Badminton - Mixed Doubles

Learning Outcomes

1. Students will be able to understand the idea of “equality”.
2. They will be able to practice equality in their day to day life. They will be able to depreciate the underlying discrimination practiced in different levels of life. They will be able to appreciate the struggles and achievements of the pioneering figures which has given them a much more liberated world to reside in.

 

Description Of Activity

How to play 

Gender equality: Recommended sport is Badminton (mixed doubles). 10 teams will be formed. Each team will consist of 1 girl and 1 boy. 2 referees (1 boy and 1 girl) will be deputed to observe the game. A group of equal numbers of boys and girls will be engaged to serve water and juice to the players and the audience. Each team will get a match of 10 minutes duration. Through this ganme it will be established that boys and girls contribute in the same way in accomplishing things.

Social equality and economic equality: Recommended sport is Football. (3 teams consisting of 33 members, 5 on reserve).  Team selection will be done irrespective of their socio economic background. 2 referees (1 boy and 1 girl) will be deputed to observe the game. The highest goal scorer will be declared as The Man of the Match. But the player who will assist with the most number of passes in realising the goals will also be declared as The Man of the Match. Both the players will be given the same awards.

Variations

1. For the rainy and foggy days, the mixed doubles will be arranged indoors. This will establish the fact that the understanding of men and women works in the external world as well as domestic affairs.
2. In the context of Football, the winner and the runner up teams will mix and exchange their players for the next match so that no team gets tagged as the loser team. This will help in  attaining a sense of equality.

 

Coaching Tips

The students should be able to understand that these matches are not mere matches but a representation of social struggle and revolution towards achieving all the levels of equality. 

 

Equipment/Material Required

Badminton court and Football ground, Rackets and corks