Evening star., 1928-11-15


L. short talk given last night be-
fore members of the Badminton
Club of Washington at the Y. w. @. A.
by Ann Won Buskirk, new Badnlirton
instructor from Canada, where the
sport has been popular for many years
Miss Buskirk is graduate OF McGhl
University and has recently come 70
Washington to fill the post at the x. W.
G. A. headquarters.
In discussing the game; she Safd Gnak
for beginners there were five strokes 70
be mastered, the service, smash, clear,
fore and backhaild drive and drop -shot
THE service Is executed underhand, with
free swing of. the arm across the. BODY
finishing not higher than the waist line
The follow through In Badninton Is
not so pronounced as in tennis.
The smash is stroke used often IN
tennis. It consists of taking a back
ward swing high over the head, catch-
ing the bird at it's crest and striking IT,
forcefully with straight downWara
motion. This stroke is most etfectlVe;
when the player is advancing, -accordIng
to Miss Won Buskirk. Many people con-
fuse the clear with the smash, but they
are two distinct strokes. s,. ~. n
The clear is taken from a. position
about head high and to one side The
racket is carried at an angle from this
position diagonally across the body: TINS
stroke and the forehand drive should
be completed by snap Of the wrist.
The drive corresponds to this same
stroke in tennis, but has less wrist ac-
ton. the rasket being carried through
face out until it reaches the finishing
The drop-stroke is the one most
easily mastered by beginners. 1t is SIM
DIV a scoop, catching the bird as 1t
drops and returning it high in the air
to drop without force on the opposite
court.
one most emphasized by the instructor
is Don't push the bird" Beginners
should train themselves from the OUT
set to stand at right angles to the net
not SQUARE, as they will be inclined to
do. and analyze each stroke as they
make it, watching carefully not to push.
To avoid this take a good free swing
before hitting the bird and the stroke
will finish itself with more or less
proper technique.
AS a matter of courtesy, beginners
also are cautioned not to knock bird
back to an opponent with the racket
when it is not in play. Always throw
or hand dead" bird, then there can
be no confusion as to whether or not
point was in progress.
Miss Won Buskirk's talk was followed
by court demonstrations, doubles
matches being played on both OF the
courts in the Y. w. gymnasium. Men,
bers Of the club plan to work UP team
this year and probably will challenge
some other group In the city to series
of matches before the season is over.
They will practice regularly each We'd
nesday night at the Y. w. from until
10 o'clock.
Lady Heath, former high jump and
hurdle champion of Great Britain and
more recently famed for her air pilot
ing, will address the fortieth annual
anniversary banquet of the Amateur
Athletic Union at the Waldorf-Astoria
Hotel in New York next Monday eve
ming.
Lady Heath will discuss women's
athletics, in which she is much inter-
ested. Last Summer she worked faith
fully to secure legislation at the Con-
gress of International Amateur Athletic
Federations in Amsterdam which would
increase the numberof events for Wom-
en-, and succeeded in obtaining an addi-
ton of the 8-pound shot and iavelin
throw and a substitution of an 80-metef
hurdle race for the 800-meter run. ''''>
Bethany A. C. and Second Baptist
Church sextets will meet in pre-sea-
son game tomorrow night at o'clock
on the Bethany floor. Coaches did not
report the starting lineup for the
teams In advance.
Mrs. Ruth Curran Craig will coach
the Roxy Athletic Club basketers, a new
squad, composed mostly of former play,
ground stars, who will hold. practice
each Monday night at Hine Junior High
School. Mrs. Craig is well known 10
cally for her skill in athletics, having
been prominent on basket ball squads
during her school days as well as be-
ing an instructor on one of the play