DOUBLES AND SINGLES
Badminton can be played by two or four players.
In a singles, two single players (two men or two women) play against each other.
A doubles consists of two opposing pairs of players.
There are ladies' doubles, men;s doubles and mixed doubles (two pairs consisting of one man and a woman).
The game therefore has five disciplines:
a) ladies' singles
b) ladies' doubles
c) men's singles
d) men's doubles
e) mixed doubles
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THE COURT
The court is rectangular and divided into halves by a net. courts are usually marked for both singles and doubles play, although the laws permit a court to be marked for singles only. The doubles court is wider than the singles court, but both require the same length. For the information, doubles court has a shorter serve-length dimension. The full width of the court is 6.1 metres (20 ft), and in singles this width is reduced to 5.18 metres (17 ft), The full length of the court is 13.4 metres (44 ft). The service courts are marked by a centre line dividing the width of the court, by a short service line at a distance of 1.98 metres (6 ft 6 inch) from the net and by the outer side and back boundaries. In doubles, the service court is also marked by a ling service line, which is 0.78 meters (2 ft 6 inch) from the back boundary. the net is 1.55 meters (5 ft 1 inch) high at the edges and 1.524 metre 95 ft) high in centre.
THE TOSS
At the beginning of each match, a toss is made to determine which side serves first. The winner of the toss can choose weather to make the fist service of the match or whether to return first, thus leaving the first service to the opponent. The side that lost the toss can then choose on which end of the court he/she/they want to start.this could be opposite also.
THE SETS
A badminton match commonly consists of up to three sets. The side that first to achieve 21 points wins a first set (exception if there is no two-point difference with the opponent). The side that first wins two sets wins the match. A third set is play if, during the set two the opponent of the first set winner won the set. After each set, the sides changes ends. A short break of up to 90 seconds can be made between sets and in the middle of each set, when the first player reaches 11 points.
SCORING
A rally is won by one side if it plays the shuttle in such a way that it cannot be returned by the opponents and hits the ground inside the opponent's court (including on the lines), if the opponents's return does not cross the net or if the opponents return hits the ground outside the court boundaries. furthermore, a side wins the rally if:
- One of the opposing player(s) touches the shuttle with the body before it hits the ground (whether inside or outside the court)
- One of the opposing player(s) touches the net with the racket or the body while the shuttle is in the air
- One of the opposing player(s) hits the shuttle before it has crossed the net (i.e. reaching over to the opponent's side of the court)
- Both players of one side in a doubles touch to the shuttle
- One player touches the shuttle more than once
- A faulty service is played
SCORING SYSTEM & SERVICE
Each game is played to 21 points, with players scoring a point whenever they win a rally (this differs from the old system, where players could only win a point on their serve). A match is the best for 3 games.
# The winner of each rally scores a point, regardless og who is serving. This means that every mistakes even a faulty service wins the opponent a point.
# The player winning a rally scores a point and simultaneously wins (or keeps) the right to serve.
# A player must lead his/her rival by a minimum of two points in order to win a set.
# The winning score for a set is the same in all five disciplines.
# Even in doubles, each side only has one service. As in the singles disciplines, the service is played from the left or the right service court, depending on whether the score of the serving side is odd or even. The service is always played from the left service court if the serving side's score is odd or from the right court if it is even. In doubles, players of the serving side change service courts with every point they score, but if as a side scores a point without having served, they do not change service courts.
Service
Every service, in singles and doubles, must be played across the front service line, nearly 2 metres away from net and always into the diagonally opposite service court. Each side has one service (in singles and in doubles). If the serving side's score is even the service must be played from the right service court,if it is odd, from the left service court. the first service at 0-0 is always played from the right service court.
Example: A and B play against C and D. A and C start the set on their respective right service courts, B and D on the left service courts. At 0-0, A plays the first service from the right service court. C is the returning player. If A and B win the rally, they score a point and lead 1-0. A then moves to the left service court (and B, by implication, to the right one). C and D remain where they are. At 1-0, A serves again, this time from the left. C and D win the rally and score a point. However, as they did not serve in this rally, they do not change service courts. At a score of 1-1, their score is odd and therefore D, being the player on the left service court, wins the right to serve. D then serves to A and C and D win another point. They therefore change service courts and D continues to serve, this time from the right hand side, at a score of 2-1. If A and B win the next rally, they equalise and win back the right to serve without changing service courts. A is now on the left service court and the side's score is even (2-2), therefore B wins the right to serve (from the right service court).
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