The U.S. men's team was also world runner-up during this period. Joe Alston was the first American badminton player featured on the front page of Sports Illustrated on the March 7, 1955 issue.
Badminton is one of the most well known games in the world. Badminton requires many qualities from the shuttler, speed, strength, alertness, endurance, skills, correctness, smartness, mental power and teamwork.
Exceptional skills and physical fitness and strength is not enough to win a badminton game; Using quick thinking to familiarize yourself with his or her playing strategy, using different speed, positions, and plays are just some of the keys to becoming a great badminton player.
After having 2,700 members belong to the USBA in 1995, the USBA estimates there are thousands more recreational badminton players in the United States then back when the foundation was founded. The Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association reports in its 1993 study that 300,000 people play badminton weekly in the United States, and 760,000 people call badminton their favorite sport.
The sport of badminton in June 1985 was recognized by the International Olympic Committee and voted unanimously to full-medal Olympic status. After having been a demonstration sport at the 1972 Olympics in Munich and an exhibition sport in 1988 in Seoul, badminton made a full-medal debut at the Olympic games in Barcelona in 1992. In which More than 1.1 billion people watched badminton's Olympic debut on TV.
The laws of badminton may seem simple to the players, but are actually rather complicated. The laws are based on 4 basic things, the initial toss, Basic Aim, Serving, and Scoring.
First you toss, "The winner of the toss can elect to serve or receive in the first game, or to choose to play at a particular end of the court. The loser of the toss makes the remaining choice.
You win a rally if you hit the shuttle over the net and onto the floor of the opposing side's court see court layouts opposite.
