Badmintonflashback

badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net.points are scored by striking the shuttlecock with the racquet and landing it within the opposing side's half of the court. each side may only strike the shuttlecock once before it passes over the net. the origins of the game of badminton date back at least 2,000 years to the game of battledore and shuttlecock played in ancient greece, china, and india. ... badminton took its name from badminton house in gloucestershire, the ancestral home of the duke of beaufort, where the sport was played in the last century. badminton as it is played today was probably invented by british army officers in india in the 19th century, which is also when it was first played competitively.