ready position - Answer-Keeping your feet shoulder width apart with your knees slightly bent and your weight on the balls of your feet.
Step-close step - Answer-From the ready position, the non-dominant foot is always the pivot foot and the dominant, or racket hand foot, is the leading foot. Rea...
Badminton Exam 1 Questions and
Answers
ready position - Answer-Keeping your feet shoulder width apart with your knees slightly
bent and your weight on the balls of your feet.
Step-close step - Answer-From the ready position, the non-dominant foot is always the
pivot foot and the dominant, or racket hand foot, is the leading foot. Reaching for the
shuttle with the dominant arm and leg saves time and the subsequent push off or jump
off the dominant leg aids in a swift recovery.
Shuffle step - Answer-Is executed primarily when moving forward toward the net or
backward toward the non-dominant side. Deliver an overhead forehand or around the
head return. The hips and shoulders and rotate quickly as you did with the racket like to
meet the oncoming shuttle.
Sashay step - Answer-From the ready position, your non-dominant foot will be the pivot
foot and the dominant, or racket hand, foot will be the leading foot. Pivot and move
forward or backward at a diagonal. Lead with the dominant leg as before but second
step moving your non-dominant foot behind and beyond your front foot in the direction
that you're moving.
Racket Handel shape - Answer-Octagon
Sides of the octagon - Answer-Bevel/facet
Frame - Answer-Only the metal part of the racket
Thoart - Answer-Connects the shaft to the head
Badminton Points - Answer-All badminton points (rallies) start with a serve
A few laws - Answer-- During serve motion, both feet must stay in contact with playing
surface.
- Contact with shuttle must be below the two imaginary horizontal lines (anatomical
waist which is 1 inch above the bellybutton and the racket wrist line)
Most common serve in Doubles ? - Answer-Short Backhand
Most common serve in Singles? - Answer-Long Forehand
Forehand Overhead - Answer-Most powerful shot in badminton
Shuttle goes as fast as 200mph
Fastest racket sport
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