# Origins · Badminton Level 9: Master

Badminton · Level 9: Master · Insporta Book (https://book.insporta.app/badminton/level-9/origins/)

Shuttlecock games in the ancient world, battledore and shuttlecock, kicking games, the game at Badminton House, the Duke of Beaufort, Poona and the British army, from keeping it up to winning rallies, the first rules, the name 'badminton' and early equipment.

## Test 1: Shuttlecock games in the ancient world

- Shuttlecock games go back more than 2,000 years. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- The manual's list of ancient players. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- Siam is Thailand. (Source: General badminton reference)
- The manual: the exact origins are unclear. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- The feathered shuttlecock links them. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Older games came first. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- Feathers, as today's best shuttles. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Ancient games, then the European pastime, then badminton. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- Closer to the modern game each step. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Many places over 2,000 years ago. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)

## Test 2: Battledore and shuttlecock

- The bat in the old game. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Co-operative keeping it up. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- The reverse of the old game. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- It was a keeping-up game. (Source: General badminton reference)
- A popular pastime. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Keeping it up. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- The manual's account. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- From co-operation to competition. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- Bat to modern racket. (Source: General badminton reference)
- The old pastime. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)

## Test 3: Kicking games

- Kicked, not hit. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Kicking. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Part of the shuttlecock family. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Chinese tradition. (Source: General badminton reference)
- It is played with the feet. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Feet and a shuttlecock. (Source: General badminton reference)
- The shuttlecock design. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Feet, paddle, racket. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Closer to the modern game. (Source: General badminton reference)
- The kicking game. (Source: General badminton reference)

## Test 4: The game at Badminton House

- The country estate. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- The Duke of Beaufort. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- The manual's dates. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- Gloucestershire. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Named after the estate. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Where the game developed. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- The 1850s. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- 1850s, 1893, 1934. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- Estate, national body, world body. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- Badminton House. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)

## Test 5: Poona and the British army

- Poona, now Pune. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- Pune. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Named after the town. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Officers took it home. (Source: General badminton reference)
- The manual gives 1877. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- Colonial links. (Source: General badminton reference)
- The Indian town. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- 1850s, 1877, 1893. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- Older pastime, 1850s, 1877. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- The game was called Poona. (Source: General badminton reference)

## Test 6: From keeping it up to winning rallies

- A net makes it competitive. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Win the rally. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- Rally scoring. (Source: BWF Laws of Badminton 2027 (player's view))
- The rally ends when it lands. (Source: BWF Laws of Badminton 2027 (player's view))
- Rules for competing. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Keeping it up. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- Land it in. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- From pastime to sport. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Increasing competition. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Competition. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)

## Test 7: The first rules and associations

- The manual: 1893. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- It ran the game worldwide at first. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- Common rules. (Source: General badminton reference)
- The IBF from 1934. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- The All England. (Source: General badminton reference)
- The English association. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- 1850s to 1893. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- 1893, 1934, 2006. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- Wider each step. (Source: General badminton reference)
- The Badminton Association of England wrote the rules. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)

## Test 8: The name and the early equipment

- Wooden frames. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Feathers and a base. (Source: General badminton reference)
- A cord across the space. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Indoors and outdoors. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Wind. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Wooden rackets are early. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Badminton House. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Materials over time. (Source: General badminton reference)
- From cord to modern net. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Materials changed over time. (Source: General badminton reference)

## Test 9: The game in the clubs

- Clubs. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Small, indoor. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Mixed participation. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Social clubs. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Travel and rules. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Common rules. (Source: General badminton reference)
- A founding member. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- Wider and wider. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- Outwards over time. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Mixed club play. (Source: General badminton reference)

## Test 10: Why the game spread

- Early satisfaction. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- Adjustable intensity. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- Safe indoors. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- Equal access. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- Cheap and simple. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Simple to start. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- The manual's figure. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- From play to sport. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Rising level. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- Early satisfaction. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)

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).

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