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All England Badminton Championships 2007 Winner

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:03:00 +0000

List of all England Badminton Championships 2007 Winner

Men's Single
Lin Dan of China blazed to his third All England singles title in four years on Sunday with a 21-13, 21-12 victory over sixth-seeded compatriot Chen Yu. His head to head record with Chen now reads 5-0.

Women's singles
In the women's singles, Lin Dan's girlfriend Xie Xingfang, seeking her third consecutive All England crown, was never troubled as she beat Chinese-born Pi Hongyan of France 21-6, 21-13.

Men's doubles
Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong
men's doubles when top seeds Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng lost 21-15, 21-18 to Malaysian pair Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong.

Women's doubles
Wei Yili and Zhang Yawen
The women's doubles went to third seeds Wei Yili and Zhang Yawen who outlasted second-seeded fellow Chinese Yang Wei and Zhang Jiewen 21-16, 8-21, 24-22.

Mixed doubles
Zheng Bo and Gao Ling
In the mixed doubles, the new Chinese pairing of Zheng Bo and Gao Ling came from a game down to beat sixth seeds Anthony Clark and Donna Kellogg 16-21, 21-18, 21-14.

Badminton Grip - Badminton equipment

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 05:32:00 +0000

there are many brands and flavors of Overgrip product, the choice of the best grip is rather personal. Starting with a correct Badminton Grip is important of Playing Badminton.

Here the list for Overgrip :
Alpha All Player Overgrip and Alpha Excel 2 Bucket Overgrip. You must consider to buy Grip Powder Spray too

Badminton Court - Badminton equipment

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:26:00 +0000

The Badminton Court is rectangular and divided into halves by a net. Courts are almost always marked for both singles and doubles play, although the laws permit a court to be marked for singles only. The doubles court is wider than the singles court, but the doubles service court is shorter than the singles service court.

The full width of the badminton court dimension is 6.1 metres, and in singles this width is reduced to 5.18 metres. The full length of the badminton court dimension is 13.4 metres. The service badminton courts are marked by a centre line dividing the width of the court, by a short service line at a distance of 1.98 metres from the net, and by the outer side and back boundaries. In doubles, the service badminton court is also marked by a long service line, which is 0.78 metres from the back boundary.

Surprisingly, there is no mention in the Laws of a minimum height for the ceiling above the court. Nonetheless, a badminton court will not be suitable if the ceiling is likely to be hit on a high serve.

Taufik Hidayat pulls out of All England 2007

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:55:00 +0000

Badminton news
Taufik Hidayat pulls out of All England 2007

Olympic gold medalist Taufik Hidayat from Indonesia has pulled out of next month's All England Open Badminton Championships because of a disagreement with the sport's ruling body in his native Indonesia.

He said he had pulled out in protest at the badminton association's decision to allow four shuttlers to play in England who he alleged violated rules by playing in an un-sanctioned tournament in Papua province last year.

Rexy wants BWF to scrap notional ranking

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 20:24:00 +0000

Badminton news
Disgruntled Rexy wants BWF to scrap notional ranking

Rexy: "Kien Keat-Boon Heong are top ranked players so it makes sense if they are seeded...but Sigit-Frans are nowhere in the Super Series ranking or the BWF's world ranking."

KUALA LUMPUR: National doubles coach Rexy Mainaky hopes the Badminton World Federation (BWF) will get their act right – as far as the draws for the men's doubles of the Super Series events are concerned.

Rexy felt that the BWF should either do away or review the notional ranking that allows a new doubles pair to get a place in the main draw of the Super Series.

Under the notional ranking system, the results of individual players with their previous partners are taken into account before a new pair is ranked.

For the upcoming All-England, Indonesia's new combination of Sigit Budiarto-Fran Kurniawan, who are not even ranked in the top 300, managed to get a place in the main draw.

Malaysia's Chan Chong Ming-Hoon Thien How, who are also without a ranking in the world standings, competed in the main draw of the first two Super Series at Malaysia and South Korea respectively.

The Indonesian said he did not understand the rationale behind BWF's decision to use the notional ranking.

“They want the best players in the world to compete in the Super Series but they give an advantage to players who do not even have a world ranking.

