Badminton is a popular racquet sport involving the use of racquets to strike a shuttlecock across a net. It is predominantly an indoor sport played with one or two players per side, and points are won by making the shuttlecock land on the opponent's half of the court.
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Badminton was invented long ago and had a great history, and like every other sport, some fascinating facts about badminton will shock you. Here are 3 facts about badminton that will absolutely blow your mind!
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1. Badminton is the 2nd most popular sport in the world
It has been claimed that badminton is the second most-popular participation sport in the world, only behind football. When badminton was first included in the Olympics in 1992, 1.1 billion people watched the badminton competition on television. -
2. Badminton is a more intense sport than tennis
A tennis match usually lasts longer than a badminton match, but statistically, one badminton match is much more intense than a tennis match. The match intensity, no of rallies, no. of shots, shots per rally, and distance covered are statistically higher in a game of badminton compared to a game of tennis. -
3. Badminton is the fastest racket sport in the world!
The fastest badminton hit in competition by a male is 426 kph (264.70 mph), and was achieved by Mads Pieler Kolding (Denmark) in Bangalore, India, on 10 January 2017.