1º ESO: Badminton 1: Basic Vocabulary and Rules

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Badminton is a fast racket sport. The shuttle reaches 260 km/h!
Badminton is one of the most played sports in the World. It is a very popular sport in Asia and some parts of Europe like Denmark and U.K.

You can play badminton in Individual competitions (singles) or Doubles.

Men and women can play together, as there are Mixed Doubles (a man and a woman).

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Basic Vocabulary:

A match: un partido	A game: un juego
Shuttle: volante	Court: cancha
To rally: pelotear	A Rally: la duración de un punto
Rally format: formato de competición en el que no hace falta tener el saque para puntuar.	Forehand: envés de la mano. En bádminton se usa para el golpe “de derechas”)
Backhand: de revés	Even: pares
Bounds: límites	Smashes: remates
Odd: impares	Deception: engaño
Outright: directamente	To deceive: engañar
To pretend: fingir, hacer como si...	To follow through: seguir el movimiento
Below: por debajo	To shake hands: darse la mano

Basic Rules:

Badminton games have a 21 points rally format. This means you don´t have to be serving to score a point. You can score a point no matter who serves.

So, how do you play?
-To win a match, you have to win 2 out of 3 games.

-To win a game, you have to score 21 points.

-You score a point when your opponent can´t return the shuttle or the shuttle he/she returns falls out bounds (out of the court).

-In singles, you serve on the right service court when your score is an even number (0, 2, 4...).
-You serve on the left service court when your score is an odd number (1, 3, 5...)

-If a score becomes 20-20, the side which scores 2 consecutive points will win that game.
-If the score becomes 29-29, the side that scores the 30th point will win that game.