“It is understandable if both Sigit and Fran had a high world ranking with their former partners but that is not the case either.

“BWF should either use the world rankings or even use the Super Series rankings to determine the qualifiers for the Super Series event. This notional ranking should be scrapped,” he said.

On world number 32, Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong,who had been surprisingly seeded eighth in the All-England, Rexy said: “Based on the Super Series ranking (based on the points achieved at the Malaysian and Korean Opens), Kien Keat-Boon Heong are the top ranked players. So it makes sense if they are seeded based on their true strength.

“But Sigit-Fran are nowhere in sight of the Super Series ranking or the BWF's world ranking,” he said.

Asian Games champion Kien Keat-Boon Heong will take on Sigit-Fran in the opening round of the All-England.

Meanwhile, BWF general manager P. Ganga Rao said the notional rankings would be looked into at the next exco meeting during the Sudirman Cup in Scotland in May.

“The reason for this notional rankings system is to recognise the strength of the players who form new partnerships. We wanted to avoid these pairs from meeting other top pairs in the early rounds,” said Ganga.
Written by The Star Online

Racket String - Badminton equipment

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 19:26:00 +0000

badminton string is very important. It is the string that is in contact with the shuttlecock on every stroke. How the string interacts with the shuttle is crucial to the feel of each stroke. Depending on your skill level and the style of your game, you should pick a string and tension that is suitable for your game. String manufacturers usually have ratings of different string characteristics at the back of the string package. Pick the items that are most important for your game.

String tension affects the playability of the string as much as the string itself. The general rule of thumb is that the harder you can hit, the tighter your tension can be. A higher tension rewards a hard hitting while robs power from a light hitter. On the opposite end, a lower tensioned string helps light hitter with a better timed trampoline effect.

There is always the temptation to go higher in tension, but this is a case of bigger is not always better. Higher tension does not give you more power as mentioned above, beginners should always start with lower tension of around 20lbs, adjust it to 22-23lbs when you progress to intermediate and only go up to 25+lbs if you are gain more power in your technique. Using the inappropriate high tension will make the racket unresponsive, decreased power, and will easily cause injury.

Good brands for badminton strings are: Ashaway, Gosen, Mizuno, Yonex.

Recommended tensions: beginners: 19-20lbs . intermediate players: 21-24lbs. advance players: 25+ lbs.

badminton racket - badminton equipment

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:08:00 +0000

Often times badminton players give the racket the most emphasis. If you go into badmintoncentral.com and you will find that most of the discussion centers on the racket. While the racket is certainly an important equipment, the importance of which is often overrated, and that is the reason why I put the Racket almost next to last in our recommendation list.

The badminton racket is the middleman when transferring force from the player to the shuttle, sitting right between the grip and the string. A badminton racket can be categorized by a few characteristics: shape, stiffness, weight, balance.

Virtually all badminton rackets are made of carbon fiber or graphite. Some manufacturers choose to put in extra ingredients into the racket material like titanium or recently nanocarbon. I want to emphasis that they are only addictives, the 99% of the racket is still graphite and the extra benefits of the additives are very marginal.

Badminton rackets comes in two major head shapes: Isometric/square and Oval. Oval is the traditional racket shape, it is a slightly bottom heavy oval, almost the shape of an egg. Oval rackets in general have a small but more concentrated sweet spot. Oval fans like the concentration of power around the sweetspot of the racket. The shape is the Isometric or square which became more popular after the early 1990â€™s. The Isometric head has a wider and more squared top half of the racket head. The advantage of the isometric is an enlarged sweetspot which give off-centered hit a better response.

The effective stiffness of a badminton racket is similar to the effective of string tension. So I will refer you back to that section. A stiffer racket has the similar effect as a higher tensioned string, while a flexible racket is similar to the lower tension string.

Rackets comes in different weights. Normally the racket alone weighs between 80-95g. Different manufacturers have different rating system, the most popular of which is Yonexâ€™s U system, U = 95-100g, 2U = 90-94g, 3U = 85-89g, 4U = 80-84g. a racketâ€™s weight determines how fast one can swing a racket, the lighter a racket, the faster one can swing it with the same force. In general, a lighter racket is more maneuverable than a heavy one. However, before everybody goes out and buy the lightest racket, I also want to point out that lighter isnâ€™t always better. A light racket is less stable than a heavier racket, more force is necessary to keep its path, furthermore, a heavier racket has a larger momentum and thus more effective in transferring its speed and power to the shuttle.

