Nope, not a real sport

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

Originally Posted by Jay1

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

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.

Originally Posted by Baph

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

Originally Posted by Baph

Partial to a bit of sausage then?

Outside the bedroom... yes lol

Originally Posted by 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.

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!

Originally Posted by Steve_God

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?

Originally Posted by Baph

You're not Welsh are you?

Nah... hehe!!!

Originally Posted by Steve_God

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

I can play badminton with my ****

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