* In tennis, the server is allowed two attempts to make a correct serve ; in badminton, the server is allowed only one attempt.

Historically, the university has shown great athletic dominance in men's, women's, and mixed archery ; men's, women's, and mixed badminton ; women's golf ; women's swimming and diving ; and baseball.

Since 1992, 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.

While initiated in England, competitive men's badminton in Europe has traditionally been dominated by Denmark.

The Gannochy National Tennis Centre on the University campus is recognised as a national centre of excellence, and the campus also has an indoor 50 metre swimming pool, badminton and squash courts, a fitness centre, strength and conditioning centre, sports halls and all-weather playing fields available for student, staff and public use.

and Newbury C. C .. Newbury also has two strong athletics clubs with Team Kennet and Newbury Athletics Club and there are Newbury District Leagues in many other sports such as badminton, table tennis, squash and darts.

Cowbridge also has a leisure centre where can be found various clubs including, tennis, football and badminton.

Miller Place has garnered some renown for being the home of the Miller Place Panthers High School badminton team, which has earned recognition in the Guinness Book of World Records for having the longest winning streak in team sports history.

Audlem has clubs for tennis, badminton, football, cricket, golf, pigeon racing ( or pigeon-fancying ), caravanning and bowls.

Next to the traditional sports, Dessau has active sport clubs in the following disciplines: aikido, badminton, basketball, canoeing, chess, climbing, cycling, dancing, fishing, horse riding, karate, judo, jiu-jitsu, motorboat, rowing, speedskating, sailing, skittles, skydiving, squash, swimming, table tennis, water polo, wrestling and a few more.

Castle Farm Recreation Centre has a four court badminton hall which can accommodate basketball, volleyball, netball, table tennis, short mat bowls and children's parties.

Cheddington has various clubs including a tennis club, a bell ringers ' association, a badminton club, a history society, a bowls club, a petanque club and a football team.

IIT Kharagpur has common sports grounds for cricket, football, hockey, volleyball, lawn tennis, badminton, and athletics ; and swimming pools for aquatic events.

The gymnasium has a main arena for general sports and cultural events and includes two basketball and three volleyball courts, 10 badminton courts, 20 ping-pong tables, one handball court, 10 tennis courts, two wrestling and karate rings.

The Ben Avery has a weight and cardiovascular room, an IAAF 8-lane 400m mondo track ( 2010 ) that compliments the sport fields with seating for 5000, a 4-lane indoor track, a rock climbing wall, a bouldering room, an Olympic size swimming pool with high rise diving boards, squash courts, basketball courts, badminton nets, and is home of the pot-banging cheer club.

The university has a sports hall with badminton and squash courts, and a multigym with weight training equipment.

It has, among others, a 20, 000-seater football ( soccer ) stadium, badminton, tennis, and squash courts, a gymnasium, an Olympic size swimming pool, a driving range, hockey fields and a new Youth Challenge park consisting of an international standard skate park and indoor climbing centre www. sicc. com. my.

Kota Kinabalu has played host to a number of national sporting events such as the 2002 Sukma Games, international tournaments such as the 1994 Karate World Championships and the 2008 BWF Super Series Masters Finals badminton tournament.

Each area has one basketball, one volleyball and three badminton courts, that will accommodate recreational activities and intramural sports.

The Sports and Cultural Complex has facilities for outdoor sports such as cricket, football, basketball, volleyball as well as indoor games like badminton, table tennis, chess and carom.

It consists of a gym, and one single indoor court which has space for four badminton courts, four small basketball courts or one full sized basketball court.

The inauguration of the new stadium has allowed the city to offer Test day / night matches as well as other national sports such as hockey, badminton and football.

It has a 25-metre swimming pool, a learner pool and facilities for badminton, squash, netball, basketball, trampolining and gymnastics.

The Bangsar Sports Complex has a swimming pool, a multipurpose hall with badminton courts as well as squash, tennis and basketball.

They included mainstream sports like volleyball and tennis but were as far reaching as badminton and fencing.

In 1992 Yonex introduced the widebody badminton racquet, the " Isometric 500 ", a racquet that was much less " tear drop "- shaped than previous ones.

These include federations for popular sports such as cricket, football, hockey, tennis, badminton, volleyball, handball, chess, and carom, as well as for wrestling, weightlifting, squash, billiards, and snooker, which are less popular in Bangladesh.

Kasama recreational facilities include the Kasama golf club, which also offers tennis, volleyball, badminton, body building, and a small football ground with one stand that can seat less than a thousand people.

Beyond the basics, however, badminton offers rich potential for advanced stroke skills that provide a competitive advantage.

Under the auspices of the Women's Recreation Association, interclass competition is organized in badminton, basketball, field hockey, golf, tennis, and swimming.

Because shuttlecock flight is affected by wind, competitive badminton is played indoors.

The sport is related to ball badminton, which originated in Tamil Nadu, and is similar to Hanetsuki which originated in Japan.

The following information is a simplified summary of badminton rules based on the BWF Statutes publication, Laws of Badminton.

Nonetheless, a badminton court will not be suitable if the ceiling is likely to be hit on a high serve.

This is similar to tennis, except that a badminton serve must be hit below waist height and with the racquet shaft pointing downwards, the shuttlecock is not allowed to bounce and in badminton, the players stand inside their service courts unlike tennis.

Because badminton players have to cover a short distance as quickly as possible, the purpose of many advanced strokes is to deceive the opponent, so that either he is tricked into believing that a different stroke is being played, or he is forced to delay his movement until he actually sees the shuttle's direction.

" Deception " in badminton is often used in both of these senses.

A big arm swing is also usually not advised in badminton because bigger swings make it more difficult to recover for the next shot in fast exchanges.

Men's doubles is the most aggressive form of badminton, with a high proportion of powerful jump smashes.

* The tennis court is larger than the badminton court.

* The fastest recorded tennis stroke is Ivo Karlovic's serve, whereas the fastest badminton stroke during gameplay was Fu Haifeng's recorded smash .< ref name = record >

A shuttlecock ( called bird or birdie in the USA ) is a high-drag projectile used in the sport of badminton.

Unlike most racquet sports, such as tennis and badminton, there is no net to hit the ball over, and unlike squash no tin ( out of bounds area at the bottom of front wall ) to hit the ball above.