7th Grade Badminton
Modified Summary of Rules and Terms
Terminology:
1. Backhand- Any stroke made on the side of the body opposite the racket side.
2. Carry- A shot in which the shuttle is carried or thrown by the racket.
3. Clear- A high shot (or lob) which falls close to the back line.
4. Cross-court- A shot in which the shuttle crosses the net at a sharp diagonal.
5. Drive- A hard driven stroke which just clears the net and does not rise high enough for an opponent to smash.
6. Drop- A shot made from backcourt which barely clears the net, dropping sharply.
7. Smash- The most powerful overhand stroke that sends the shuttle downward over the net.
8. Forehand- Any stroke made on the racket side of the body.
9. Fault- Any infraction of the rules whose penalty is the loss of the serve or the point.
10. Rally- A heated return of the shuttle several times, such as to rally for serve.
11. Receiver- The player to whom the shuttle is served.
12. Server- The player who puts the shuttle in play.
13. Short serve- A serve that does not reach the short line or the correct box.
14. Toss serve- Throwing the bird up and across the body so that it comes down in a position to serve legally.
15. Let serve- A serve that was not successful. A “let” is called and the server has one more try to perform a legal serve.
16. Throw- A shot in which the shuttle is carried or thrown by the racket.
Scoring:
1. In ladies’ singles – game is 11 points.
2. In men’s’ singles – game is 15 or 21 points.
3. In doubles – game is 15 or 21 points.
Our games are played to 11 and you need to win by 2 points.
The Game:
1. Points may be scored by the server only. A player continues to serve until losing the rally.
2. When the server fails to score, he loses the serve and no points are scored. The opposing side then has a chance to serve and score.
3. In singles, players serve from and receive in the right service court when the server’s score is 0 or an even number. When the server’s score is an odd number of points, players serve from and receive in the left service court.
4. If a player attempting a serve misses the shuttle completely, she may have another attempt to serve again.
5. Shuttles falling on a line are good. On the serve, server’s feet must be within the service court.
6. When any unusual occurrence interferes with the play a let (replay) can be invoked.
It is a Fault:
1. If on the serve, the head/face of the racket is above the wrist on contact with the shuttle.
2. If on the serve, the racket is above the server’s waist.
3. If on the serve, the shuttle fails to fall into the proper service court.
4. If on the serve, the server’s feet and receiver’s feet are not stationary in their proper courts.
5. If a player hits the shuttle before it crosses the net.
6. If the shuttle is not distinctly hit: rest momentarily on the string and is carried.
7. If any player hits the shuttle twice before it crosses the net or is hit by a player and his partner successively.