Badminton Basic Skills and Footwork  Service

o The act of putting the player/s in play.

Learning outcomes
Inevitably, a service takes place after the umpire
 Understand the sport with emphasis on the rules and mentioned the score.
regulations
2 types of hand stroke
 Participate actively in doing the basic skills online
platform  Forehand
 Find support in playing the sport  Backhand
Basic Skills Basic Footwork
 Clear or Lob  Ready stance
o Hitting the shuttle upwards to the back of the o Stride-standing position (feet apart) with knees a
opponent’s court. The shuttle goes very high, so bit bended. One foot is a little bit ahead over the
that a player gains time for recovery toa good another. Do this, in the center of middle of a
based position half of the court
 Smash  Side-to-side (Defense)
o A powerful hit so that the shuttlecock travels in o Starting in the ready position, step right foot
steeply downwards at a great speed into the sideward, finishing in lunge position (use
opponent’s court forehand stroke if right dominant).
 Drop  V-front
o Hitting the shuttlecock lightly so as to move o Starting in ready position, step right foot and the
downwards into the opponent’s forecourt. hop (jump) obliquely forward finishing in lunge
 Netting/Net shot position (use forehand stroke if right dominant).
o Hitting the shuttlecock into the opponent’s  V-back
forecourt, as close to the net as possible o Starting in the ready position, step right foot,
 Drive and the hop (jump) both feet obliquely
o Hitting the shuttlecock on a straight line just backward right. Using a racket, hot a shadow
above the net into the opponent’s court shuttle moving the left foot in rear and right foot
in front (use forehand stroke if right dominant).
  Front and Back/Forward Backward (Vice-Versa) Fault in Badminton
o Starting in ready position gallop (liking
 If the racket is higher than the server’s hand
hopping) 2-3 times backward towards the back
 If the shuttlecock did not land in the correct coiurt after
boundary line, facing the right side of the court
the service
foot. Using a racket, hot a shadow shuttle
 If the shuttlecock passed on or below the net
moving the left foot in read and right foot in
front (use forehand stroke if right dominant).  If the shuttlecock hits the ceiling
 If the shuttle cock hits the clothing or body of the
Basic Tips player
Smash -Badminton for everyone (instructional CD by Paolo  If the player hits the net
Bediones, 2004) Laws of Badminton
 Know your opponent Definitions
o Height plays a vital role in playing the sport. If
the player is tall, he/she will have a hard time in  Player
drop shot and body shot. If shorter, the player o Any person playing badminton
has a disadvantage in rally because the two-step  Match
of taller players are only equal to three-four o The basic contest in badminton between
steps of shorter ones opposing sides of 1 or 2 players
 Serve well  Singles
o A good serve can get you a point o A match where there are one player on each
 Avoid lobbing opposing sides
o A player prefers to be in attack position rather  Doubles
than I a defense mode o A match where there are two players on each
 Focus on the game opposing sides
o Avoid destruction to the sides, court, spectators,  Serving side
etc. concentrate on beating the opponent o The side having the right to serve
 Receiving side
o The side opposing the serving side
  Rally  The feathers shall have a uniform length between 62
o A sequence of one or more stroke staring with mm to 70 mm when measured from the tip to the top of
the service until the shuttle ceases to be in play the base
 Stroke  The tips of the feathers shall lie in a circle with a
o A movement of the player’s racket with an diameter from 58mm to 68 mm
intention to hit the shuttle  The feather shall be fastened firmly with a thread or
other uitable material
Court and Court Equipment
 The base shall be 25 mm to 28 mm in diameter and
 The top of the net shall be edged with a 75 mm white rounded in the bottom
tape double over a cord or cable running through the  The shuttle shall weigh from 4.74 grams to 5.50 grams
tape. This tape shall rest upon the cord or cable
Non-feathered shuttle
 The cord or cable shall be stretched firmly, slush with
the top of the posts  The skirt, or simulation of feathers in synthetic
 The top of the net from the surface of the court shall be materials, shall replace natural feathers
1.524 meters at the venter of the court and 1.55 meters  The base shall be as describe in law
over the side lines for doubles  Measurements and weight shall be as in laws, however,
 There shall be no gaps between the ends of the net and because of the difference in the specific gravity and
the posts. If necessary, the full depth of the net at the other properties of synthetic material in comparison
ends shall be tied to the posts with feathers, a variation of up to 10 percent shall be
acceptable.
Shuttle
 Subject to there being no variation in the general
 The shuttle shall be made of natural and/or synthetic design, speed and flight of he shuttle, modifications
material. From whatever material the shuttle is made, may be made with the approval of the member
the flight characteristics generally shall be similar to association concerned, in places where atmospheric
those produced by a natural feathered shuttled with a conditions due to either altitude or climate make the
cork base covers by a thin layer of leather. standard shuttle unsuitable.

