200 years ago, a similar badminton sports games in China, India and other countries
China called thugs shuttlecock, India called Poona, Western Europe and other countries is called a shuttlecock cricket
In the 1870s, British soldiers learned in India, Poona game to take home as a staple of entertainment activities
Early badminton
1873 in Glasgow, UK County town of Bloomington, a Duke called Bao Fute open garden party in his territory, and several retired officers back from India to introduce a separated net the racquet to hit backplaying shuttlecock game, people have a lot of interest
Very interesting result of this activity
"Blooming ton" (Badminton) become the name of the English badminton
In 1893, the United Kingdom 14 Badminton Club Badminton Association
In 1899, the Associatio