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A popular and skilled game played indoors in pairs or doubles on a court slightly smaller than a Tennis Court divided by a net, but played with a lightweight shuttlecock, which has a lot of drag and the skill is to land it inside the marked boundaries of the court, and prevent their opponents from doing the same using long-handled, light-weight racquets. Speed, reaction, and endurance are important skills for the sport .
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Overview of Badminton
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Coaching
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Badminton Books online
Based on the practical coaching experiences of Jake Downeywith players ranging from beginners to All England champions-download for free!
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Coaching Badminton
Tips from World Badminton
Drills
Weight training
Warming up
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Badminton Safety
Stress the importance of warming up in preventing injuries.
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USA Badminton
Exercises ..."Warming up the body will increase the rate of breathing, blow flow, viscosity of joint fluids, deep muscle temperature, and heart rate".
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Badminton Planet
Has a lot of useful resources for the sport
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Badzone
Resources for the sport including tutorial, tips and tricks, equipment, books, links, international Club Directory
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Queensland Badminton Association
Club information, calendar, tournaments, results; other state links
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World Badminton
News, Calendar, (covering the World Grand Prix Events and the World Championships) rankings etc
Organisational bodies
Events
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Calendar
Of major events
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Thomas Cup
The Thomas Cup story began in England nearly 70 years ago when an English nobleman, having himself derived much pleasure from Badminton, decided to leave something for posterity...
Servers-Blogs-Forums
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alt.sports.badminton
Usenet discussion group
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Badders
The independent web network for the badminton community; news, discussion, events, books, recommended sites...
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Badminton Central
An online community dedicated to the exchange of information and sharing of our passion for the game of badminton. The community consists of badminton fans from all over the world
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Commercial
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Badminton Warehouse
Badminton equipment from Carlton, Yonex, Victor, Alpha, Gosen and Ashaway at low warehouse prices.
Asia
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Europe
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Switzerland
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Switzerland
Competition news, a directory of local clubs, merchandise and instructional tips
United Kingdom
North America
Canada
Overview
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Organisational bodies
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Canada
Very informative, official site of Badminton Canada
USA
Overview
Play/Watch
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North-East Badminton Association
Limited online information
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Mid West Badminton Association
Where to play, event calendar, news, results, rankings, email directory, links to mid-west badminton organisations
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Southern California Badminton Association
News, tournaments, events, clubs, places to play
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Western Ontario Badminton Association
Tournaments, clubs, on-line drills,
Oceania
Australia
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Badminton Australia
News, calendar of events, rankings, veterans scene, around the states links to state websites
New Zealand
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