Nope, not a real sport

[gettin2dizzy]

Badminton.



Played by fat people who want to play tennis....without all that running around :smt045

[gettin2dizzy]

FACT!
;)

(really)

[sarah]

what about squash?

[Lozzo]

I'll tell Gail Emms that next time I see her in town.

[gettin2dizzy]

what about squash?
For people who go to wine bars

[sarah]

For people who go to wine bars

but is it a sport?

[gettin2dizzy]

but is it a sport?
I'd say so yeah as it's hard work, just a pretty noncey one.

[MiniMatt]

More people die on the squash court than in any other sport. FACT!

Given that it's played almost exclusively by up their own botties city types with pinstripe suits I think that reason alone is enough that we should encourage squash as much as possible :D

[yorkie_chris]

I'd say so yeah as it's hard work, just a pretty noncey one.

Yeah seems to be a "wine bar" type sport.... poofs

[slark01]

Drivvle!!
Fu Haifeng of China set the official record of the fastest badminton shuttlecock speed at approximately 92.1 m/s (206 mph) on June 3, 2005

[gettin2dizzy]

For what? A metre? You don't even need to move in that game ;)

[Steve_God]

Oi!
I play badminton every week thank you very much, and I'm very much the opposite of fat.

Main reason; this is England - it rains a lot, and it can be played indoors.
It requires upper body arm strength for power on the shots, good technique for placing your shots, and lots of running around from the front to back, and side to side when your in a decent match.

I challenge anyone to give me a game and say afterwards that they didn't do much running around ;)

[gettin2dizzy]

...fats and olds...

[Steve_God]

...fats and olds...
I've a waist like a twig and am 22 ;)

[gettin2dizzy]

I've a waist like a twig and am 22 ;)
hmmm.... are you vegetarian?

[Steve_God]

hmmm.... are you vegetarian?
Nope! Never could be when my dad used to be a butcher.
A meal isn't a meal without meat! :D

I can eat almost as much as I want without putting hardly anything on...
maybe it's from all the badminton I play! :p

[MiniMatt]

G2D stays slim by expending so many calories on winding people up :D

[sarah]

G2D stays slim by expending so many calories on winding people up :D

:lol:

[gettin2dizzy]

G2D stays slim by expending so many calories on winding people up :D
:smt045

Maybe it's all that 'pumping iron' he does in the gym....


( I hear 'Iron' is a very nice man; 6'8" and 18 stone with buttocks that make jordans boobs look under-developed ;))

[Baph]

Nope! Never could be when my dad used to be a butcher.
A meal isn't a meal without meat! :D


Partial to a bit of sausage then?

*runs again*

[Jay1]

What a load of ****e. Badminton is far far harder work that tennis, you are constantly on your toes moving around and rallies generally last a lot longer than tennis. There is less recovery time between shots and less recovery time between rallies.

Squash and badminton are both much better excersise than tennis.

The only way badminton is no effort and boring is if you can't play it. Which is no different to tennis, if you are crap you get no rallies and no excersise.

Fact :-D

[Baph]

...
I assume you play badminton, and therefore, by assumed generalisaion, are an up your own whatsit pin stripe wearing city type?

:smt064

[DanAbnormal]

Meh.

I can play badminton with some level of success. That fact alone means that it is not a sport worth much. I suck at sports see.:( I can lift heavy things quite well though.

[Steve_God]

I assume you play badminton, and therefore, by assumed generalisaion, are an up your own whatsit pin stripe wearing city type?
I seem to be the complete opposite off all these stereotypes... I live out in the sticks with sheep and fields out the back :)

Partial to a bit of sausage then?
Outside the bedroom... yes ;) lol

[missyburd]

What a load of ****e. Badminton is far far harder work that tennis, you are constantly on your toes moving around and rallies generally last a lot longer than tennis. There is less recovery time between shots and less recovery time between rallies.

Squash and badminton are both much better excersise than tennis.



I've never played squash but played plenty of badminton and tennis and would say that tennis is the better for exercise and muscle use. You get the oppurtunity to use practically every muscle in your body and the ball requires more force to get it to go anywhere.

However, I like both sports (and yes badminton is a sport ;)), but I'd say tennis is by far the more powerful of the two, I feel like I've properly exercised after a game, especially after the one that went on for 4 and a half hours the other day!

[Baph]

I seem to be the complete opposite off all these stereotypes... I live out in the sticks with sheep and fields out the back :)


You're not Welsh are you? :lol:

[Steve_God]

You're not Welsh are you? :lol:
Nah... :p hehe!!!

[missyburd]

I seem to be the complete opposite off all these stereotypes... I live out in the sticks with sheep and fields out the back :)


Ditto. I get really fed up with the number of people who assume tennis is a toff sport and try and charge you the earth just to use a court for a couple of hours. Football can be played free on a pitch with goalposts why shouldn't tennis be the same???? Thankfully we've found courts nearby that are free so am happy to leave the hoity-toity peeps to their own :rolleyes:

[gettin2dizzy]

I can play badminton with my **** :smt045

:smt120

[Ceri JC]

I like badminton. I'm not so keen on squash, too energetic for me.

[northwind]

Played by fat people who want to play tennis....without all that running around :smt045

You've never seen my brother play badminton then... 10 stone, 6 foot, and runs about like an unguided missile. He keeps injuring himself sliding along the floor or running into people. He's RUBBISH mind.

"There are only three sports - bullighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games"

[gettin2dizzy]

"There are only three sports - bullighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games"

How about intercontinental sailing? ;)

[dissuade]

what about squash?

dentist lunch hour sport.

[dissuade]

"There are only three sports - bullighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games"

so how many bulls have you lit?

[Speedy Claire]

I used to play a lot of badminton and it`s extremely energetic... lots of running round and is knackering!

[Gene genie]

similar discussion at work last week, what is the most technical and physicaly demanding sport internationaly?
i reckon its got to be mountaineering.

[Speedy Claire]

Triathalon?? someone check spelling please

Hmmmm....... on second thoughts tho physically demanding not so sure bout the technical bit

[Speedy Claire]

Bobsleigh....... that`s gotta be both technical and extremely physically demanding!

[gettin2dizzy]

similar discussion at work last week, what is the most technical and physicaly demanding sport internationaly?
i reckon its got to be mountaineering.
I'm one of those nutters, but I think mental strain is the worst. Those 'Ironman' competitors are bonkers IMO.