Rules and History of badminton

1. Presentation created by:
Umme Tasneem

3. Equipment's
O Badminton Racket
O Shuttlecock (nylon or feather)
O Badminton Net
O Badminton shoes/ Running shoes

4. Badminton court

5. Serving and Receiving courts
O Serve/receive from the right court when
opponents has scored an even number of point
(2,4,6…)
O Serve/receive from the left court when opponents
has scored an odd number of point (1,3,5…)
***Service court error occurs when server served to
the wrong side or standing in the wrong service
court***

7. Should and Shouldn’t
 Coin toss- Win Serve/Receive first or selecting the side
of the court
O No touching the net with racket/body
O No carrying on the shuttlecock
O No reaching over the net to hit the shuttlecock
O No touching the lines of the court during a serve
O A serve must be carried out diagonally to be valid
O Point is added to a players when won a rally
O When striking the shuttlecock and sending it to the opponents
court’s floor, player wins the rally (Fault if crosses the boundary)
O Can only be hit once before landing on the other side of the net
O Hitting the ceiling is counted as fault
SHOULD YOU? OR NOT?

8. Faults & Lets
Faults Lets
O Shuttlecock is caught in
the net or racket
O Is hit by receiver’s partner
O Lands outside the
boundary
O Doesn’t pass over the net
O Touches the ceiling, walls,
person’s clothing or any
other person outside
O Distracting an opponents
by actions such as
shouting or gesture
O Serving before the
opponent is ready
O Server-Receiver both
being faulted
O Caught on the net and
remains suspended
O Player of the opposite
side being distracted by
the coach
O Accident occurring

9. Know how!
O Racket grip
O Backhand/forehand grip
O Shuttlecock serves:
O High serve (sends it back end of the court)
O Low serve (sends it flying just above the net)

10. Are you are ready to play?
O Hit the shuttle over the net to the opponents court before
returned( fast, slow, high or low)
O Rally is started with a stroke known as “serve” and this gets the
shuttle in to the play
Grips
Winning the rally requires:
O Hitting the shuttle to opponents courts floor
Players:
O Single (player vs. Player)
O Doubles (2 players vs. 2 players)

11. Highlights!
O Game is started with “Toss”
O Even score: Right side of the court
Odd score: Left side of the court
O Sides scoring 21 points before the opponents
wins!
O Faults are basically“fouls” of the game and
Lets are “replays” of the serve with no change
to the score
O There are ways to get a good grip in to the
shuttlecock or racket to make “different” style
shots

12. Related sports 
Tennis
Table tennis
Volleyball

13.  Badminton is the second most popular game after soccer
 Best shuttlecocks are made from the feathers from the left wings
of a goose
 Foundation of the international badminton federation was in 1934
with 9 member
 Now it has over 150 member
 Badminton was introduced in USA in the 1890s and later on it
became popular in the 1930s
 Badminton is the world’s “fastest”
racket sport

14. Bibliography
 www.badminton-information.com
 www.calgarysportsclub.com
 www.how-to-play-badminton.com
 www.badmintonschoolsigapore.com

15. Thanks for your valuable time
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