Badminton Handout

Back Boundary Line for Singles and Doubles

Right Left And Long Services Line for Singles

ServiceService

CourtCourt Long Service Line For Doubles

The Net

Sideline for Singles

Short Service Line

Sideline for Doubles

Left Right

ServiceServiceCenter Line

CourtCourt

History:

 A similar game played in China 2000 years ago called Battledore

 Badminton as it is currently played originated from a game called Poona played by the English.

 It was then introduced to the United states

 Became a medal sport during the 1992 Olympic Games

Equipment:

 Racket:

  • Made from Wood or Metal
  • Strung with either nylon or gut

 Shuttlecock: (Also known as Bird or shuttle)

  • Made of either cork, fine leather, plastic, goose feather or nylon
  • Weighs about 1/6 of an ounce

 Badminton Court

  • 44 feet long
  • Doubles court is 20 feet wide
  • Singles court is 17 feet wide
  • Net is 5 feet in the center and 5 feet 1 inch at the post

Serving Court:

 Singles

  • Long (back to the base line)
  • Narrow (first sideline)

 Doubles

  • Short (Long Service line – 1st base line)
  • Wide (Second Sideline)

Rules:

 Must keep racket below waist on a serve

 The game for men’s singles and mixed doubles is played to 21

 The server serves starting in the Right Court and serves only one chance.

MUST SERVE DIAGONALLY and Land in the Receiver’s Box.

 Serving starts in the right hand service box; and then serves from right hand court

when the server’s score is even (0, 2, 4) and left hand court when odd (1, 3, 5).

 When serving team loses the point, the receiving team serves from the appropriate service box(based on their score).

 Only the serving team switches positions on the serve, the receiving team stays in their service box.

 Rally scoring is used for badminton

 You can score regardless of serving or receiving

Terms:

 Shuttlecock: an object hit back and forth across the net. Description above.

 Clear: A high shot that lands back close to the baseline. Used to get the opponents away from the net.

 Smash: A hard driven shot in a downward motion. An attacking stroke

 Drop: A shot that barely clears the net and immediately drops

 Server: The person who puts the shuttle into play

 Racket: Made from metal or laminated wood, used to hit the shuttle

 Net: Made from meshed cord 5 ft 1 in at the post, and 5 ft in the center

 Rally: An Exchange of shots made back and forth between the two teams.

 Drive: A hard shot made that just clears the net

 Fault: An infraction of the rules

SPEEDMINTON:

  • Game is played to 15 points. If tied at 15, you must win by 2 points. A match consists of three wins (best out of 5)
  • Service alternates after 3 serves. If the score is tied at 15, serve alternates after every point
  • You may choose to serve from the center of your court (underhand) or behind the end line (overhand).
  • Points are awarded in the following cases:
  • Service fault
  • Speeder contact with the ground
  • Speeder lands in playing field and cannot be returned
  • Speeder lands out
  • Speeder is hit twice by the same player
  • Body contact with the speeder