Speeding Statistics Canada
2006

What do u guys think of the sport badminton?
Statistics don’t lie. The speed and the stamina required for badminton are far greater than for any other racket sport. At the 1985 All England (Tennis) Championships, Boris Becker defeated Kevin Curren 6-3, 6-7, 7-6, 6-4. At the 1985 World Badminton Championships in Calgary, Canada, Han Jian of China defeated Morten Frost of Denmark, 14-18, 15-10, 15-8. The following is a statistical comparison of those matches.
TennisBadminton
Time: 3 hrs & 18 mins 1 hr & 16 mins
Ball/Shuttle in Play: 18 mins 37 mins
Match Intensity*: 9 percent 48 percent
Rallies: 299 146
Shots: 1,004 1,972
Shots Per Rally: 3.4 3.5
Distance Covered: 2 miles 4 miles
* The actual time the ball/shuttle was in flight, divided by the length of the match.
Note that the badminton players competed for half the time, yet ran twice as far and hit nearly twice as many shots.
–From “Badminton Facts”.
Thought might be intresting…
Disscuss??
Thank you for interesting stats!
As most of the previous answers show, you are not changing many people’s minds about badminton.
I think we should just realize that there are many different racket sports. Play what you like and enjoy it.
If you want to change some perceptions, I have some ideas.
First, I would start distinguishing Court from Lawn Badminton. I would promote Court Badminton by talking to Gym managers/owners, private or public (like Boys and Girls’ Clubs and University/college) to make available time for Badminton which is not very expensive to have a court or two made with a few rackets, net and birdies. My experience is if you have a court, a few badminton players will show up and attract more attention. More people will try it. Then let it take care of itself. If you play in a more competitive game, you will realize that it is a sport.
Just like before soccer is more popular, some people didn’t think it would take much to run around and chase the ball either. Then more people actually try playing it in school and etc and subsequently have more appreciation for the beautiful game!
We just have to give them the opportunity to try and find out for themselves.
I would think the badminton industry would want to tap into the US market. They definitely could do more.
quanto costa la vita?
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