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Badminton in Nigeria
Nigeria Badminton Players
Badminton is a one of fastest growing sport in Nigeria and also one of the Olympic popular sports as well. The game of badminton requires a racquet which is commonly played by hitting a shuttlecock (feathered object) which serves as a ball with the racket across the net to the other opponent.
The game is played by two or four players on a rectangular court with a high net across the middle. And every sports/games, there are ways points are allocated to players, so in badminton players win a point when the shuttlecock lands on the opponent’s court (side’s half) after you hit it with your racket.
Badminton is one of the popular Summer Olympic sports, and it is made up of four events which include men and women’s singles, men and women’s doubles with mixed doubles which was later initiated four years after the first four types. The sport requires excellent fitness and players who have qualities such as speed, accuracy, precision, stability and strength.
Badminton is frequently played as a fun game activity in a backyard or on the beach. It is played with lightweight racquets weighing between 70 and 95 grams, badminton strings with a thickness ranging from 0.62 to 0.73 mm, badminton grip, and shuttlecock and badminton shoes.
Badminton is a popular most played sport in the world just like some of the other popular games like basketball, table tennis, golf, volleyball and related others.
