Badminton Play

Badminton Rules: 

The following information is a simplified summary of badminton rules based on the BWF Statutes publication, Laws of Badminton.Court The court is rectangular and divided into halves by a net. Courts are usually marked for both singles and doubles play, although badminton rules permit a court to be marked for singles only.

The doubles court is wider than the singles court, but both are of the same length. The exception, which often causes confusion to newer players, is that the doubles court has a shorter serve-length dimension. The full width of the court is 6.1 metres (20 ft), and in singles this width is reduced to 5.18 metres (17 ft). The full length of the court is 13.4 metres (44 ft). 

The service courts are marked by a centre line dividing the width of the court, by a short service line at a distance of 1.98 metres (6 ft 6 inch) from the net, and by the outer side and back boundaries. In doubles, the service court is also marked by a long service line, which is 0.76 metres (2 ft 6 inch) from the back boundary. 

The net is 1.55 metres (5 ft 1 inch) high at the edges and 1.524 metres (5 ft) high in the centre. The net posts are placed over the doubles sidelines, even when singles is played. 

Serving: 

The legal bounds of a badminton court during various stages of a rally for singles and doubles games When the server serves, the shuttlecock must pass over the short service line on the opponents' court or it will count as a fault. The server and receiver must remain within their service courts, without touching the boundary lines, until the server strikes the shuttlecock. The other two players may stand wherever they wish, so long as they do not block the vision of the server or receiver. 

Scoring: Main article: 

Scoring system development of badminton Each game is played to 21 points, with players scoring a point whenever they win a rally regardless of whether they served (this differs from the old system where players could only win a point on their serve and each game was played to 15 points). A match is the best of three games. If the score reaches 20-all, then the game continues until one side gains a two-point lead (such as 24–22), except when there is a tie at 29-all, in which the game goes to a golden point. 

Whoever scores this point will win. If a let is called, the rally is stopped and replayed with no change to the score. Lets may occur because of some unexpected disturbance such as a shuttlecock landing on a court (having been hit there by players playing in adjacent court) or in small halls the shuttle may touch an overhead rail which can be classed as a let. 

Contents: 

1 History 2 Rules 2.1 Court 2.2 Serving 2.3 Scoring 2.4 Lets 3 Equipment 3.1 Racquets 3.2 Strings 3.3 Grip 3.4 Shuttlecock 3.5 Shoes 4 Technique 4.1 Strokes 4.2 Position of the shuttlecock and receiving player 4.3 Vertical position of the shuttlecock 4.4 Spin 4.5 Biomechanics 4.6 Other factors 4.7 Deception 5 Strategy 5.1 Singles 5.2 Doubles 5.3 Mixed doubles 6 Organization 6.1 Governing bodies 6.2 Competitions 6.2.1 Leagues.