Badminton vs. Tennis

Badminton vs. Tennis

Statistics don't lie. The speed and the stamina required for badminton are far greater than for any other racket sport. At the 1985 All England (Tennis) Championships, Boris Becker defeated Kevin Curren 6-3, 6-7, 7-6, 6-4. At the 1985 World Badminton Championships in Calgary, Canada, Han Jian of China defeated Morten Frost of Denmark, 14-18, 15-10, 15-8. The following is a statistical comparison of those matches.

   Tennis   Badminton

Time:     3 hrs & 18 mins   1 hr & 16 mins

Ball/Shuttle in Play:   18 mins    37 mins

Match Intensity*:   9 percent    48 percent

Rallies:    299     146

Shots:    1,004     1,972

Shots Per Rally:   3.4     3.5

Distance Covered:   2 miles    4 miles

* The actual time the ball/shuttle was in flight, divided by the length of the match.

Note that the badminton players competed for half the time, yet ran twice as far and hit nearly twice as many shots.

Entry for July 25, 2006

Broke my string during my second badminton game today. BG85 really is to flimsy -- but the control is really great. I'll have to get it strung tomorrow -- I'll use the BG65-Ti this time. I think it'll still feel comfortable with the Armortec 700 'coz I tried out Lester's Armortec and it 'thwacked' just fine. Someone's gonna have a hard time sleeping tonight after getting beaten by Judge Ruiz twice in a row...

I had a rather busy day rearranging all my books and things in my room -- once I get started trying to organize something my 'OC' personality takes over and I take forever to finish. Every book should be aligned and with the state my room is in right now I'm starting to wonder by what century I'll be done. At least some parts of my room are starting to take shape -- like Cress said, "I actually have a floor!" Great... I'm gonna need a new shelf 'coz all my shelves are already spilling with books.

It rained today but the heat didn't let up -- it stayed at 38 degrees the whole day. It's been like this over here in Dipolog for 3 days now -- and to think Ahia Winston said it's all wet over in Manila. Which reminds me...on a lighter note, I have a score to settle with some girl who got me to believe a story about a pilot with a wig. You better wear a turtleneck when you get back, Wao...