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2. Overview and History
• British military officers,
1860 British India
• Badminton is a racket
sport that is played on a
court divided by a net
five feet high.
• The game is played with
a shuttlecock (“bird”).
Can be played as
singles or doubles.
The object of the game
is to hit the shuttlecock
over the net so that
eventually the opponent
is unable to return the
shot.
3. In England it was called “badmintin”.
Japan – Hanetsuki
India – Poon- town of Poona
1893 - Badminton Association of England
1899-
All England Open Badminton Championships,
1972 – 1988 Olympic exhibition game
1992 Barcelona Olympics badminton become a
Olympic sports
4. Safety
1. Make sure to always have a firm
grip on the racket.
2. Be careful not to hit your partner
with the racket.
3. Stay on your own court.
4. Stop playing if others enter your
court.
5. If your bird goes into another
court, wait until their play stops.
6. Be careful and aware of your
surroundings (poles,walls, etc.)
5. Equipment
• Rackets are fragile.
– Avoid hitting the floor, walls, posts, nets, and
other people.
• Handle the shuttlecocks carefully and only by
their rubber tips.
– If birds get stuck in the net remove them
carefully so that they don’t tear.
• If your assigned racket is damaged report it to
your teacher at the beginning of class.
– If you don’t, you are held responsible for the
damage and will be fined.
• Make sure to return your racket to its numbered
spot and bring all the birdies back to the
teacher.
6. Techniques
• Serve – long or short
• Forehand
– For right handed players: A
stroke hit when the shuttle is on
the right side of the body.
– For left handed players: A stroke
hit when the shuttle is on the left
side of the body.
• Round the head – An overhead
stroke played on the left or backhand
side of the body.
• Smash – A hard hit overhand stroke
with a fast downward path.
– It is a main attacking stroke.
• Drive – A powerfully hit forehand or
backhand stroke which just clears the
top of the net..
• Clear – A stroke which sends the
shuttle high over the opponents
head and drops near the backcourt
boundary line.
– It may be hit with and overhand
or underhand stroke.
– Can be used as offensive or
defensive play.
• Drop Shot – The shuttle is stroked
over the net so it drops very close to
the net.
7. Scoring
• Points are scored only by
the serving side.
• A point is rewarded to the
serving side whenever the
other side commits a fault.
8. Scoring continued
Singles
• There are 11 points in a
singles game.
• When the score is 9 all,
the first person to reach 9
can “set” the score to 3
• If the score is tied at 10,
the first person to reach
10 can “set” the score to
2.
Doubles
• There are 15 points in a doubles
game.
• When the score is 13 all, the side
that reached 13 first has the
option of “setting” the game to 5.
• If the score becomes 14 all, the
side that reached 14 first has the
option of “setting” the game to 3.
• After the game has been “set”,
the score is called “love all” and
the side that first scores 5 or 3
points wins the game.
9. General Rules
• Winners of the first game
must serve first in the
next game.
• Teams change sides after
each game.
• Any shuttle landing on
the lines are good.
• During a rally, if the
shuttle touches the net
and goes over it is good.
10. Strategy
• Put your opponent on the
defensive.
• Hit the bird so that your
opponents only possible return
is an upward direction.
• Use the smash if possible.
• Play to your opponents
weakness.
• Use a variety of shots and keep
your opponent moving.
• Recover your own court position
quickly.
11. Systems of Play (Doubles)
• Side by side – defensive positioning
– Each player is responsible for one side of
the court
– Good positioning to defend against a
smash
• Up and back – offensive positioning
– One player in front half the other in back
half
– This allows the team to put pressure on
the other team.
• Combination – Combination of both systems
– When a team hits the shuttle in the air,
they assume side by side position to
defend against the smash
– At other times they are in up and back
positions
12. Terminology
• Alley – An extension of the width of the court by 1’6” on both sides
– Used in doubles.
• Back alley – Between the doubles back service line and the singles
back service line.
• Baseline – Another name for the back boundary line.
• Bird – Officially known as shuttlecock. Referred to as shuttle.
• Carry – Holding the shuttle on the racket during a stroke. Also
called a “sling” or a “throw”.
– This is illegal.
• Center or basic position – Position in which a player stands in
relation to the court, net, opponent and shuttle.
13. • Clear – High, deep shot to the back boundary line.
• Double hit – hitting the shuttle twice in the same stroke
– This is illegal.
• Doubles – Game of four players, two on each team.
• Drive – A hart hit horizontal flight over the net.
• Drop shot – A stroke hit with very little speed that falls very
close to the net on the opponents side.
• Fault – any violation of the rules.
• Game – A game consists of 15 points in doubles and 11
points in singles.
14. • Home position – Ideal court spot for awaiting the
opponent’s return.
• “In” side – Side having the right to serve.
• Inning – Term of service.
• Kill – Fast downward shot which usually cannot be returned.
• Let – Play that is allowed to be re-played.
• Lob – Also called a clear, high clear, or a driven clear that
goes over the opponent’s head.
• Love – No score, the score at the beginning of the game and
after “setting” the score.
• Match – Best two out of three games.
• Mixed doubles – Games played with partners of the
opposite sex.
• “Out” side – Side receiving the serve.
15. • Hand down – The loss of serve in doubles.
• Serve or service – act of putting the shuttle into
play.
• Set up – poor shot which makes a “kill” easy.
• Singles – game involving two players, on each side
of the court.
• Smash – hard hit overhead shot which forces the
shuttle sharply downward. The main attacking
stroke.