1. MILLS COLLEGE AT NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY - INTRAMURAL
SPORTS
Badminton – Online Managers Meeting
2. The Five Most Important IM Policies
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Game time is forfeit time – please ensure you have enough rostered
players present prior to the start of your scheduled contest.
Only a team’s captain may confer with the officials.
All players must present their valid Northeastern University issued
Husky Card in order to play.
All roster management is done via the IMLeagues platform.
After the season’s schedule is published, regular season games will
not be rescheduled at a team’s request.
4. General Rules
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Each match consists of three games to 15 points
The first team to win two games wins the match
The match will begin with a racquet spin
The winner may choose to serve first or choose a side
Teams switch sides after the first and second game
Teams also switch when the leading score reaches 8 points in the
third game
5. The Regular Season & Playoffs
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Regular season games will not be rescheduled
Losing By Default:
If a team can not play and contacts the intramural department to indicate this and emails
the Intramural CSR Staff: i.veale@northeastern.edu or n.virtue@northeastern.edu they
will indicate the loss by a default.
Playoffs:
Playoff tournament round robin style will happen at the end of the season.
6. Service
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The server and receiver stand in diagonally opposite service courts
without touching the boundary lines of their service courts
There are no overhand serves in badminton
The server’s racquet hits the base of the shuttle while the entire
shuttle is below the server’s waist
A service court error has been made when
A player has served out of turn
A player has served from the wrong court
A player receives service in the wrong service court
If a service error is discovered before the next service is delivered, it is a
“let” unless only one side was at fault and lost the rally
In that case, the error shall not be corrected
7. Faults
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Faults Occur:
If a service is incorrect
After passing over the net, the shuttle is caught in or on the net
If a player contacts the shuttle on the opponent’s side of the net
If while in play the shuttle lands outside the court boundaries,
touches the walls or ceiling, or passes through or under the net
If a player touches the net or steps under the net into the opponent’s
court
If a player deliberately distracts an opponent by shouting or making
unnecessary gestures
If the shuttle is hit twice in succession by the same player or by a
player and the player’s partner successively
8. Lets
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“Lets” are called to halt play in the following instances:
Any unforeseen or accidental occurrence
If a shuttle, after passing over the net, becomes caught in the net
(note: it will not be a let when this occurs during a service)
If the server serves before the returner is ready
When a let occurs the play since the last service shall not count and the
player that served will serve again.
9. Unsportsmanlike Conduct
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All jewelry must be removed prior to the beginning of the match
Players found with jewelry during the match will cost their team a
point and a side out
Only Captains may clarify calls with the officials. Players that argue calls
will be issued an unsportsmanlike conduct
10. Quiz
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Now Take the Quiz!
Thank you for your interest in the Intramural Sports
program – have a great season!
Email your CSR staff with any questions or defaults:
Ivory Veale: i.veale@northeastern.edu
Or
Neil Virtue: n.virtue@northeastern.edu