What Equipment Is Needed for Badminton?
“Hi I’m Dave Zarco with USA Badminton and I’m here at Don Shula’s Athletic Club in Miami Lakes, Florida. Let’s talk about what equipment is needed for badminton. First you’ll obviously need a racquet. Second you’ll need a shuttlecock, that’s the object that you’re striking, it’s also known as the birdie. And then obviously you have to have a net that you play where you’re hitting the shots over, the shot must go over the net. Then a good pair of badminton shoes wouldn’t hurt either. And you would wear what you would wear for tennis, nice comfortable shirt, comfortable shorts. Other than that, anything else like wristbands or if you want to wear sweatpants that’s fine too, but most of the equipment that you’re going to need for badminton will be the racquet, the shuttlecock and the net and the poles to hold the net up. Now other than that, you just need another partner to hit with. Now one of the reasons that badminton is so popular is a term called instant mediocrity. You can immediate