Feathered shuttle Testing a shuttle for speed

 The shuttle have 26 feathers fixed in the base  To test a shuttle, a player shall use a full underhand
stroke which makes contract with the shuttle over the
 back-boundary line. The shuttle shall be hit at an Toss
upward angle and in a direction parallel to the sidelines
 Before play commences, a toss shall be conducted and
 A shuttle of correct speed will land not less than 530
the side winning the toss shall exercise the choice in
mm and not more than 990 mm short of the other back
either to serve or receive first. To start play at one end
boundary line
of the court or the other.
Racket  The side losing the toss shall exercise the remaining
choice
 The racket shall be a frame not exceeding 680 mm in
overall length and 230 mm in overall width consisting Scoring system
of the main parts describe in laws
 A match shall consist of the best of three games. A
 The handle is the part of the racket intended to be
game shall be won by the side which first score 32
gripped by a player
point except as provided in law/
 The stringed are is the part the racket with which it is
 The side winning a rally shall add point to its score. A
intended that player hits the shuttle
side shall win a rally of the opposing side commits a
 The head bounds the stringed area
fault of the shuttle ceases to be in play because it
 The shaft connects the handle to the head (subject to
touches the surface of the court in side the opponent’s
law)
court.
 The throat (if present) connects the shaft to the head
 If the score becomes 20-all, the side which gains a two-
Equipment compliance point lead first shall win the game
 If the score becomes 29-all, the side scoring 30th point
 The Badminton World Federation shall rule on any shall win the game
questions of whether any racket, shuttle or equipment  The side winning a game shall serve first in the next
or any prototype used in the playing of badminton game.
complies with the specification. Such ruling may be
undertaken on the Federation’s initiative ir in Change of ends
application by any party with a bona fide interest,
 Players shall change ends at the ends of the first game
including any player, technical official, equipment
at the end of the second game, if there is to be a third
manufacturer or member association.
game, when a side first scores 11 points
  If the ends are not changed as indicated in law, it shall  Serving and receiving courts, a player of the serving
be dine as soon as the mistake is discovered and when side shall serve form the right service court when the
shuttle is not in play. The existing score shall stand, serving side has not scored or has scored an even
number of points in that game
Service
 A player of the serving side shall serve from left service
 In a correct service, neither side shall cause undue delay court when the serving side has scored an odd number
to the delivery of the service once the server and the of points in that game
receiver are ready for the service. On completion of the  The player of the receiving side who has served last
backward movement of the server and the receiver are shall stay in the same service court from where he
ready for the service. served last, the reverse pattern shall apply to the
 The server and the receiver shall stand within receiver’s partner
diagonally opposite service courts without touching the  The player shall not change their respective service
boundary lines of these serving courts courts until then win a point when side is serving.
 The whole shuttle shall be below the server’s waist at
Faults
the instant of being hit by the server’s racket, the waist
shall be considered to be imaginary line around the  It shall be fault, is a service is not correct
body, level wit the lowest part od the server’s bottom  If, in service, the shutlle is caught in the n et and
rib. remains suspended on its top
Singles  After passing over the net, it caught in the net or is hot
by the receiver’s partner
 Serving and receiving courts, the player shall serve
Let
from, and receive in their respective right service courts
when the server has not scored or has scored an even  Let shall be called by the umpire, or by a player (if
number of points in that game there is no umpire)
 The player shall serve from, and receive in their  If shall be a let, the server serves before the receiver is
respecting left service courts when the server has scored ready
an odd number f points in that game  During the service, the receiver and the server are both
Doubles faulted
 After the service is returned, the shuttle is caught in the
net and remains suspended on its too or after passing
over the net is caught in the net