Badminton Players Federation
The Badminton Players Federation (BPF) is an independent organisation of badminton which was founded in 1972 by Denmark, Danish World Champion Steen Fladberg with the mission of creating a more profitable structure in the badminton arena, to make the sport more enjoyable and to promote badminton. The BPF membership includes players from 46 nations and the current state office is in Copenhagen, Denmark. The organisation was established to: *create a professional tour for top badminton players so that they could play professionally, *increase the awareness of the sport and to voice the opinions of players, *maintain the standard of badminton. External linksOfficial website
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Badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players per side). Badminton is often played as a casual outdoor activity in a yard or on a beach; formal games are played on a rectangular indoor court. Points are scored by striking the shuttlecock with the racquet and landing it within the opposing side's half of the court. Each side may only strike the shuttlecock once before it passes over the net. Play ends once the shuttlecock has struck the floor or if a fault has been called by the umpire, service judge, or (in their absence) the opposing side. The shuttlecock is a feathered or (in informal matches) plastic projectile which flies differently from the balls used in many other sports. In particular, the feathers create much higher drag, causing the shuttlecock to decelerate more rapidly. Sh ...
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