Badminton, a racquet sports played using racquet to hit a shuttlecock across a net and often played as a casual out door activity in a yard or on a beach. Most common forms of the game are singles which is played with one player per side and the doubles, which is played with two players per side. Formal games are played on a rectangular indoor court. Points are scored by striking the shuttlecock once before it passes over the net, play ends once the shuttlecock has struck the floor or if a fault has been called by the empire, service judge or the opposing side. Badminton is derived directly from poona, which was played by British army officers stationed in India in the 1860s. The