I absolutely LOVE badminton! Ive been training in badminton with my grandma for over 8 years and i dominate the competion at school. Im also gonna be taking a beginning tennis class in high school. I think of badminton as a mix of tennis and volleyball
I'm number 1 in my district for tennis and I envy any badminton player this sport is so tough both mentally and physically. Congrats to all badminton and tennis player. We are in an awesome minority :)
You know what's really sad... In the UK, in terms of people playing, badminton is the most popular racquet sport - by a long way over tennis. It's also a far faster game with much more trickery and action. The games also last around 30mins (normally) compared with 3 hours for tennis. WHY OH WHY isn't this shown on the BBC or even sky?! I think it'd do really well, yet we're stuck for just tennis. I'd be happy with table-tennis on tv too - amazing stuff. TV rights wouldn't be expensive. Agree?
@whowes1 I think its because its not as dramatic a game for TV as tennis. The shuttle is harder to see when its moving fast and smaller and less...yellow. The distances are smaller so the cameras can't get in face-on as easily either, tighter angles.. That's my take (I mean, I think the basic reason is good, not sure on my detailed "why" thats the case). Thoughts?
@whowes1 yep, further realisation: cameras can't have good long zooms into their faces watching the tension like they do in tennis because its so fast from shot to shot/serve to serve.
wats wrong with u ppl... i like d song.... goes perfect with the speed of the rallies... dude,.. who ever uploaded this video... can u tell me where u got this song..? like the tempo...
du kannst deutsch mit mir reden xD columbiadamm 111 hätte gereicht^^ ganz nett wärs, wenn ich sicher gehen könnte das du des bist und nich i-nen andrer xD aba ganz davon abgesehen, wär 14 uhr drinn? ich wohn nich direkt in berlin, deswegn will ich net so früh los müssn. Sind das i-welche trainingszeiten, oder muss man eintritt bezahln? Falls ja hätt ich ne sporthalle wo ich n schlüssel zu habe in der nähe von berlin. Sind Netz und bälle vorhanden?
yeah at the beginning i was like WOAH wtf!! :| but i dun get it, wouldnt the rally be restarted? no eh. amazing switch and comeback :P The girls amazing!
thats what i was gonna say to compantino also. xD you have to have tons of endorance to be good at this game. the warm up at my badminton practice is running at least one mile because you have to run a lot in badminton.
@20003606 I'd like to make it clear I wasn't saying tennis shouldn't be on tv, it's a good sport but in the UK more people play badminton by a long way, so why isn't it on?! The biggest badminton tournament in the world is held here - the Yonex All England Open, yet it isn't on the bbc!
The handeye coordination of badminton players is only rivaled by ping pong players...I don't get why tennis is shown in North America instead of badminton or ping pong
Oh please, tennis is way below badminton in pace, and there's no way you can objectively state one sport is 'smarter' than the other. If anything, that would be badminton as you don't have the immediate advantage with a good serve, and raw physical power will get you absolutely nowhere. I'm not trying to trash tennis, it's a very cool sport, but the difference in TV coverage and price money is ridiculous when you consider the number of players in the world and the professionals' sheer ability.
6:00 its on the line right? or out? if someone said that malaysia play dirty with cheat, the game was not held in malaysia anyway.. and i dont think its in korean... the umpire obviously not from malaysia or korea..
