Origins of the Game

The origins of the game of badminton date back at least 2,000 years to the game of battledore and shuttlecock played in ancient Greece, China, and India.

Contemporary Badminton

A contemporary form of badminton - a game called ‘Poona’, was played in India in the 1800s where a net was introduced and players hit the shuttlecock across the net. British officers in the mid 1800’s took this game back to England and it was introduced as a game for the guests of the Duke of Beaufort at his stately home ‘Badminton’ in Gloucestershire, England where it became popular. In March 1898, the first Open Tournament was held at Guildford the first 'All England' Championships were held the following year. Denmark, the USA and Canada became ardent followers of the game during the 1930s. IBF Established in 1934

IBF Established in 1934

Then in 1934, the International Badminton Federation was formed, with the initial members including England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Denmark, Holland, Canada, New Zealand and France, with India joining as an affiliate in 1936. The first major IBF tournament was the Thomas Cup (world men's team championships) in 1948. Since then, the number of world events has increased with the addition of the Uber Cup (women’s team), World Championships (individual events), Sudirman Cup (mixed team), World Junior Championships and the World Grand Prix Finals.

Build an outstanding career through practice and improvements. We hope that you can.

Kerala badminton brings you to Badminton tournaments, Coaching programs, Find a court, Find a coach, Find a sports store and Tutorials. In addition to the SMS and email support for badminton tournaments all over in Kerala. We have a website with all the tournament details within Kerala including the prize money, location and contact numbers. This will help you to know and participate in the tournaments of your choice. Club officials and players can register with our site to publish new tournaments and any coaching programs for free. Players/clubs can see tournaments in our website and any time can use the search feature to find the tournaments of their choice. It is absolutely free. By registering and logging with our site, when a new tournament or coaching programs published in our website, players/clubs will immediately get notification via SMS and email. Players can get the details of local tournaments by sending SMS to us. (Normal SMS charges will apply). Once we received a request, we will send all the local tournament details to you via SMS for completely free. Also clubs/players can register with us through mobile phone by sending SMS to get immediate notification of tournaments when new tournaments or coaching programs published in our website.

For Register through SMS

Send sms to 09400940099 in the following format KB DISTRICTPLACE Example to register for badminton in Ernakulam district, send KB REG EKM ALUVA To GET LIST of tournaments, Send sms to 09400940099 in the following format KBDISTRICT Example, to get the list of tournaments in Malappuram district, send KB LIST MPM To STOP getting SMS from us , Send sms to 09400940099 in the following format KB STOP Example : KB REG STOP