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Racket Sports
Badminton
- Agile Sports: combines speed, strategy, and athleticism.
- Accessible Equipment: requires only a racket and shuttlecock
- Worldwide popularity: played competitively and recreationally globally.
History and Origins
- Ancient Origins: traces its origin to ancient civilizations in Asia.
- Spread to Europe: the game gained popularity in Europe in the 19th century.
- Standardized Rules: Modern badminton rules were established in the late 1800’s.
Equipment and Court
- Racket: lightweight , balanced racket designed for agility.
- Shuttlecock: feathered, projectile with unique flight trajectory.
- Badminton Court: rectangular court with net dividing two halves.
Gameplay and Strategies
- Serve Techniques: mastering different serve types to gain advantage.
- Court Movement: efficient footwork for quick reactions and positioning.
- Offensive Shots: powerful smashes and deceptive drop shots.
Table Tennis
- Fundamental Techniques: mastering the basic strokes like backhand, forehand, and
serve.
- Gameplay Strategy: developing tactics for offense, defence, and ball placement.
- Equipment Importance: selecting the right racket, ball, and table for optimal
performance.
History and Origins
- Ancient Origins: traces its roots back to ancient China and India.
- Emergence in Europe: the modern game of table tennis developed in the late 19th
Century in Europe.
- Popularization Worldwide: gained global popularity in the early 20th century.
Equipment and Court
- Paddles: lightweight, high quality paddles for optimal control and spin.
- Net: adjustable height for regulation play
- Court: spacious court with clear boundaries for competitive matches.
Gameplay and Strategies
- Serve Techniques: mastering spin and placement for an advantage.
- Footwork and Positioning: efficient movement to control the table.
- Defensive Strategies: returning shots and disrupting the opponent's rhythm.
Lawn Tennis
- Originated in England: played on grass courts with a lightweight racket and fuzzy ball.
- Requires Hand-eye Coordination: involves serving, rallying, and strategic placement of
shots.
- Popular worldwide: played at both recreational and professional levels.
History and Origins
- Originated in 12th Century France: evolved from the medieval game of real tennis.
- Spread to England in the 16th Century: became popular among the upper class.
- Standardized Rules Established in 19th Century: Wimbledon tournament began in 1877.
Equipment and Court
- Racket: essential tool for lawn tennis gameplay
- Tennis Ball: fuzzy, pressurized ball used in the sport.
- Tennis Court: designated playing area with different dimensions.
Gameplay and Strategies
- Serve Techniques: mastering serve placement and power.
- Court Movement: efficient footwork for coverage.
- Tactical Positioning: anticipating opponent’s shots.
Arnis is the Philippine indigenous martial art, most popularly known as stick fighting.
- Rattan Sticks are used for practice but the martial art is a complete system of armed
and unarmed combat.
Three Popular Modes of Arnis:
1. solo baston (single stick)
2. doble baston (two sticks)
3. espada y daga (Spanish term for sword and dagger)
Other Fighting Modes of Arnis:
- mano mano (empty hand)
- daga (single dagger)
- daga y daga (two daggers)
Other groups practice the longer staffs such as the bangkaw or tapado, as well as the spear.
Arnis is characterized by three aspects: the basic self-defence, the cultural or forms, and
the competitive or the sports.
1. Arnis as a self-defence system is easy to learn, the techniques flow fluidly from one
move to the next in logical and deadly grace.
2. The cultural aspect or the forms aspect is used in exhibitions and choreography.
3. The sports aspect is the side of arnis that refers to the sparring form.