Badminton is played with racquets, a shuttlecock and with a mesh net separating the two players or pairs. Both sides hit the shuttlecock over the net using their racquets until someone wins the point.
The point is over when the shuttlecock either hits the floor, one of the players or fails to pass over the net. If you manage to land the shuttlecock in the opponents half of the court then you win the point. If it lands outside the boundaries of their court then you lose the point and vice versa. The shuttlecock is not allowed to bounce, unlike Tennis and Squash. Singles is always played with one player on each side of the court, a one-vs-one match. Doubles is played with two people on each side, two pairs of players.
Doubles can be played as all ladies or all men or a combination of a man and a woman paired together against another man and woman. Scoring in Badminton is made quite simple now thanks to the changes introduced by the BWF in If you win the point then you get to serve or carry on serving. If you lose the point then the opponent gets to serve or carries on serving.
A game of Badminton is the first to 21 points with a clear two-point lead. This can carry on all the way up to and at that point, the player who wins the next point and reaches 30 is the winner. In a full match, you play the best of three games to After each game, you change sides of the court and if you reach the third game then you swap sides one last time when the first person reaches 11 points.
This is the basics of scoring, to learn more read our article on Badminton rules scoring. See the two videos below that demonstrate the forehand and backhand serve. If the opponent misses or leaves the shuttle and it lands out then you lose the point and the opponent gets to serve. To figure out who is serving is quite simple, if you won the point then you get to serve. For doubles, this also tells you who will be serving.
For example, the opponent was serving but you won the point so now you get to serve, but does your partner serve or you? This covers the basics of serving so you can get started, read our full article on Badminton serving rules for all the details. Doubles is played with four people, as we mentioned earlier this four-player setup can be either four men mens doubles , four ladies womens doubles or two pairs of a man and a woman mixed doubles.
When you start a game each player picks a side of the court to start from. After that, you just need to keep track of which side you are on. When you or your partner is serving and you score a point then you switch sides and the person who was serving continues. We mentioned earlier how to work this out. You only get one serve even in doubles so the team that won the last point will be serving. To determine which of the players will serve we need to look at the score.
If the score is an even number the player who was on the right side of the court will be serving. If the serving teams score is even then the receiver on the right side of their court will receive the serve. If the serving teams score is odd then the receiver is the player on the left side. When serving doubles use the tram lines the wide service lines, illustrated below but not the backbox. An easy way to remember this is to remember the service box is wide and short.
In doubles after the service has been returned then everything inside the court is considered in. The only lines you need to worry about are the very outside lines. This covers the basics of Badminton rules for doubles. See our complete guide on Badminton rules for doubles to get a complete breakdown on all the rules in detail. Compared to doubles, singles is a lot more straight forward.
In singles, the wide boxes also known as the tramlines are always out and the boxes at the back of the court are always in. Interested in learning how the more obscure rules come into to play for singles? Then check out our in-depth article on Badminton rules for singles.
A fault ends the rally in Badminton and awards the point against the person or pair that committed the fault. There are various faults to watch out for while playing Badminton but here are the five most common.
See the video below for an example. In the example above the player of the left has hit the shuttlecock before it crossed the net. What people often think is that your racquet is not allowed to cross over the net but it can, as long as the shuttlecock is on your side of the net. You can stand anywhere within the Yellow area to receive the serve. Most players will choose to stand at the Red dot to receive the serve. Any part of your feet should not be on top of those lines. Badminton Scoring System — 21 Points.
Badminton Scoring is based on the 21 points system or known as the new rules to most people. Learn how to count your points and serve from the correct position during a badminton game. Your badminton game will become more interesting and fun if you know how the badminton scoring system works. It is important to know what are you not suppose to do during a badminton game in order to avoid losing unnecessary points. I highly recommend the you know these basic Badminton Fouls.
Badminton rules may sound complicated at the start. Otherwise, let me know in the comments below. The rules for singles and doubles are the same! However the rules might get a little messy with doubles since there are 2 players on the court. This page on Badminton Rules for Doubles summarizes all the rules you need to know in order to play a casual game of doubles. Basic Badminton Rules.
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