What is Badminton?

What is badminton other than a fun and exciting racket sport? Well badminton can be a lot of different things for you.

Playing badminton whether for fun as a hobby or on a more competitive level will improve your overall health significantly when done for at least 30 minutes a day. Many national and official health institutions recommend that you attempt to raise your heart rate for a minimum of 30 minutes a day to keep your metabolism at a healthy rate as well as to lower your resting heart BPM (beats per minute).

Other than simply being healthy for the benefit of raising your heart rate and all the positive effects of raising your heart rate, badminton is often a total body work out. When you practice or even play a full match of badminton (three games) you will have been moving for at least 30 minutes and you will be using muscles that you are not always aware of. By moving your body quickly around the court and swinging your racket for the shots you are exercising almost every muscle in your body without even thinking about it.

When you exercise to build muscle and tone your body the main goal is to exercise the muscle to the point of exhaustion. This is done by repeatedly stretching and working any muscle you want to tone. By stretching and working the muscle you activate the muscle fibers which release hormones into your body that help your body to increase the tone and mass of your muscles. Badminton can help you to do this and that can be part of what is badminton.

Moving from front to back and side to side of the badminton court will not only exercise all the muscles in your legs it will help you to build muscle. The repetition in the actions you are taking as you play the game tends to work much like the repetitions you will find in many weight lifting programs, minus the weights.

Instead of using weights to build the muscle you are repeatedly carrying the weight of your body and the momentum that adds to that weight. Often if you were to work out in a fitness gym or club you would be sitting to lift the weights, in badminton you are not only activating the fibers in your muscles that help to strengthen them you are combining that with aerobic activity creating a total work out for your legs.

When you combine this leg work out with swinging your racket in all sorts of directions to return all types of badminton shots you are incorporating all of your upper body muscles into this workout as well. The swinging of the racket will be close to weight lifting as well.

Even though most badminton rackets are light weight and easy to swing you are adding that little bit of weight along with the momentum of the swing, this activates far more muscle fibers than if you were to sit and simply do repetitive lifting of a heavier weight. And again you are combining this type of weight lifting with aerobic all body activity to produce a raised heart rate and increase your metabolism.

As you think about this you may wonder why there are not huge overly muscular badminton players. This is not because they are not reaping the full benefit of the badminton work out it is simply because badminton is going to be a toning sport.

The activity that is involved will help you to tone your muscles all while burning excess calories and fat deposits. Beside if you were to create a huge muscular physical state for yourself you would no longer have the quick agile ability to move around the court as a successful badminton player needs.

Badminton Sports: Techniques and Fine Points

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Badminton is the fastest racquet sport in the world. To be good at badminton sports you need to be quick on your feet and really agile. It provides a great cardio workout and demands high fitness and stamina levels.

There is no substitute for long hours of practice and single minded dedication. Proper guidance and rigorous court work can help you improve your techniques and make your game better.

The first thing that you need to take care of is your grip - the way you hold the racquet. It is the base groundwork of playing badminton sports. Holding the racquet wrongly can reduce the power behind your strokes, which can be a major disadvantage. It will also limit the range of shots you can play and hence you might not enjoy the game itself. There are two basic types of grips in badminton sports - the forehand grip and the backhand grip.

Good footwork is a skill that you need to excel in to be a winner in badminton sports. Good footwork will help you get to stray shots while maintaining your balance and dodge your opponent. Jump, skip, bounce, shuffle, glide, lunge are some of the things you need to do on a badminton court. Adjust your base position according to the strengths and weaknesses of you and your opponent.

A well timed and well placed serve is the most effective arrow in your quiver when playing badminton. Mastering various types of serves - high serve, flick serve, low serve and drive serve is important to improve your game.

After the serves comes the clears - most crucial of all the badminton strokes that can be played overhead or underarm. They can be played on both forehand and backhand sides. Practicing your clears can improve your game to a great extent.

Badminton drop shots are delicate shots which when played with the right placement and timing can ensure you an upper hand in the game. They can be played on backhand as well as forehand sides too. The idea is to force the opponent to move to the front court so that the mid court and the back court remain free. Drop shots in badminton sports are of two types - slow drop shot and fast drop shot.

A well executed smash shot is the deadliest weapon that you can use on a badminton court. The power, speed, angle and trajectory of a smash shot will determine how difficult it is for your opponent to recover. A smash shot hit towards the downward direction with optimum force is ideal.

Drives are shots which cross over the net flatly in a horizontal trajectory. Drives are attacking shots that are used when the shuttlecock is too low for you to hit a smash. These shots can be played straight down the court or diagonally. They are used more in doubles games, where it is advisable to keep the shuttlecock at a low height.

Badminton net play is an important area of the game which requires great amount of refinement. These are delicate shots which involve a sudden change of the angle of the racquet to confuse your opponent. Net shots are of three types - net shot, net kill and net lift.

You can learn the techniques of badminton sports by working under a qualified coach or observing the skills of professional players. But there is no substitute for hard labor if you want to be good at it.

