton association (probably wrong but sounds plausible).

The videos were quite interesting. I thought the standard was quite good, but for A grade, I sort of expected more. I'm not sure why, but they just didn't seem as awesome as I had thought they would.

 

I'm from Scotland and now live in Ontario. The standard of play at Club level is (my perception only) not too high, and I've visited many. I know that this doesn't always extrapolate to the National level, and I know that one of Scotland's best players became the head coach honcho in Canada, but Scotland's best players are just not world class, as a rule. Sorry, Billy.

I thought I'd say that before anyone else gets in there!

Anyway, you can't say that certain Canadian players aren't A grade, provided that they define what that means! You could argue that a Canadian A is an English B and a Scottish C, but that doesn't stop Canadians from saying that they are A. Just like in all other areas - but don't get me started on that! This is a Badminton forum, not a political one!

 

The grading system will always be different from country to country. Some countries will have higher standards than others.