Editing Badminton (section)

==Comparison with tennis==
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Badminton is frequently compared to tennis due to several qualities. The following is a list of manifest differences:
* Scoring: In badminton, a match is played best of 2 of 3 games, with each game played up to 21 points. In tennis a match is played best of 3 or 5 sets, each set consisting of 6 games and each game ends when one player wins 4 points or wins two consecutive points at deuce points. If both teams are tied at "game point", they must play until one team achieves a two-point advantage. However, at 29{{ndash}}all, whoever scores the golden point will win. In tennis, if the score is tied 6{{ndash}}6 in a set, a tiebreaker will be played, which ends once a player reaches at least 7 points and has a two-point advantage.
* In tennis, the ball may bounce once before the point ends; in badminton, the rally ends once the shuttlecock touches the floor.
* In tennis, the serve is dominant to the extent that the server is expected to win most of their service games (at advanced level & onwards); a ''break'' of service, where the server loses the game, is of major importance in a match. In badminton, a server has far less an advantage and is unlikely to score an ''ace'' (unreturnable serve).
* In tennis, the server has two chances to hit a serve into the service box; in badminton, the server is allowed only one attempt.
* A tennis court is approximately twice the length and width of a badminton court.
* Tennis racquets are about four times as heavy as badminton racquets, {{convert|10|to|12|oz|g|abbr=off}} versus {{convert|2|to|3|oz|g|abbr=off}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tennis.about.com/od/tennisracquetsfaq/f/faqracquets43.htm|title=What is the ideal weight for a tennis racquet?|publisher=About.com|access-date=2015-12-06|archive-date=24 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090124090847/http://tennis.about.com/od/tennisracquetsfaq/f/faqracquets43.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://prospeed.com.my/choosing.htm|title=The contribution of technology on badminton rackets|publisher=Prospeed |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071011150444/http://prospeed.com.my/choosing.htm |archive-date = 11 October 2007}}</ref> Tennis balls are more than eleven times heavier than shuttlecocks, {{convert|57|g|oz|abbr=off}} versus {{convert|5|g|oz|abbr=off}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2000/ShefiuAzeez.shtml|title=Mass of a Tennis Ball|year=2000|last=Azeez|first=Shefiu|publisher=Hypertextbook}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wooster.edu/physics/jrIS/Files/McCreary.pdf|title=A Study of the Motion of a Free Falling Shuttlecock |last=M. McCreary |first=Kathleen |date=5 May 2005 |publisher=The College of Wooster |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070614131831/http://www.wooster.edu/physics/jrIS/Files/McCreary.pdf |archive-date=14 June 2007 |df=dmy}}http://physics.wooster.edu/JrIS/Files/McCreary.pdf {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304094938/http://physics.wooster.edu/JrIS/Files/McCreary.pdf |date=4 March 2016 }}</ref>
* The fastest recorded tennis stroke is [[Samuel Groth]]'s {{convert|163.4|mph|km/h|0|abbr=off}} serve,<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/aussie-smashes-tennis-serve-speed-record-20120513-1ykfk.html | title=Aussie smashes tennis serve speed record | work=The Sydney Morning Herald | access-date=13 May 2012}}</ref> whereas the fastest badminton stroke during gameplay was [[Mads Pieler Kolding]]'s {{convert|264.7|mi/h|km/h|0|abbr=off}} recorded smash at a Badminton Premier League match.<ref name=record>{{cite news|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/fastest-badminton-hit-in-competition-(male)/|title=Fastest badminton hit in competition (male)
|access-date=8 July 2019}}</ref>

Statistics such as the smash speed, above, prompt badminton enthusiasts to make other comparisons that are more contentious. For example, it is often claimed that badminton is the fastest racquet sport.<ref>{{Cite web|title=WHAT IS BADMINTON|url=https://badmintonoceania.org/what-is-badminton/|access-date=2022-02-18|website=Badminton Oceania|language=en-US}}</ref> Although badminton holds the record for the fastest initial speed of a racquet sports projectile, the shuttlecock decelerates substantially faster than other projectiles such as tennis balls. In turn, this qualification must be qualified by consideration of the distance over which the shuttlecock travels: a smashed shuttlecock travels a shorter distance than a tennis ball during a serve.

While fans of badminton and tennis often claim that their sport is the more physically demanding, such comparisons are difficult to make objectively because of the differing demands of the games. No formal study currently exists evaluating the physical condition of the players or demands during gameplay.

Badminton and tennis techniques differ substantially. The lightness of the shuttlecock and of badminton racquets allows badminton players to make use of the wrist and fingers much more than tennis players; in tennis, the wrist is normally held stable, and playing with a mobile wrist may lead to injury. For the same reasons, badminton players can generate power from a short racquet swing: for some strokes such as net kills, an elite player's swing may be less than {{convert|5|cm|0|abbr=off}}. For strokes that require more power, a longer swing will typically be used, but the badminton racquet swing will rarely be as long as a typical tennis swing.