Sri Lanka Sports: Badminton

Sri Lanka badminton
Figure 1.-- Here is a badminton team of prep schoolboys. Note that they are wearing uniforms which are similar to cricket uniforms.

Badminton is played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs within a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Shuttlecock and the racquet are the main equipments of this game. Players play this game by hitting to the shuttlecock using the racquet and passes over the net. History of badminton in Sri Lanka is unclear, but it assumes to be here from Britain like cricket. Still in Sri Lanka badminton is not very popular among elders and it only popular highly among school kids and played by them disregarding the gender. The reason maybe this is the game which has less in number of rules and not difficult to learn. Costumes which are worn by the players are little similar to the cricket uniforms. But the difference is instead of wearing white clothes, the payers wear clothes with different colour codes as well as pure white and only wear shorts. Garments are designed to provide more flexibility and comfortable to the player during playing the game. Players wear leather or canvas Shoes with cotton socks while playing the game. The colours of the shoes and the socks also vary according to their team. Image 4: A couple of prep schoolboys wearing their school badminton uniform.









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Last updated: 11:59 PM 10/5/2008