Badminton

What is badminton?

Badminton is a racquet sports played by either two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs (doubles), who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their opponents' half of the court. A rally ends once the shuttlecock has struck the ground, and each side may only strike the shuttlecock once before it passes over the net.

Since 2009, badminton has been an Olympic sport with five events: men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, and mixed doubles, in which each pair consists of a man and a woman. At high levels of play, the sport demands excellent fitness: players require aerobic stamina, agility, strength, speed and precision. It is also a technical sport, requiring good motor coordination and the development of sophisticated racquet movements.

What has badminton got to do with measurement?

Measurement is important in badminton as from the picture above, you can see that the badminton court is 20 feet(6.1m) by 40 feet (13.4m), but without accurate measurement the court may not be the length and breath it should be causing unfairness to some players.

Measurement is also important because we need to measure where the shuttlecock lands, in order to award the point to the player who deserves it . If the shuttlecock lands within the single line for single and doubles line for doubles it is consider a 'in'. And in order to to pevernt parallax error, we have line judge to determine if the shuttlecock is 'in' or 'out'.

Done by: Ng Wei Lun