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Badminton instruction book by roger mills book review

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Badminton instructions written by Roger Mills Let me tell you that being a beginner myself this book has been written in 1975, is still can be practically used. Although the new techniques and regimes introduced nowadays are different from what was prevalent then in practice but, these old techniques which are still are of great importance for learning the basics and then advancing yourself. However I would like to bring to your notice that this book is the first ever photographical and written document pertaining to badminton instructions. Such a great delight of reading this book which had this vintage vibes that kind of takes you in that era. The background is that this book was written when badminton was not even an Olympic game. I had no idea that badminton was not a game in Olympic until 1992.   Now coming to the book the instructions given are precisely written that any layman can understand it easily. The pictures are black and white and some are quite quirky or I would