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PERSATUAN BULUTANGKIS SELURUH INDONESIA
MASA BAKTI 2012 - 2016

DEWAN KEHORMATAN	1. Soesilo Bambang Yudhoyono ( Ketua ) 2. Try Sutrisno 3. Soerjadi 4. Subagyo Hadisiswoyo 5. Chairul Tanjung 6. Sutiyoso 7. Rudy Hartono
DEWAN PENASEHAT	1. Djoko Santoso ( Ketua ) 2. Jero Wacik 3. M.S. Hidayat 4. Mohammad Nuh 5. Ciputra 6. Franky Widjaja 7. Tan Joe Hok
DEWAN PENGAWAS	1. Yacob Rusdianto ( Ketua ) 2. Iriansyah Busra 3. Sulham Hasan 4. Abdullah Fadri Auli 5. Usman Budiman 6. S.R. Mokodongan 7. Syafrizal Ucok 8. I Nengah Wiratha
KETUA UMUM	Gita Wirjawan
WAKIL KETUA I WAKIL KETUA II WAKIL KETUA III	Fuad Basya Nusron Wahid Muliaman D. Hadad
SEKRETARIS JENDRAL	Anton A. Subowo
WAKIL SEKRETARIS JENDERAL	Achmad Budiharto
KASUBID IT	Awalludin Rizal
KASUBID URUSAN BWF & BAC	Juniarto Suhandinata
KASUBID HUBUNGAN INTERNATIONAL	Bambang Roedyanto
KASUBID HUMAS & SOCIAL MEDIA	Yuni Kartika
STAF KHUSUS / AHLI
PENGEMBANGAN ORGANISASI & DAERAH	M. Feriansyah
PEMBINA & PRESTASI	Susi Susanti
HUBUNGAN INTERNATIONAL	Victor R. Hartono
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-KOORDINATOR WILAYAH BARAT	Bayu R / HK. Djunaedi Topan
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-KOORDINATOR WILAYAH TIMUR	A. Darwis Massalinri / Syarif Usman Ferry S
KASUBID PENGEMBANGAN KOMUNITAS	Eddy Prayitno
KASUBID TURNAMENT & PERWASITAN	Eddyanto Sabarudin
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KASUBID PENDIDIKAN DAN PELATIHAN	FX. Sugiyanto
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KABID PEMBINAAN & PRESTASI	Rexy Mainaky
KASUBID LOGISTIK	Anhar Adel
KASUBID PENELITIAN & PENGEMBANGAN PRESTASI	Sapto Kunto Purnomo / Barlen
KASUBID PELATNAS	Ricky Soebagjda
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Sejarah Awal Bulutangkis

sejarah awal olahraga badminton bagaimana ? Orang hanya mengenal nama badminton berasal dari sebuah rumah/istana di kawasan Gloucester-shire, sekitar 200 kilometer sebelah barat London, Inggris. Badminton House, demikian nama istana tersebut, menjadi saksi sejarah bagaimana olahraga ini mulai dikembangkan menuju bentuknya sekarang. Di bangunan tersebut, sang pemilik, Duke of Beaufort dan keluarganya pada abad ke-17 menjadi aktivis olahraga ini. Akan tetapi, Duke of Beaufort bukanlah penemu permainan itu. Badminton hanya menjadi nama karena dari situlah permainan ini mulai dikenal di kalangan atas dan kemudian menyebar. Badminton menjadi satu-satunya cabang olahraga yang namanya berasal dari nama tempat.

Yang juga tanda tanya besar adalah bagaimana nama permainan ini berubah dari battledore menjadi badminton. Nama asal permainan dua orang yang menepak bola ke depan (forehand) atau ke belakang (backhand) selama mungkin ini tadinya battledore. Asal mula permainan battledore dengan menggunakan shuttlecock (kok) sendiri juga misteri. Dulu orang menggunakan penepak dari kayu (bat). Dua orang menepak "burung" itu ke depan dan ke belakang selama mungkin.

Permainan macam ini sudah dilakukan anak-anak dan orang dewasa lebih dari 2000 tahun lalu di India, Jepang, Siam (kini Thailand), Yunani, dan Cina. Di kawasan terakhir ini dimainkan lebih banyak dengan kaki. Di Inggris ditemukan ukiran kayu abad pertengahan yang memuat gambar anak-anak sedang menendang-nendang shuttlecock.

Permainan menggunakan kok memang mempunyai daya tarik tersendiri. Setelah ditepak atau dipukul ke atas maka begitu “jatuh” (menurun) kok akan melambat, memungkinkan orang mengejar dan menepaknya lagi ke atas. Yang menjadi tanda tanya, bagaimana bisa terbentuk kok seperti sekarang: ada kepala dengan salah satu ujung bulat dan di ujung lain yang datar tertancap belasan bulu sejenis unggas? Bahan-bahan untuk membuat kok memang sudah ada di alam. Bentuk kepala kok yang bulat sudah ada di sekitar kita, biasa ditemukan dalam buah-buahan atau batu.

Pertanyaannya adalah bagaimana awalnya bulu-bulu bisa menancap di kepala kok? Ada yang berpendapat bahwa ada seseorang sedang duduk di kursi dan di depannya meja tulis. Dia melamun dan memikirkan sesuatu yang jauh. Tanpa disengaja dia mengambil tutup botol yang terbuat dari gabus dan kemudian menancap-nancapkan pena yang ketika itu terbuat dari bulu unggas. Beberapa pena tertancapkan dan jadilah bentuk sederhana sebuah kok.

Tentu ini tidak ada buktinya. Hanya kemudian memang terbentuk alat permainan seperti itu yang di tiap kawasan berbeda bentuknya. Pada tahun 1840-an dan 1850-an keluarga Duke of Beaufort ke-7 paling sering menjadi penyelenggara permainan ini. Menurut Bernard Adams (The Badminton Story, BBC 1980) anak-anak Duke – tujuh laki-laki dan empat perempuan – inilah yang mulai memainkannya di ruang depan. Lama-lama mereka bosan permainan yang itu-itu saja. Mereka kemudian merentangkan tali di antara pintu dan perapian dan bermain dengan menyeberangkan kok melewati tali itu. Itulah awal net. Akhir tahun 1850-an mulailah dikenal jenis permainan baru. Pada tahun 1860-an ada seorang penjual mainan dari London – mungkin juga penyedia peralatan battledore – bernama Isaac Spratt, menulis Badminton Battledore – a new game. Tulisan tersebut menggambarkan terjadinya evolusi permainan di Badminton House.