
BADMINTON GAME RULES
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Scoring:
Badminton can be played in singles (one per side) or doubles (two players per
side).
Service:
The team winning the toss of the coin shall have the option of serving first,
receiving the serve or choosing the court side. The side that serves first has only
one service to start the game. After the game begins, each team gets two serves.
Service Rotation:
The team which serves first must serve from their right half court diagonally
opposite to their opponents right half of the court
Singles:
The players serve from the right half of the court when their score is “0” or
an even number of points. Service is delivered from the left half of the court
on odd number of points. If the team serving makes a fault, one serve is lost.
Of the team receiving the serve makes a fault, the team serving gets a point
and continues to serve. The serve must alternate from right and left half of
the courts after each serve as stated before.
Doubles:
The serve must alternate from the right half of the court to the left half of the
court after each serve, so no player receives consecutive serves. Teammates
must serve consecutively.
The Game:
Can be played to 15 or 21 points. The best two out of three games wins the
match. Team changes court sides after each game.
It is a fault if:
• The shuttle is served overhand. The shuttle must be struck at a point not higher
than the server’s waist.
• In serving, the shuttle falls into wrong service court, falls short of the service line
or beyond the long service line or outside the side boundaries.
• The server or person receiving the service does not serve from within their
right side or left half of the court, whichever the case might be.
• The server or player intentionally obstructs or distracts his opponent.