The final racket characteristic is the balance of the racket. Head balanced racket is becoming more popular recently. Head balanced rackets have more mass near the head of the racket. A head balanced racket is more stable and have higher angular momentum when swung. On the contrary, a even balanced racket is more maneuverable.

As you can see, none of the different properties of the above characteristics are strictly better than other. Some players prefers slightly heavier rackets, some prefer slightly lighter, some like even balanced, some like head balanced. What I want to point out is that ultimately, it is a personâ€™s skill level and style that determines what racket is suitable, go try them out if you can to see what fits.

badminton shoes - badminton equipment

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 13:06:00 +0000

Among badminton equipment, a good set of badminton shoes are the most important piece of equipment a badminton player can have. Badminton players move around the badminton court at an amazing pace, dashes and changes directions on every stroke of the rally, twisting and turning and lunging. All these movements are supported and made possible by the badminton shoes.

Badminton shoes are designed for badminton movements; a thin but well supported sole with good lateral support keep the player’s feet close to the ground, this allows for fast and ankle bending directional changes with lower chance of injury; light weight for faster feet movement; surface hugging gummy soles to grip the indoor surface without slipping.

Pick your badminton shoes with care, make sure you choose the pair that fits the shape of your feet and thus the most comfortable.

And whatever you do, do not wear running shoes or any other thick soled shoes. They keep your feet too high up in the ground and all it will take is one deep lunge to have your ankle sprained. From then on, you will be in excruciating pain for days and the injury will affect your badminton game for years to come.

Good badminton shoes brands include adidas Stabil Shoes, Asics, Hi-Tec, Mizuno, and

2007 badminton malaysia open

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:49:00 +0000

Super Series which will be offering minimum prize money of US$200,000 will begin in January 2007. Malaysia Open will be the 1st tournament to hold the Super Series. The Grand Prix series which will be held 12 times thruout the year in different countries most likely will last for at least 3 years.
With the new structure of the Grand Prix, it will definately attract more viewers and also Top Ranked players to join in.
After Malaysia Open, next stop will be Korea Open. Among the other Opens is All England, Swiss Open, Singapore Open, Indonesia Open, China Masters, Japan Open, Denmark Open, French Open, China Open and Hong Kong Open. The venue for the last tournament in December will be decided later on.

BADMINTON RULES - global

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:12:00 +0000

BADMINTON RULES
A simplified version of the Laws of Badminton designed for the beginning or casual player. This should get you started, and once you have these mastered, you should examine the more complete laws.

1. BADMINTON COURT : Service lines are 15' 6" from the back court lines. The net is set at 22' from the back court lines.

2. POSTS: The posts shall be 5'1" from the ground and shall be placed on the side boundary lines of the court.

3. NET The net shall be firmly stretched from post to post. The top of net shall be 5' in height from the ground at the center; 5'1" at the posts.

4. PLAYERS A doubles game shall have two players to a side; a singles game shall have one player to a side.

5. TOSS The side winning the toss shall have the options of: a) serving first; or b) not serving first; and c) choosing ends.

6. SCORING For recreational lawn games a doubles or singles game shall consist of 15 or 21 points, as may be arranged. Provided that in a game of 15 points, when the score is 13 all, the side which first reached 13 has the option of setting the game to 5, and when the game is 14 all, the side which first reached 14 has the option of setting the game to 3. After a game has been set the score is called love all, and the side which first scores 5 or 3 points, depending upon whether the game has been set at 13 or 14 all, wins the game. In either case the claim to set the game must be made before the next service is delivered after the score has reached 13-all or 14-all.

7. DOUBLES PLAY The player winning the toss to serve shall serve from the right-hand service court to the player in the service court diagonally opposite. If the receiver returns the shuttle before it touches the ground the shuttle is in play. Future serves are then to be made from alternate service courts to alternate players. No player may receive two consecutive services in the same game. The side winning a game shall always serve first in the next game.

