Regions
Badminton Associations
Why Badminton?
IS BADMINTON THAT GAME WE ALL PLAY AT FAMILY PICKNICS AND IN THE BACKYARD? The backyard/picnic version of badminton is one type of badminton, but that is more like playing basketball in the driveway with a junior-sized ball and hoop. Badminton as a sport, the REAL BADMINTON, is played indoors with high-tech equipment. Modern racquets are complex alloys of carbon graphite, boron, ceramic, aluminium and steel in various proportions. These racquets are very light. Also the shuttlecock is made of feathers, not plastic, The net is five feet high, not the height of a volleyball net. A badminton match consists of constant highly concentrated action; running, jumping, twisting, stretching, running backwards, throwing and striking. In a typical match the players cover every inch of the court and run more than one mile. Great Exercise!
Sarnia Badminton Club
Phone: 1(519)332-3225
Web Site: www.ontariobadminton.on.ca
Contact: Henry Zotti
PROVINCIAL ASSOCIATION(S):
Ontario Badminton Association
207-B-1185 Eglinton AVE E
North York, ON M3C 3C6 Canada
Phone: 1(416)426-7192
Fax: 1(416)426-7346
Email: oba@interlog.com
Web Site: www.ontariobadminton.on.ca
Contact: Val Butler, Executive Director
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION(S):
Badminton Canada
85 Albert ST
Ottawa, ON K1P 6A4 Canada
Phone: 1(613)569-2424
Fax: 1(613)569-3232
Email: badminton@badminton.ca
Web Site: www.badminton.ca
Contact: Ian Moss, Executive Director
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