Badminton

Different Badminton Strokes:

1. Serve – underhand stoke to start game play

2. Overhand Clear – overhand stroke driving the birdie high

and deep into the opponent’s court

3. Underhand Clear – underhand stroke driving the birdie high

and deep into the opponent’s court

4. Drop – a short shot in which just clears the net, and falls

close to the net in the opponent’s court.

5. Smash – an overhead stroke in which the birdie travels at a downward angle (spike).

Serving:

1. To start a game, one team spins a racquet, the other team calls

circles up or down. The team that wins chooses:

a. Serve first or

b. Defer and make the other team serve first.

2. In doubles, both people on a team have a chance to serve each

time except for the first service of a game. The first time, only

one of the two team members gets a chance to serve.

3. Serving Boxes:

a. Doubles: always start service from the right side first,

regardless of the score.

b. Singles:

I. Even score = Right Side (including 0)

ii. Odd score = Left Side

4. Must serve to the box that is diagonal to the one you serve from.

Game Play:

1. Only the serving team scores points.

2. On the line in IN.

3. Faults:

a. Serve is made above waist level.

b. Serve goes to wrong service box.

c. Serve is made when standing in wrong service box.

d. Birdie hits the net on the serve.

e. Wrong player returns birdie on the serve.

f. Birdie lands out of bounds.

g. Birdie fails to go over the net.

h. Birdie hits the ceiling.

i. More than one hit is made on the same side.

j. Birdie is returned before it crosses the net.

k. A player or racquet touches the net.

4. If the serving team/player commits the service is over. If the non- serving team/player commits a fault, then the serving team scores a point.

Official doubles games are played to 15 points.