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Badminton · Level 6: Advanced · Sub-level 6.4

Speed and Power Records

10 tests · 100 facts · updated 29 October 2026 · markdown

How smash speed is measured, the fastest hits in tests and in competition, the women's record, earlier marks, the shuttle against other sports, reaction time, the longest match, the athlete's power and what records mean.

Each test below is ten questions on Insporta. The list under a test is what the questions check: one fact per question, with the source it was written from. Read it before the test, or come back from a wrong answer.

Test 1Measuring smash speedTake a test

  1. Cameras track the shuttle's first metres.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  2. The speed off the racket is the record figure.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  3. Drag cuts the speed fast.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  4. Hawk-Eye has recorded smash speeds.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  5. In tests the player can wait for the perfect feed.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  6. Graphics show the initial speed.

    Source: General badminton reference · applied

  7. km/h is standard.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  8. Set, hit, track, calculate.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  9. It slows all the way.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  10. High-speed footage gives the speed.

    Source: General badminton reference · applied

Test 2The fastest hitTake a test

  1. The Indian doubles player.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  2. 565 km/h, about 351 mph.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  3. He plays for India.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  4. With Chirag Shetty.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  5. In Soka, Japan, at Yonex's factory gym.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  6. 565 against 493.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  7. It was a controlled test.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  8. Rising marks.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  9. 2013, 2017, 2023.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  10. Records are set in measured tests.

    Source: General badminton reference · applied

Test 3The women's recordTake a test

  1. The Malaysian doubles player.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  2. 438 km/h.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  3. She plays for Malaysia.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  4. With Thinaah Muralitharan.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  5. The first female holder in that category.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  6. Both on 14 April 2023 in Japan.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  7. 565 minus 438.

    Source: General badminton reference · applied

  8. By speed.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  9. By speed.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  10. Tan Pearly, 438 km/h.

    Source: General badminton reference · applied

Test 4The fastest hit in competitionTake a test

  1. The Danish doubles player.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  2. 426 km/h in 2017.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  3. January 2017.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  4. In Bangalore, India.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  5. At the 2015 Hong Kong Open.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  6. Tests allow a perfect feed.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  7. Danish.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  8. 2015, 2017, 2023.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  9. By speed.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  10. Kolding's 426 km/h is the Guinness mark for a hit in competition.

    Source: General badminton reference · applied

Test 5Earlier recordsTake a test

  1. The Malaysian doubles player.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  2. Malaysian.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  3. From 2013 to 2023.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  4. Equipment and athletes improve.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  5. Graphite composites.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  6. Power smashing is central to doubles.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  7. Tan Boon Heong and Satwiksairaj are doubles players.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  8. 2013, 2015, 2023.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  9. Material history.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  10. 565 km/h, Rankireddy's 2023 test, is the highest.

    Source: General badminton reference · applied

Test 6The shuttle against other sportsTake a test

  1. Smashes far exceed tennis serves off the racket.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  2. Low mass, high launch speed.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  3. Drag again.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  4. The shuttle.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  5. High drag.

    Source: General badminton reference · applied

  6. Shuttle launch speeds are higher.

    Source: General badminton reference · applied

  7. 565 km/h exceeds F1 top speeds.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  8. The shuttle tops the list.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  9. The shuttle slows fastest.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  10. Smashes are faster off the racket.

    Source: General badminton reference · applied

Test 7Reaction timeTake a test

  1. A fraction of a second.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  2. Anticipation gains time.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 8 · recall

  3. Fast doubles exchanges.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  4. Loaded legs move faster.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 6 · recall

  5. Distance buys time.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 8 · applied

  6. Earlier start.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 8 · applied

  7. Close and steep.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  8. Read, load, move, play.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 8 · recall

  9. Closer means less time.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  10. Preparation saves time.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 8 · applied

Test 8The longest matchTake a test

  1. 2 hours 41 minutes.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  2. At the 2016 Badminton Asia Championships.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  3. A women's doubles semi-final.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  4. Naoko Fukuman and Kurumi Yonao.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  5. Greysia Polii and Nitya Krishinda Maheswari.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  6. 24-22 means extra points after 20-20.

    Source: BWF Laws of Badminton 2027 (player's view) · applied

  7. Long defensive rallies.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  8. As played.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  9. By length.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  10. The 2016 Asia Championships semi-final.

    Source: General badminton reference · applied

Test 9The athlete's powerTake a test

  1. Legs drive the jump.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 9 · recall

  2. Explosive bursts and short pauses.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 9 · recall

  3. Anaerobic bursts with aerobic recovery.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 9 · recall

  4. Load management.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 11 · recall

  5. Many qualities combined.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 9 · recall

  6. Fatigue reduces power.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 9 · applied

  7. Agility dominates.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 9 · recall

  8. Legs to racket.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  9. Endurance first for long rallies.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 9 · recall

  10. The legs power jumps.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 9 · applied

Test 10What records meanTake a test

  1. Records are true as of a date.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  2. Conditions differ.

    Source: General badminton reference · applied

  3. Sanctioning matters.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  4. Guinness certifies them.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  5. Accuracy wins points.

    Source: General badminton reference · applied

  6. Technique first.

    Source: General badminton reference · applied

  7. Performance records move.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  8. From most to least controlled.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  9. Plan, witness, measure, certify.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  10. Guinness certifies such records.

    Source: General badminton reference · applied

Sources

BWF Coaches' Manual Level 1 (2017), BWF regulations and history, Olympedia; original questions authored, nothing reproduced. Numbered rules belong to the Rules category (Badminton - Laws of Badminton).

  • General badminton reference84
  • BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 98
  • BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 85
  • BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 61
  • BWF Laws of Badminton 2027 (player's view)1
  • BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 111