BADMINTON NOTES OVERVIEW

EQUIPMENT

SCORING

SERVING

RACKET GRIP (forehand and backhand)

BASIC STROKES

OVERVIEW• Badminton is a racket sport that is played on a court

divided by a net.• The game is played with a shuttlecock (birdie)• It can be played as singles (male-female) or doubles

(women-men-mixed).• The objective of the game is to hit the birdie over the net

so that the opponent is unable to return the shot.• In 1992, Barcelona Olympics, badminton become a

Olympic Sports

EQUIPMENTRACKET

SHUTTLECOCK

EQUIPMENT: COURT

TOURNAMENTS• THERE ARE TOURNAMENTS OF:

SCORING SYSTEM• A badminton game is played up to 21 points, and a point

can be scored from every rally.

• If the score reaches 20-20 then a two-point advantage is required for victory.

• If no player has managed to achieve this two-point advantage by the time the score reaches 29-29, then the first player to obtain 30 is the winner.

• Matches are generally played over the best of 3 sets.

SERVING Here are the key points to remember:• The point of impact between racket and birdie must be below the

players waist.

• At the beginning of the game (0-0) and when the servers score is even, the server serves from the right service court. When the server's score is odd, the server serves from the left service court.

• If the server wins a rally, the server scores a point and then serves again from the alternate service court.

• If the receiver wins a rally, the receiver scores a point and becomes the new server. They serve from the appropriate service court; left if their score is odd, and right if it is even.

RACKET GRIP

BASIC STROKESYou can play OVERHEAD/UPPER ARM shots or UNDERARM shots.

SERVICE (under waist shot):

• short service

• long service

• backhand service

UNDERARM STROKESLOB: hitting the shuttle high and to the back of the opponents’ court

NET DROP: hitting the shuttle softly back and close to the net

OVERHEAD STROKES

CLEAR: this is the most basic badminton shot. Hitting the shuttle high and to the back of the opponents' court

SMASH: hitting the shuttle downwards and fast, trying to win the rally immediately). It is also called “kill”.

DROP SHOT: hitting the shuttle so that it falls softly close to the net