In badminton, the court dimensions (for doubles) are 20 ft wide and 44 feet long. When a player serves, they must serve the birdie into the service court. The service court is half the width of the full court, and begins 6 ft 6 inches from the net and extends to the baseline. What percentage of the full court is one service court?
Hint: It may help to make a sketch or find a picture of the badminton court.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Problem of the Day: April 28, 2010
This sport is full-contact basketball, with trampolines. Points are scored by shooting the ball through the net, as in basketball, though the point-scoring rules are modified. There are four trampolines set into the floor which serve to propel players to great heights for slam dunks. The rules also permit some physical contact between the members of the four-player teams. Name the sport.
Problem of the Day: April 27, 2010
Winning streaks in sports are exciting and fun to experience. For example, the UConn women’s basketball team won the championship two years in a row and currently have a winning streak. They are far from the longest winning streak in sports history. Name the sport in which the longest winning streak occurred and the number of wins.
Monday, April 26, 2010
Problem of the Day: April 26, 2010
As the Beijing Olympics ended, it also marked the end of baseball and softball as Olympic medal sports. Although the two sports won’t be on the Olympic schedule for the 2012 Games in London, they won’t be alone. Throughout the years the IOC has slashed a number of sports from the official Olympic program. Name two of the 12 sports cut from the Olympics.
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