BADMINTON

MJHSAA BADMINTON GUIDELINES:

1.Practice Start Date:February 23, 2015

2.Maximum number of matches not including play-offs:40(1 match = 3 games)

3.Limits per day:7 matches

PLAYER ELIGIBILITY

1.Player eligibility must be submitted no later than 24 hours prior to league play. Further additions to the player list during the season must also be submitted 24 hours prior to participation in league play.

RULES

  1. Current International Badminton Rules will be followed with the following exceptions and SHSAA modifications:
  • A game shall be won by the side which first scores 21 points except as provided in the following. If the score becomes 20 – all, the side which gains a two-point lead first shall win the game. If the score becomes 29 – all, the side scoring the 30th point shall win the game. In the third game of a best of three match, players change sides of the court when a side scores 11 points.
  • Any athlete who deliberately alters the flight of a bird (doctoring) will be disqualified from the competition.
  • All competitors must dress in a predominately white uniform or in a school uniform that reflects the school colors. Doubles teams must be uniform in their dress.
  • There shall be no coaching of players during the course of any one game. Coaching is limited to the coaching breaks as currently allowed.
  1. SHSAA Guidelines State: Protective eye wear is mandatory during interschool badminton contests, for all doubles badminton (boys’ & girls’ doubles & mixed doubles).

PROTECTIVE EYE WEAR:

  • Team Practices: Protective eyewear must be worn during all practice drills.
  • Full Court Singles Scrimmages: SHSAA guidelines will be followed.
  • Interschool Play: SHSAA guidelines will be followed.
  1. Play is conducted on the honor system with no official umpire or scorekeeper.
  2. Substitutes are not allowed in doubles/mixed badminton. In situations where one or both of the partners is unable to participate, the next highest ranking team at the Section Tournament will replace the team and advance to the SCDAA District Tournament.
  3. A doubles team will be defaulted from further competition if one of the partners is injured and unable to continue.

LEAGUE STRUCTURE

1.Play will be conducted in five categories: boys & girls singles, boys and girls doubles and mixed doubles. Participants may each enter only one category on a given league night, in tournaments, and in MJHSAA Section finals. However, a player may play in one category one league night and in another category the next league night.

2.Each school may enter a maximum of two teams in each category for the Section Tournament. The MJHSAA Section senior tournament will be used to declare a league champion as well as the two representatives from the MJ Section in each of the five categories that will advance to the SCDAA

District Tournament. The league school champion will be decided as follows:

  • Points are allotted for gold, silver and bronze
  • Gold – 4 points; silver – 2 points; bronze – 1 point
  • A match winner shall be the player or team winning the best of three games against an opponent.
  • A 90 second coaching break is allowed at the conclusion of both the 1st and 2nd games.

3.The MJHSAA Section Tournament shall use a Round Robin format similar to the SCDAA District format and the SHSAA Regional and Provincial Tournament formats. See SHSAA Handbook for Tie Breaking Procedures.

4.To be eligible for the Section Tournament a player must participate in a minimum of 50% of the league nights for the classification (junior or senior) they wish to compete in. A league night is defined as one night, not based on the category (singles, doubles, etc.). A player must enter a minimum of one league night in the classification that they wish to compete in for final Section Tournament. A junior player could enter into 50% of senior league nights but in order to enter into the Junior Section Tournament the junior player would have to enter a minimum of one junior league night. A player who is unable to participate in 50% of the league nights because of an injury, verified by a doctor, will be allowed to play in the Section Tournament.

5.Players unable to compete in the SCDAA District Tournament will not be allowed to play in the Section Tournament without prior knowledge of all head coaches on or prior to the last league night.

6.A player who wins at the Section Tournament and chooses not to compete at the District Tournament shall have his/her title and medal taken away unless the player receives MJHSAA approval.

7.Players/teams advancing to the SHSAA Regional tournament will not be allowed to compete in the Regional unless they commit to participating in the SHSAA Provincial tournament should they finish first or second at the Regional tournament.

8.The Yonex, Mavis 300, Blue Band shuttle is the approved competition shuttle. Each school will take turns providing two dozen shuttles for league nights. The commissioner will decide on the rotation at the beginning of the year. The MJHSAA will provide shuttles for the Invitational and Section Tournaments and the SHSAA will provide birds for the District, Regional & Provincial Tournaments.

9.Players must be prepared to play at an appointed time. Players late by more than fifteen minutes will be defaulted.

JUNIOR BADMINTON:

1.Three or four league nights will be scheduled for grade 9 & 10 students.

2.A year end tournament will be held for grade 9 & 10 students and athletes may choose to participate in one category only. Each coach will enter a grade 9 team in each of the five categories. Grade 9’s will advance to the SCDAA Bantam Districts (top two players/teams) in descending order from this year end tournament.

3.Note: The purpose of the junior league is to develop and encourage young students to participate in the sport of badminton. However, a school that cannot field a complete junior team on a given night may use weaker grade 11 or 12 students.

4.Grade 11 & 12 students may not participate in the junior year end tournament.

AWARDS

1.The MJHSAA Shield for badminton will be awarded to the school accumulating the most points at the Section Tournament. The Shield will be presented at the Section Tournament.

LEAGUE DISCIPLINE

1.The penalty for violation of the “Sports Activity Rules” may result in forfeit of game or games in which the violation occurred.