BADMINTON IS MORE THAN SPORT II Topic #8

Badminton is a well-known sport in the world. This sport is a very exciting, addictive, and fun sports game. I love badminton because this sport is very simple having just two racquets, a shuttlecock and a friend that we can practice training together. This sport can be played either outdoor or indoor. However, many people nowadays prefer to play indoors since the shuttlecock is so light that easily taken along by wind in outdoors.

this photo was taken on an indoor court when I was playing with my friends in my college. I feel more comfortable playing indoor. anyway, we often play with double men in every tournament. it makes us more solid and also more powerful rather than a single player.

Another fact is that In Japan today, there is still a similar game to badminton which is called “Hanetsuki”, this is a very similar game as badminton. It is a very popular New Year's game with a wooden paddle called hagoita in Japan.

Actually, history of modern badminton comes from the British officer army in India created modern badminton in the 1850s. furthermore, some retired armies in the 1870s brought the game back to England from India and it became a very popular sport in the UK, in 1873. on top of that the oldest and the most prestigious badminton tournament in the world is the All England competition located in the UK. Although badminton was first invented in the UK but is well-known in Asia continent. Many top badminton players are coming from Asia rather than Europe countries. But another fact that there is a museum of Badminton in England, The National Badminton Museum.

Basically, Badminton especially in Indonesia becomes a national sport. Most people, in Indonesia, know how to play badminton particularly. There are many badminton competitions in every province in Indonesia. Once many competitions conducted nowadays, there are many badminton clubs are created to support the players for the competition in the future.

This photo was taken with our new jersey badminton community. I love this badminton community because not only I can play badminton but also we can bounding with other members such as attending some events together, and having feast and coffee breaks together.

Badminton is more than sport for me,.

Enjoy Badminton.