terminologies

Question 1

occurs, the rally stops and is replayed, without changing the score or serving positions.

Answer 1

1. Let

Question 2

played between two opponents who hit the shuttle with their rackets over and across the net until it falls on the ground

Answer 2

2. Singles

Question 3

two pairs of players form teams and compete against each other, resulting in a game of four players

Answer 3

3. Doubles

Question 4

when both players score are equal on the game/match point (score is 20-20) after this player need two consecutive points to win the match/game.

Answer 4

4. Deuce

Question 4

this grip is used to hit shots that are on the backhand side of your body

Answer 4

6. Backhand

Question 5

Your racket face should be perpendicular to the floor. Place your playing hand on the handle as if you are shaking hands with it.

Answer 5

5. Forehand

Question 6

• Line perpendicular to the net that separates the left and right service courts.

Answer 6

9. Center Line

Question 6

the back third of the court, in the area of the back boundary lines.

Answer 6

7. Backcourt

Question 7

another name for the shuttlecock

Answer 7

8. Bird or birdie

Question 8

Area of play, as defined by the outer boundary lines.

Answer 8

10. Court

Question 9

A fast and low shot that makes a horizontal flight over the net.

Answer 9

11. Drive

Question 10

A shot hit softly and with finesse to fall rapidly and close to the net on the opponent’s side.

Answer 10

12. Drop

Question 11

A violation of the playing rules, either in serving, receiving, or during play

Answer 11

13. Fault

Question 12

Front third of the court, between the net and the short service line.

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15. Forecourt

Question 12

A quick wrist and forearm rotation that surprises an opponent by changing an apparently soft shot into a faster passing one; used primarily on the serve and at the net.

Answer 12

14. Flick

Question 13

• Shot made from below and very close to the net with the shuttle rising, just clearing the net, and then dropping sharply down the other side. The shuttle’s flight approximates the shape of a hairpin.

Answer 13

16. Hairpin Net Shot

Question 14

A shot hit low and to midcourt, used effectively in doubles against the up-and-back formation.

Answer 14

17. Halfcourt Shot

Question 15

Fast, downward shot that cannot be returned; a “putaway.”

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18. Kill

Question 16

In singles, the back boundary line. In doubles a line 2 l/2 feet inside the back boundary line. The serve may not go past this line.

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19. Long Service Line

Question 16

Shot hit from the forecourt that just clears the net and drops sharply.

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22. Net Shot

Question 17

A series of games (at U.S. Olympic Festival-’93 it is three out of five), to determine a winner.

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20. Match

Question 18

The middle third of the court, halfway between the net and the back boundary line.

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21. Midcourt

Question 19

Instrument used by player to hit shuttlecock.

Answer 19

23. Racket

Question 20

this occurs when the players hit the bird back and forth several times before one side scores a point

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24. Rally

Question 21

players put the shuttlecock into play for points by “serving” it to opponents, hitting it over the net into a special part of the court near their opponent

Answer 21

25. Serve or Service

Question 22

Area into which the serve must be delivered. Different for singles and doubles play.

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26. Service Court

Question 23

The line 1.98 meters from the net which a serve must reach to be legal.

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27. Short Service Line

Question 24

when a shuttle is floated high into the air, a player has time to unleash a powerful overhand shot straight to the floor of the opposing court

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29. Smash

Question 25

the name for the object that players hit, made of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers in an open conical shape.

Answer 25

28. Shuttlecock

Question 26

BWF stands for

Answer 26

Badminton World Federation

Question 26

a shot that results when the base of the shuttle is hit by the frame of the racket. Once illegal, this shot was ruled acceptable by the International Badminton Federation in 1963.

Answer 26

30. Wood Shot