8. SINGLES PLAY Rule 7 applies except that the players shall serve from and receive service in their respective right-hand service courts only when the server's score is zero or an even number of points in the game. The service is delivered and received in the left-hand service courts when the server's score is an odd number of points. Both players shall change service-courts after each point scored.

9. FAULTS A fault by a player of the side which is in puts the server out; if made by a player whose side is out, it counts as a point to the in side. It is a fault:

a) If in serving, the shuttlecock at the instant of being struck is higher than the server's waist, or if any part of the racket head is higher than any part of the server's hand holding the badminton racket

b) If in serving, the shuttle falls into the wrong service court, or falls short of the short service line, or beyond the long service line, or outside the boundary lines.

c) If the server's feet are not in the service court from which the service is being made, or if the feet of the receiver are not in the service-court diagonally opposite until the service is delivered.

d) If before or during the delivery of the service any player makes preliminary feints or otherwise intentionally balks his opponent.

e) If either in service or play, the shuttle falls outside the boundaries of the court, or passes through or under the net, or fails to pass the net, or touches the person clothing or a person.

f) If the shuttle in play is struck before it crosses to the striker's side of the net.

g) If, when the shuttlecock is in play, a player touches the net or its supports with racket, person or clothing.

h) If the shuttle is hit twice in succession by the same player; is hit more than once; or is held on the racket during the execution of a stroke; or if the shuttle is hit by a player or his partner successively.

i) If in play a player strikes the shuttle (unless he thereby makes a good return) or is struck by it, whether standing within or outside the boundaries of the court.

10. If the server, in attempting to serve, misses the shuttle, it is not a fault: but if the shuttle is touched by the racket, a service is thereby delivered.

i'll put more detail Badminton rule later

Tip for chose Badminton Racquet

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:26:00 +0000

there are many racquet. You should chose that not too heavy or too lighter. Go to shop, and try Yonex Nano Speed 5000 Badminton Racquet, Yonex Muscle Power 45 Badminton Racquet, Yonex Armortec 300 2007 Badminton Racquet, Yonex Nano Speed 7700 Badminton Racquet, Yonex Armortec 700 2007 Badminton Racquet, Pro Kennex Titanium Pro 747, Carlton Aerogear 900 Badminton Racket, Victor Inside Wave 1100 badminton racquet, Qiangli 5317 Badminton Racket and etc. choose that suitable for you, not only because it expensive :)

Smash tip

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:00:00 +0000

be wise not to smash to often. coz it can make you very tired. Just smash if you in good position.

stay in center of your field

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 17:57:00 +0000

badminton tip: always try to stay in center of your field. its will make you easier to move backward or forward. Quickly back to center after hit suttlecock!

badminton tip: stay in center of your field

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 17:41:00 +0000

Always stay in center of your field. its will make you easier to move backward or forward. Quickly back to center after hit suttlecock!

history of badminton

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:36:00 +0000

Before i start to give tips. here the history about this sport:
The sport of badminton was forever changed when, in June 1985, the International Olympic Committee recognized the sports magnitude (the IBF has 129 member countries) and voted unanimously to promote badminton 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 hugely successful full-medal debut at the Games of the XXVth Olympiad in Barcelona in 1992.

Badmintons worldwide popularity was proven during the 1992 Olympics, when an estimated 1.1 billion viewers around the globe watched the eight-day inaugural badminton competition on television.

As expected, Asian countries took top honors at badmintons Olympic debut. Indonesia, a nation that had never won an Olympic gold medal, took home the mens singles gold, silver, and bronze; womens singles gold; and mens doubles silver medals in badminton. Malaysia won its first-ever Olympic medal, a bronze in mens doubles.

The United States first Olympic badminton team consisted of its top six athletes -- three men and three women. In 1996, the USBA looks forward to improving upon its Olympic performance in Barcelona, in which U.S. athletes reached the second round of play
( takes from http://www.badmintonplanet.com )

Learn how to play badminton - intro

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:20:00 +0000

I arrange the tips in sections. You can access from the link. choose section that you want to look or post tips

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noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 16:47:00 +0000

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