2015 Badminton World Championship: Singles final men’s vs women’s behaviours

Abstract

The purpose of the current study was to identify players' behaviours and to assess differences between genders at final singles matches of 2015 Badminton World Championship, focusing on time events, shots and court movements. Final men's (MS) and women's (WS) singles matches of 2015 Yakarta World Championship were analysed (150 points and 967 actions). Official videos from Badminton World Federation were used to carry out the post-event analysis. Variables analyzed were: 'timing factors', type of 'shots' and players' trajectories executed during the match. Descriptive (mean and % of distribution) and comparative analysis between gender and result of events (successful vs. unsuccessful) were carried out. Generally speaking, time-related variables show higher figures in the men's final than in the women's. Smash, net and lob shots occur more frequently in the men's final, whereas clear, drop and drive shots are used more often in the women's final. The hitting of the shuttlecock without any previous movement redominates over the rest or movements for both genders. In the training field, these findings may be used by coaches in order to improve athletes' performance. In research field, it could be a new way to obtain information that had not been previously taken into account.

Notational Comparison Analysis of Outdoor Badminton Men’s Single and Double Matches

“…For the serve, we found that a short serve was more frequent than a deep serve in both modalities. Valldecabres et al (2015) showed similar results indicating a short serve as more common, while reflecting that a deep serve was an infrequent stroke. The type of a serve used may be influenced mainly by the number of players and Journal of Human Kinetics -volume 71/2020 http://www.johk.pl not so much by the area used.…”

“…Badminton appeared in Asia and Europe more than 2000 years ago (Tan et al, 2016). Badminton is a racket sport played by two or four players on a rectangular court (Lees, 2003;Tan et al, 2016), characterized by intermittent efforts of high intensity and short duration (Abián-Vicén et al, 2012;Cabello and Gonzalez-Badillo, 2003;Valldecabres et al, 2017).…”

“…Technical variables have been studied in professional badminton (Cabello and González-Badillo, 2003;Faude et al, 2007;Leong and Krasilshchikov, 2016;Zhang et al, 2013), and its analysis allows to identify the most decisive actions in this sport (Valldecabres et al, 2017). Researchers have studied the stroke average (Abián et al, 2014;Laffaye et al, 2015;Ming et al, 2008), stroke frequency (Alcock and Cable, 2009;Ming et al, 2008) and types of strokes used (Chiminazzo et al, 2018;Laffaye et al, 2015).…”

“…Researchers have studied the stroke average (Abián et al, 2014;Laffaye et al, 2015;Ming et al, 2008), stroke frequency (Alcock and Cable, 2009;Ming et al, 2008) and types of strokes used (Chiminazzo et al, 2018;Laffaye et al, 2015). On the other hand, match performance has been examined using time variables (Phomsoupha and Laffaye, 2015) as it has been shown that the results in professional badminton depend on game time, effective game time, set time, rally time and rest time between rallies (Abián-Vicén et al, 2018;Chiminnazzo et al, 2018;Ming et al, 2008;Phomsoupha and Laffaye, 2015;Laffaye et al, 2015;Valldecabres et al, 2017). It should be noted, however, that most current studies relate to indoor badminton games and for this reason it is hard to find studies that analyze technical and timing characteristics in outdoor badminton.…”

Improving Students` Badminton Smash Skill Through Game Modifications

“…Badminton smash is one of the most important techniques in badminton games because a smash is one sharp stroke down through the net which aims to get as many points as possible to achieve victory (strike hit). According Valldecabres et, al., [2] badminton is a game consisting in hitting the shuttlecock across the other side of the court over the net, trying to send it to the area in the opponent's side where it is hardest for them to hit it back. Therefore, the main goal of the smash is to overpower the opponent.…”