Badminton: Assignment 1

Intro

Badminton is an indoor game played with racket and shuttle cocks by either one
player or two players per side. When one person each side play its known as
singles and when two play its known as doubles. One/two players tend on each
side of a court divided in half. The objective of the game is to outwit the
opponent.

Governing bodies

The governing body for the sport of badminton in England is

Badminton England. Badminton England governs, encourages
and develops the sport in the whole of England

The governing body for the sport of badminton in Europe is

Badminton Europe. Badminton Europe governs, encourages and
develops the sport in the whole of Europe

The governing body for the sport of badminton worldwide is

Badminton world federation. Badminton world federation governs,
encourages and develops the s p ort in the whole of the world

Regulations

Size of the court Singles court - The court size is badminton must be the same in any game
of badminton. A badminton court has to be 40X17 ft (20X17ft each side).
The size of the court must be the same because a bigger court or a
smaller court can be an advantage or a disadvantage for different players
so it is one fixed size.
Doubles court a doubles court is slightly bigger than a singles court as
there is two more player the court size in enhanced to 44X22 ft (22X20 ft
each side) this so players have more space to play shots easier and more
effective.

Height of net
The height of net in badminton must be the same in a game because if it
is lower it then becomes easier to hit the shuttle easier to get over and it
becomes to easy and if they net is higher it becomes harder to play shots
like an overhead smash as the net may be taller than the player.

Venue
Badminton in an indoor sport which must be played indoors because wind
can determine the direction of the shuttle cocks and any kind of weather
such a rain, sunlight and snow can have a big impact as If you get sunlight
for example in your eyes it can become hard to see the shuttle and then
becomes a disadvantage.

The shuttlecock
The shuttle must be made of either plastic or goose feathers.

Rules

Hits per player

In badminton each player is only aloud one hit each time the shuttle
crosses the net.

Service Players can only serve diagonally and to serve into the service box on the
other side of the net.

Racket rule The head of the racket cannot be above your elbow when are serving

The racket cannot touch the net when the shuttlecock is in play. A point
will be given to the opposing player

The current scoring system in badminton is the 3 21 rally point scoring system.
This means that three games are played to 21 points each, with a required two
point difference between scores (meaning scores can go above 21, to a
maximum of 30).

Badminton events have line judge, umpire and referee officials.

The referee is the most senior official in a badminton tournament and they in
overall charge of all matters which affect play and the players on and off court.
This includes overruling decisions made by service judges or line judges. But this
is not very common unless a clear error is made.
The umpire is also responsible for detecting faults committed by players at the
net area. The possible faults around the net area are:
The position of the service judge's seat (right beside the badminton court)
provides the ideal spot to look out for service faults. The service judge's eyes will
be approximately horizontal
Basically every line judge will sit horizontally with an In/out border line of the
badminton court.
Badminton line judges are responsible for making an in or out call. This is usually
done via badminton sign language.