The subjects participating in this study were the 30 male students taking the author's intermediate badminton class during the first semester of the 2005 academic year. After eight weeks of tuition, the students were tested twice on the star-route footwork drill in the ninth and tenth weeks, choosing the best result of the two as criteria of the students' fitness. The students were then split evenly into groups on the basis of their test results and a round-robin, ranking badminton competition was held. The 30 students were then ranked into three groups (good, average, inferior) on the basis of their results from the star-route footwork drill fitness test, and an analytical comparison was made between the results from the fitness test and the results from the ranking competition. The conclusions obtained from this analysis were as follows: 1. In a comparison between the results obtained from the two separate tests, a clear standard was achieved (p<.01). Thus the results obtained from the star-route footwork drill can be regarded as quite reliable. 2. No high correlation was to be found between the results from the star-route footwork drill and the rankings from the badminton competition. 3. No high correlation was to be found between the individual results from the five different star-route footwork drill tests and the rankings from the badminton competition. 4. A clear standard was achieved in the correlation between the test results (Factor A) and the three groupings (Factor B). 5. A great difference was observed in ranking between the students of the good group and those of the intermediate group. 6. A great difference was observed in ranking between the students of the good group and those of the inferior group. 7. No great difference was observed in ranking between the students of the intermediate group and those of the inferior group.