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BADMINTON BY ARMAN TAHER
Equipments needed to play badminton are
racket
net
court,
shuttlecock
Contents
1 Basic – How to Play for Fun with Quick Rules
Example of Play
2 The Indispensable Equipment for Playing Official Rules Badminton
2.1 Shuttlecock
2.2 Rackets
2.3 Net
2.4 Court
3 How to Compete with Official Badminton Rules
3.1 Single Play Rules
3.2 Double Play Rules
Example of Doubles Play
4 How to Score
5 Faults
6 How to Win
7 Interval for Rest
8 What is Let
9 When to Change of Court’s End
10 Who serve first
11. Frequently Asked Question
1. Q: What happen when a player touch the net?
2. Q: What happen when the shuttlecock hits the receiver partner
(in doubles game)?
3. Q: Can a player change racket in the rally?
4. Q: What happen if a shot hit the top of the net and pass through
the net?
5. Q: What happen if a shot hit the top of the net and fall into the
shooter own court side?
6. Q: What happen if the shuttlecock hits the top of the net and
remains on the top of the net?
7. Q: Is it a fault to strike the shuttlecock with the frame of the
racket?
8. Q: Is it legal to throw the shuttlecock up in the air and shoot it,
when one is in service?
9: Q: Is it illegal for any body part to go under the net?
10. Q: Is it a fault when a shuttle hitting the head and the stringed
area of the racket in one stroke?
11. Q: Is it a fault when shuttle touches the ceiling or side walls?
How about if the shuttlecock touches any other object or person
outside the court
12. Q: Is there a rule where the receiver partner should stand when
in a service in doubles game?
13. Q: In a service, is it a fault for the server to hit the
shuttlecock below waist (Shuttlecock is below waist in the moment
of hitting)?
14. Q: What is the meaning of “the shaft and the racket head of the
server’s racket at the instant of hitting the shuttle shall be pointing
in a downward direction.”?
15. Q: What happen when the shuttle hit the net post?
12 Summary
How to Play for Fun and Quick with
some Unofficial Rules
But when you play for fun, not all are those equipment’s are necessary, all
you need are only racket and shuttlecock.
If you play outdoor, you can just draw a line on the ground to divide the
each opponent area.
Then you are ready to play.
The quick and simple rule in playing badminton is,
When the shuttlecock landed on the ground of the opponents side, will
score one point. Whoever score in the last rally will serve. (Rally is the
hitting shuttlecock back and forth between two sides before the
shuttlecock land).
You play until reaching 21 point. Whoever reaches 21 point (or another
points according to your liking) will win.
It is that simple.
1. Coin toss to decide who serve first. This time Eric serves first.
2. Eric serve the shuttlecock, John hit the shuttlecock to the Eric’s court,
then Eric could not hit back to Eric’s court. The shuttlecock land on
Eric’s court.
3. John wins one point.
4. Then John served because John had scored. John serves to Eric’s
courtside. Eric hit the shuttlecock back to John’s court. Then John didn’t
hit back to Eric’s courtside. Shuttlecock fall on John’s court ground.
5. Eric got one point, and Eric will serve now.
Play until your agreement point. You can use 21 points for the winning
point each round, use 3 rounds to decide the winner or just play until you
get tired or bored.
Rackets
Net
[The net shall be made of fine cord of dark colour and even thickness with a
mesh of not less than 15 mm and not more than 20 mm.
The net shall be 760 mm in depth and at least 6.1 metres wide.
The top of the net shall be edged with a 75 mm white tape doubled over a
cord or cable running through the tape. This tape shall rest upon the cord
or cable.
The cord or cable shall be stretched firmly, flush with the top of the posts.
The top of the net from the surface of the court shall be 1.524 metres at the
centre of the court and 1.55 metres over the side lines for doubles.]
Court have two ends(side), your court’s and opposite court. Players or
teams will change end/side every round and at the third game when a
person achieve 11 points
In the middle there is net. Any shuttlecock that touch net and didn’t pass
through the net shall count as fault. 1 point score for the opposite team.
How to Compete with the Official
Badminton Rules
Source: www.wikipedia.com
For Single Play
Start from tossing a coin. The winner decide the court’s side to play and he
or she shall serve first.
The serving position of the server shall follow this rule. When server have
even number score(0,2,4,etc), the server shall serve from right side service
court.
A is the server and his score is 0 or 2 or 4 or any even number: “A” need to
stand within A’s red area (right service area) and B need to stand inside B’s
red area (diagonal position of the server). If “A” land the shuttle outside B’s
red area when in the service, that is a fault, B will get 1 point.
On odd number score (1,3,5,etc) of the server, the server shall serve from
left side service court. When servicing, “A” shall land the shuttlecock inside
B’s yellow area. If land outside the B’s yellow area, it is a fault. (1 point for
B)
The receiver shall wait the service inside the diagonal position side.
After receiving the service, the boundary line to score a point is like this
image.
“A” need to land the shuttlecock inside red area if want to score a point. If
shuttlecock land outside red area, it is a fault.
Look at the picture below, A is the server and A shall serve from right
position when A’s team score is even(0,2,4,6,8,etc). At that time C wait at
right side. “A” shall land the shuttlecock inside C’s red area. If the
shuttlecock land outside C’s red area, it is a fault and “CD” team will get 1
point.
Look at the case when AB team point is odd (1,3,5,7,etc). The server shall
stand on left service area and shall land the shuttlecock to D’s red area. If
shuttlecock land outside D’s red area when still in service, it is a fault.
In doubles game, the difference with single play is: there is a sequence
when you will serve. Server will be still the same person when the server
side score. Server change when the receiver side score a points.
When CD team score a point so the serving is by the CD team. The receiver (
AB team) shall not move from their last position so A still on left side and B
on the right side.
Therefore, the sequence of the server for the game that start with position
like this picture below will be A – C – B – D – A – C – B – D – A and so on.
How to Score
You score by landing the shuttlecock inside the opposite courts inside the
boundary.
hitting the shuttlecock twice, didnt pass the net/hit the net
strike the shuttlecock but landing outside the boundary area.
Do not land the shuttlecock outside boundary area.
If you think your opponent is hitting the shuttlecock that going to outside
boundary area, you can leave it land outside and you will score. Don’t hit
them back.
Faults
A fault will give one point to opposite side.
In the case of both side achieving 20 points, score will continue until
whoever lead by 2 points will win.
At 29points – 29 points, whoever reach 30 points first will win.
What is Let
“Let” means no point scored in the rally. The last server will serve again.
What make let?
Summary
You can play badminton without official rules, just for fun
You can start playing badminton with official rules following the guide
above
In official rules, there are serving side court, serve from right side if you
have even score and serve from left side if you have odd score. The
receiver stand in the diagonal side of server.
Winning points is 21 points or more if both side score 20points, max 3
rounds.