loud is the excitment! it gets players pumped up and they'll try hard. in professional badminton, at match point; its common to see a player hand gesturing to the crowds to cheer him/her on.
Spot on. It just seems unsporting to make noise during play. I always feel sorry for rugby or football players have a constant noise to distract them.
I vote for make noise between rallies...but somehow, it is interesting to do 'ohhh', 'ahh' in the rallies, especially when smashing...hahahaha...I like that
So .... has this years Thomas & Uber Cup changed any opinions? How can anyone possibly not vote for option #1 .
crowd should make noise when ever they want. just like basketball and football. basketball courts gets really noisy especially near end games.
I prefer a bit of sound but not dead quiet. It feels creepy playing badminton in a place with no sound apart from the sound of shuttlecock being hit.
I am a Line Judge and worked in the cauldron of the recent Thomas/ Uber Cup Finals in Jakarta and wish to comment about playing when there is a loof noise. The crowd who were extremely knowledgable about badminton got behind any team particularly if Malaysia were playing as they did not want them to win at any cost. They were singing in tune by the thousands most of the time and shouted ooh! when their own player hit the shuttle or aah! when the opponent played their stroke. This noise was continuous throughout most of the matchs and if there were Indonesian players on court then the roof lifted off at every stroke. Did any of the players from either side take any notice of the noise? Not a bit. In fact if the volume subsided a little then the players made gestures towards the crowd to lift the volume. I had to sit with ear plugs in both ears to protect my hearing as the crowd were at full volume less than 0.5 metres behind me. Could I (or any of the players) hear the Umpire who was using a microphone. Absolutely not. We as line judges had to rely on lip reading and following the score then following set procedures. This was a fabulous atmosphere and if the top players in the World can cope with this level of noise then I am sure that any of us mere mortals should just shu up and put up with what we see as noise.
haih...at rock concert, the noise r differ than noise make fr games spectators la bro... am prefer all the spectators are cheer leader...
Loud Noise and No Noise Just like tennis game, When the players are not (yet) playing, Its okay for the crowd to make alot of noise to support the players. When they are about to play, or playing, The crowd should keep their big mouth shut. In some countries their Courts do not have crowd control/discipline. Local Policemen are the best people to handle these situation. Referees/players are at a risk to tell the crowd to keep quiet. Even watching the game at home, I have to tune down the volume down and up a afew times. This is my personal opinion.
I will pose a series of questions for BC'ers? If you are faced with an 8-10,000 shouting singing, screaming crowd as there was in jakarta for the recent TUC finals how do you propose that they are stopped? Yes the auditorium had some 600 Police and Military personnel in the vicinity to provide a general security blanket for the event. What do you want them to do to stop the crowd making the noise at the wrong time? Eject people from the crowd? Do you want them to use physically force? Do you want them to draw their guns and escort people from the hall? What would happen if the Police/ Military did any of the above? I can tell you there would be a complete riot with a lot of bloodshed. Do the players take any notice of the noise? Of course they do not, it is quite common to see players wave their arms at the crowd to encourage them to cheer and make a noise.
i think the armed guards are there to protect the umpire and line judges in case the crowd don't like their call
