Badminton Flashcards
What is a good outcome when a shuttle lands on the line?
A shuttle landing on the line is good
What happens if a shuttle hits the net during play?
A shuttle hitting the net is good and play continues if all other aspects are legal
What must all players do during the serve?
All players must be inside the lines of their respective service courts at the point of contact
What is a ‘let’?
A situation requiring a replay
What options does the winning team have after the toss?
- Serving first or receiving serve
- Choosing which side of the court to start on
How is the toss decided?
- Coin flip
- Volley
- Spin of racket
- Drop of the bird
What constitutes a fault during the serve?
- Shuttle is struck higher than the waist
- Head of the racket is not below server’s hand
- Shuttle falls into the wrong service court or out of bounds
- Shuttle falls before the short serve line
- Server’s feet are not in the correct service court
- Receiver does not have both feet in the correct service court
- Server steps forward when serving
- Receiver moves prior to the serve
- Server intentionally balks, fakes, or feints
- Both feet must remain in contact with the court until service is made
- Shuttle passes through, under, or gets caught on or over the net
- Server attempts to serve and misses the bird completely
What is a fault during regular play?
- Player reaches over net to play the bird
- Player hits the bird twice in one motion
- Player fails to return the bird to the opponent’s court
- Player obstructs, distracts, or hinders opponent
- Player deliberately delays the game
- Player touches the net with racket, body, or clothes
- In doubles, receiver’s partner returns the serve
- Shuttle passes through or under the net
- Shuttle touches the ceiling or walls
- Shuttle touches a person or their clothes
When is a ‘let’ called during play?
- Server serves before receiver is ready
- Shuttle breaks during play
- Shuttle gets caught on top of the net or in the net after having gone over
- Accidental hindrances
- Double fault equals a let
What are the scoring rules in a game?
- Games are played to 21 points
- Rally scoring is used
- At 20 all, the first side to gain a 2 point lead wins
- At 24 all, the side scoring the 25th point wins
- Court etiquette is to announce the score prior to serve
What is the serving and playing court size in singles play?
Both the serving court and playing court are long and narrow
How does the server determine which side to serve from in singles?
Serve from the right side when the score is even and from the left side when the score is odd
What happens if the server wins a rally in singles play?
The server scores a point and serves again from the alternate court
What is the serving court size in doubles play?
Doubles serving court is short and wide
What happens to the playing court size after the serve in doubles?
Doubles playing court changes to long and wide
How does the serving team rotate in doubles play?
The same server serves the next serve from the other side after scoring a point
What is expected of players regarding calls and fouls during play?
- Call in favor of your opponent if in doubt about the bird’s landing
- Call fouls against yourself if there is any question
- Do not question calls of your opponent
- Do not smash at your opponent if the point could be won by placing the bird elsewhere
What is a ‘Clear’ in badminton terminology?
A stroke that sends the shuttle high and deep over the opponent to the back of the court
What is a ‘Drop Shot’?
A stroke in which the shuttle falls just over the net to the floor
Define ‘Fault’ in badminton.
Denotes an infraction of the rules resulting in a point for the other team
What is a ‘Foot Fault’?
Standing on or over the service court boundary line by either receiver or server
What does ‘Let’ mean?
Permitting the serve to be taken over or to replay a point
What is a ‘Rally’?
An exchange of the shuttle between opponents by a series of strokes
What is the purpose of a ‘Serve’?
Shot that initiates play, should be low and short or high and deep
What is the ‘Short game’ in badminton?
Shots that are played low and close to the net
Define ‘Smash’.
A powerful downward stroke using wrist snap to end the point
What is ‘Singles’ in badminton?
Game with one player on a side
