Rules

• A player must wait until his opponent is ready before serving. If the opponent attempts a return then he is ruled having been ready.

• The feet of both players must remain in a stationary position until the serve is made. Your feet can not be touching the line at this time.

• It is not a fault if you miss the shuttle while serving.

• The shuttle cannot be caught and slung with the racket.

• A player cannot hold his racket near the net to ward off a downward stroke by his opponent or to interfere with his racket.

Faults

• The shuttle, at the instant of being hit is higher than the servers waist or the head of the racket is higher than the servers racket hand.

• The shuttle does not land in the correct service court.

• The server's feet are not in the service court or if the feet of the receiver are not in the court diagonally opposite the server.

• The server steps forward as he/she serves.

• Any player balking or feinting his opponent before serve or during serve.

• A serve or shot that lands outside the court boundaries, passes under or through the net, touches any other obstructions or a players body or clothing. The boundary and service lines are considered in play.

• The shuttle in play is struck before it crosses the net to the striker's side of the net. You may follow through over the net.

• A player touching the net or its supports with his body or racket while the shuttle is in play.

• Hitting the shuttle twice in succession by a player or team.

Scoring System

• A match consists of the best of 3 games of 21 points.

• Every time there is a serve – there is a point scored.

• The side winning a rally adds a point to its score.

• At 20 all, the side which gains a 2 point lead first, wins that game.

• At 29 all, the side scoring the 30th point, wins that game.

• The side winning a game serves first in the next game.

Interval and Change of Ends

• A 1 minute interval between each game is allowed.

• In the third game, players change ends when the leading score reaches 11 points.

Singles

• At the beginning of the game (0-0) and when the server’s score is even, the server serves from the right service court. When the server’s score is odd, the server serves from the left service court.

• If the server wins a rally, the server scores a point and then serves again from the alternate service court.

• If the receiver wins a rally, the receiver scores a point and becomes the new server. They serve from the appropriate service court – left if their score is odd, and right if it is even.

Doubles

• A side has only one ‘set’.

• The service passes consecutively to the players as shown in the diagram.

• At the beginning of the game and when the score is even, the server serves from the right service court. When it is odd, the server serves from the left court.

• If the serving side wins a rally, the serving side scores a point and the same server serves again from the alternate service court.

• If the receiving side wins a rally, the receiving side scores a point. The receiving side becomes the new serving side.

• The players do not change their respective service courts until they win a point when their side is serving.

Figure 1 : The rules of serving.

 Figure 2 : The badminton court.

If players commit an error in the service court, the error is corrected when the mistake is discovered.

In a doubles match between A & B against C & D.  A & B won the toss and decided to serve. A to serve to C. A shall be the initial server while C shall be the initial receiver.

The Court

In normal play, the court is 13.40m long and 5.10m (singles) or 6.10m (doubles) wide. The height of the net is 1.524m over the centre of the court, but 1.55m over the side lines of the doubles court.


The singles court always covers the full length of the court, from base line to base line, both in normal play and for the service. Similarly, singles are always played on the narrow court.




Doubles are always played on the wide court. During a rally, the base line at the back of the court marks the end of the court. However, a doubles service must be played into the short service court, marked by the doubles service line 80 centimetres before the base line.
• The order of server depends on the score odd or even same as in singles. 
• The service courts are changed by the servicing side only when a point is scored. In all other cases, the players continue to stay in their respective service court from where they played previous rally. This shall guarantee alternate server.
• Before a tournament starts, a coin is tossed.  The winner of the coin toss will then get to choose either1) to serve or to receive   2) the preferred side of the court.
The loser of the coin toss will then exercise the remaining choice. 

Survey

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Badminton Lesson # 10 - Jump Smash

Badminton Lesson # 9 - Reverse Drop Shot (Fake Drop Shot)

1. Is considered a deceptive shot, using which you can trick your opponent by imitating a clear shot or a smash shot. And at the last second, change the racket swing direction into a reverse slice drop shot to deceive your opponent.

2. When your racket head contacts the shuttle, the shuttle should travel to the opposite direction from the end point of your racket swing.

3. Is also used to set yourself up, or to put your opponent into out of position, forcing the opponent to lift the shuttle. That way, you can gain the attack.

4. Can be applied in either backhand corner, where you hit the shuttle diagonally across the net at the backhand side of your opponent's court. Or forehand corner, where you hit the shuttle straight down the line across the net at the backhand side of your opponent's court.

5. This shot can be hit with 2 different speed, fast speed and slow speed. 

Badminton Lesson # 8 - Slice Drop Shot

Slice drop shot : (Intermediate & Advance level)

1. Is an offensive shot, which where you hit the shuttle with a slicing motion from the back court to the front court near at the opponent's service line.

2. You can trick your opponent by imitating a clear shot or a smash shot. And at the last second, change the racket swing direction into a slicing action to deceive your opponent.

3. Contact point of slice drop shot is at the possible highest point, hit the shuttle with a sharp and step angle towards at the front side of the opponent's court.

4. Is used to set yourself up, or to put your opponent into out of position, forcing the opponent to lift the shuttle. That way, you can gain the attack.

5. This shot can be hit with 2 different speed, fast speed and slow speed.

6. Usually applied in either backhand corner, where you hit the shuttle straight down the line across the net at the forehand side of your opponent's court. Or forehand corner, where you hit the shuttle diagonally across the net at the forehand side of your opponent's court. 

Badminton Lesson # 7 - Basic Drop Shot

* Drop shot is an offensive shot, used in singles and doubles game.
* Drop shot is to hit the shuttle soft and gentle downwards from the back side of the court in to the front side of the court of the opponents service line.