I believe it was simply that there were just better mintons out there and Badminton was necessarily BAD but it was just easier to call it that and be done with it.
SQUASH, HANDBALL, GOODMINTON, and BATTLEDORE AND SHUTTLECOCK all preceded THE GAME WE NOW CALL BADMINTON.
The projectile used in Badminton is called a shuttlecock or shuttle.
The three hits in badminton are called lob, smash, and drop.
In Hindi also it's called Badminton.
The back of a badminton court is a back boundary line and long service line for singles.
another word for badminton birdie is called a "shuttlecock"
Also called a shuttlecock, the birdie is used in badminton.
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In western civilization badminton came from a game called battledore and shuttlecock.
badmintion players
Badminton is the original name in English, but the game is sometimes known as battledore and shuttlecock. The name comes from the shuttlecock, the a lightweight ball with feathers volleyed back and forth, more commonly referred to in the modern day as a birdie. The more modern name comes from Badminton House, the home of the Duke of Beaufort, in Gloucestershire, England. The game comes from the Indian game Poona, which became popular with British officers in India in the nineteenth century.
A serve that can be retaken is called