I need to know some lead up games to badminton?
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You don't need a lead up game, just take a badminton racket and go play with a friend who knows the rules and has been playing for sometime. You will automatically improve if you play with a better player. Badminton is all about speed and positioning/pivoting from a set place on the court (preferably centre court). Its largely a wrist game. Try to get the handle on drop shots, smashes and the serve - especially cuving serves.\n\nHistory and How the game got its name:\n\nAn early ancestor of the game may have been the Chinese game of jianzi which involves using a shuttlecock but no racquet. Instead the object was manipulated with the feet. The object of the game is to keep the shuttlecock from touching the ground as long as possible without using the hands.\n\nIn England since medieval times a children's game called Battledores and Shuttlecocks was popular. Children would use paddles (Battledores) and work together to keep the Shuttlecock up in the air and prevent it from reaching the ground. It was popular enough to be a nuisance on the street of London in 1854 when the magazine Punch published this cartoon.\n\nThe British took the game to Japan, China and Siam as they colonised Asia, and it soon became a children's game there.\n\nThe competitive sport of badminton was invented by British Army officers in Pune, India in the 19th century when they added a net and played it competitively. As the city of Pune was formerly known as Poona, the game was also known as Poona at that time.\n\nSoldiers brought the game back to England in the 1850s. The sport got its current name in 1860 in a pamphlet by Isaac Spratt, a London toy dealer, entitled "Badminton Battledore - a new game". This described the game as played at Badminton House, the Duke of Beaufort's estate in Gloucestershire, England.
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Do what you want to do!  But I think badminton will be hard to play by yourself, so if no one else has the urge to play that, then play a little football.  You can always practice your badminton skills later in the day by yourself by tossing the birdie in the air and just batting it up and down.  Have fun! :-)
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fetch\npolo\nthrowing a ball\nand even sheepdog trials (a nationally televised sport in New Zealand)
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Teagames!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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you can go:\n\nswimming\nskimming\nplay chess\ntable tennis\nlawn tennis\nbadminton\ncycling\nsurfing
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/games/\nor this:\nhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/games/index.shtml
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You said you wanted to play some team sports.. \n\nwell i dont know about team sports that much. but there is a sport i would like to recomend to you..\n\nits the greatest game i have ever played.. \n\nDISC GOLF !!!!!!\n\nThe basics of the game is basically throwing a plastic frisbee disc towards a basket, it looks easy, but it isnt.. you will use every aspect of your competitive drive, the mental aspects of the game is unbelievable. Its you against mother nature.. your goal is to toss a disc, but nature will not allow you to have a direct line, you wanna get there. you gotta get there!\n\nif you live anywhere nearby springfield, ill i will gladly give you some free discs, take you to the disc golf courses..
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Cricket, soccer, rugby and vollyball.\n\nor games like \nTreasure Hunt (trace a square in the sand and hide something in it.)\nBeach Golf (Dig holes in sand and use tennis balls and driftwood.)
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http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/content/games\n\neducational games are under test your knowledge
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Please go to this site;\nwww.boxerjam.com\n\nFor months it addicted me by playing, Strike A Match! But as you'll know once you go to the website, there's a lot more games to play with...\n\nHave fun:-).
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capture the flag\n \nor any basic sports were you only need a ball...like soccer
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Challenge yourself and do something really different and unfamiliar to to a lot of people: Kabaddi, a sport popular in the Punjab region of India..\nhttp://www.kabaddi.org/c\n\nJai alai is another unusual one you might consider. It's a Basque game, but popular in Florida, especially with gamblers.\nhttp://www.hamiltonjaialai.com/
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This game was mostly considered as game that is played inside the compound.. tieing a net between to trees kind-of image..\n\nI read in some Internet page that this game is much popular in Asia for the same reason - Space Constraint in Asia..since this game takes less space..its more famous..\n\nHowever.. now this game is recognized in US also. I am playing this game in US now and could see a gud growth in the Badminton community..  And if you remember.. Doubles World Championship 2005 was won by US !!\n\nThis game is getting Focus !! Lets spread the message...
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Bring your racquet....\n\nDon't forget the ball...
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It's here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfamvx-snHg\nHave fun!
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Hi,\n\nI can talk for hours on badminton if you wish.. I have lots of craze for this game.. and have played so many years.. I wish to contribute something for your project.\n\nYou can contact me if you wish. \n\nemail ID - vannamuthu_n@yahoo.com\n\nI play in Chicago, IL
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you could also try www.itftennis.com :D