2.- You will have to find out all kind of things about badminton. You can use internet and the notes that I have uploaded.

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1 BADMINTON EXERCISES 1.- It is time to write a report about badminton. Remember that all reports need to have a title page, an index, a main section and a bibliography, so you must do it. 2.- You will have to find out all kind of things about badminton. You can use internet and the notes that I have uploaded. 3.- It is compulsory to answer these questions (DON T ANSWER ON THIS SHEET OF PAPER): 1. Why is badminton a good game to help maintain and improve physical fitness? 2. What equipment is needed to play badminton? 3. Who can make points in a badminton game? 4. How is a badminton game won?.

2 5. Describe a forehand shot. 6. What is a smash shot? 7. What is a drop? a backhand drop? 8. When is a forehand drive used? 9. What is especially tricky about the forehand underarm clear? 10. Give a brief history of badminton.

3 Physical Education Word Search Use the clues below to discover words in the above puzzle. Circle the words. 1. A rarely used high and deep defensive stroke 2. This is always an underhand shot 3. A badminton racquet is than a tennis racquet 4. Motion similar to throwing a ball 5. Acronym for badminton federation founded in Where badminton was played hundreds of years ago 7. The ultimate attacking shot 8. Vanes used to be made of them 9. Shuttlecocks are now made of this 10. The traditional shuttlecock base was made of this 11. When a shuttlecock falls out of bounds 12. Done with a flicking motion 13. A controlled smash 14. This is 44 feet long and 17 feet wide 15. Best of three games 16. Number of points needed to win a game 17. The only player who can score a point 18. What you hit in badminton 19. A shuttlecock weighs one-sixth of one 20. Name of badminton played by British in India

4 Badminton Challenge Complete the activity. 1. A game where two people play two people as teams A. Hairpin net shot B. Doubles C. Drive D. Sling 2. A legal shot in which the shuttle hits the frame of the racket A. Clear B. Drive C. Wood shot D. Kill 3. A fast shot hit straight down into the opponent's court so that it cannot be returned A. Sling B. Kill C. Feint D. Clear 4. A violation of the rules A. Sling B. Doubles C. Flick D. Fault 5. A piece of cork covered in goat skin with 16 goose feathers attached to one end A. Fault B. Shuttlecock C. Wood shot D. Hairpin net shot 6. Any deceptive movement that disconcerts an opponent before or during the serve; a "baulk" A. Feint B. Kill C. Hairpin net shot D. Flick 7. An illegal stroke in which the shuttle is not hit, but caught and held on the racket before being released A. Doubles B. Sling C. Feint D. Fault 8. A fast and low shot that makes a horizontal flight over the net A. Hairpin net shot B. Feint C. Drive D. Clear 9. A quick wrist-and-forearm rotation used to surprise an opponent by changing an apparently soft shot into a faster passing shot A. Flick B. Sling C. Fault D. Drive 10. A shot made from below and very close to the net and causing the shuttle to rise, just clear the net, then drop sharply down the other side A. Hairpin net shot B. Doubles C. Drive D. Clear 11. A shot hit deep into the opponent's court A. Clear B. Flick C.

5 Badminton Vocabulary Complete the activity A shot hit deep into the opponent's court A shot made from below and very close to the net and causing the shuttle to rise, just clear the net, then drop sharply down the other side A fast shot hit straight down into the opponent's court so that it cannot be returned A legal shot in which the shuttle hits the frame of the racket A game where two people play two people as teams 6. A violation of the rules Any deceptive movement that disconcerts an opponent before or during the serve; a "baulk" An illegal stroke in which the shuttle is not hit, but caught and held on the racket before being released A piece of cork covered in goat skin with 16 goose feathers attached to one end A fast and low shot that makes a horizontal flight over the net A quick wrist-and-forearm rotation used to surprise an opponent by changing an apparently soft shot into a faster passing shot Doubles Drive Clear Wood shot Kill Flick Fault Shuttlecock

6 Hairpin net shot Feint Sling