Sports - Guillermo Valles

Sports: Badminton

For the last 3-4 years I have been playing Badminton in Indonesia with my friends, at school we always play together in many forms like single matches or double matches. But we don’t usually play much because instead of training we had to study exams. Each time we train for a tournament we always play single matches while double matches are not usually trained.

 Badminton is played on a court marked for both singles and doubles matches. It is played with rackets and shuttlecocks, the game is simple, hit the shuttlecocks to your enemy player’s court to hit the ground. To begin a singles game, players stand in diagonally opposite service courts and the server then serves the shuttlecock underhand from below the waist. The rally continues until someone wins it by hitting a good shot, or until someone loses it by hitting a fault. Faults include hitting the shuttlecock into the net, hitting it outside the court, or hitting it twice with two separate shots before it goes over the net. Top players learn to disguise their shots but remember that only top players can do that.

Badminton is by far, one of my favorite sports because by the years I was good at Badminton & now I hope that I can play it again. I enjoy playing Badminton because it’s a fun & a good exercise sport for everyone. I find it fun because Badminton can be played with four people (two vs. two) Rather then in tennis can only be played one vs. one.