As to the beginning of badminton, there are a lot of stories. One saying that it started in Japan, the other says that it started from India. But one thing is for sure, which is that badminton was started in the U.K., in about 1800, which was developed from tennis. You may discover that there are a lot of similarities between the two. In the year of 1870, a sort of ball made of feather and wood as well as a bat woven with strings were invented. Ever since 1873, the sport of badminton become more and more prosperous, when the field was a gourd like, with two wider spaces at both ends and a narrow stretch of land in the middle where a net was set up. This gourd-like field was changed to a square shape in 1901.
    羽毛球的歷史，有很多種說(shuō)法，一種說(shuō)法是起源于日本，也有另一種說(shuō)法是起源于印度。不過可以確定的是現(xiàn)代羽毛球運(yùn)動(dòng)誕生于英國(guó)，大約在1800年左右，由網(wǎng)球變化而來(lái)。如果留心你會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)現(xiàn)在的羽毛球場(chǎng)地和網(wǎng)球場(chǎng)地非常相似。1870年，出現(xiàn)了用羽毛、軟木做的球和穿弦的球拍。從1873年起，羽毛球運(yùn)動(dòng)便逐漸開展起來(lái)，那時(shí)的活動(dòng)場(chǎng)地是葫蘆形，兩頭寬中間窄，窄處掛網(wǎng)，直至1901年才改作長(zhǎng)方形。
    In 1893, the first badminton committee was established, which was then the British Badminton Association, holding a championship competition in 1899 nation wide.
    1893年，世界上最早的羽毛球協(xié)會(huì)---英國(guó)羽毛球協(xié)會(huì)成立，并于1899年舉辦了全英羽毛球錦標(biāo)賽。 　　
    In 1934, an international badminton association was founded with its headquarter in London. The members are Canada, Denmark, Britain, France, Ireland, Holland, New Zealand, Scotland and Wales. Ever from then on, there have been more and more badminton competitions.
    1934年，由加拿大、丹麥、英國(guó)、法國(guó)、愛爾蘭、荷蘭、新西蘭、蘇格蘭和威爾士等國(guó)發(fā)起了國(guó)際羽毛球聯(lián)合會(huì)，總部設(shè)在倫敦。從此，羽毛球國(guó)際比賽日漸增多。