COMPAS.com – Badminton is still a popular sport, both in Indonesia and in other countries.

From this sport, Indonesia has produced outstanding badminton athletes, such as Susi Susanti, Taufik Hidayat, Apriyani Rahayu and others.

Badminton can be played indoors and outdoors, with two to four players.

Literally, this badminton sports game is to repel a goose feather arranged in such a way and called rooster.

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history of badminton

The history of badminton comes from an Indian game called Poona. However, this game did not develop in its country of origin.

From the available evidence, the game of badminton has existed in India since the 1870s.

Then, as written in a manuscript whose author is unknown in 1883, that badminton is a technical field which is played with flying not a bullet.

At that time, people still played badminton with wooden penpaks, not modern rackets as they are now widely used.

Moreover, British officers introduced this game of badminton to England, and for the first time it was officially played at the residence of the Duke of Beaufort.

The Duke of Beaufort and his family then became sports activists around the 17th century.

Thanks to them, the game of badminton began to be known in high circles and then spread through society around the 19th century.

Large houses and large yards are also fertile places to play badminton.

Along with the development of the times, the game of badminton is becoming more and more popular in various other countries.

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Badminton’s fame also led to the establishment of the International Badminton Federation (IBF) in 1934.

Initially, the member states of this organization came from England, Denmark, France, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand and Wales.

The President of the IBF at the time was Sir George Thomas of England.

Then, in 1949, the men’s tag team match was held to win the Sir George Thomas Trophy, which became known as the Thomas Cup.

Continuing in 1957, a badminton match was held for women to compete for a Mrs. Betty Uber trophy, known as the Uber Cup.

The Uber Cup and the Thomas Cup take place every three years.

In Indonesia, the new sport of badminton began to grow on May 5, 1951, with the formation of the All Indonesian Badminton Association (PBSI).

The Indonesian badminton athlete who won the first men’s singles world championship was Rudi Hartono in 1968.

Reference:

• Yuliawan, Dhedhy. (2017). Basic badminton. Yogyakarta: Deepublish.

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