Officials in Badminton

OFFICIALS
• Referee
• Umpire, Two types, Chair Umpire and
Service Umpire
• Line Judge
• Mopper
Referee in Badminton
• A referee in badminton acts like a manager who’s job is
to conduct matches in a tournament in a proper
manner and resolve any dispute if a situation arises.
• Other duties of tournament referee are to make a
doctor available if a player gets injured or if the tapping
of the court came off, ensuring that matches and
practice schedules in a tournament are properly set up
and many more.
How to Become an International
Referee
Level 1:- Local referee
• This is the starting point of becoming a referee, there is no particular
training which you will be needing to qualify as a local referee.
• It is a good opportunity to learn how things are managed in a
tournament
Level 2:- Regional referee
• Now we are starting to get serious as to become a regional
referee(state) you need to follow some training module which will be
provided by an association of the same region so contact them for
any query.
How to Become an International
Referee
Level 3:- National referee
• This is the highest domestic level which can be
achieved, after clearing level 2 regional office may
recommend you to the national association.
Level 4:- International referee
• And finally, now you are in the big league, the national
association will recommend you to BWF according to
your performance.
Chair Umpire in Badminton
• We discussed how a referee is in-charge of a
tournament but during a match, it is the chair
umpire who acts as the main official meaning
that all decision was taken by umpire whether
right or wrong is final.
• The job of a chair umpire is to make sure that the
match is conducted according to the rules
prescribed by BWF.
Some of the duties of a chair umpire are:
• Doing toss of the coin to decide who will serve and who will
play on which court
• Introducing players to the crowd by taking their name on the
mic(if provided)
• Keeping a record of the score during the entire match and
telling the same on the mic(if provided) before each serve.
• Ensuring that the match is conducted in a peaceful manner
• Checking for net faults (if a player touches the net during a
rally) or any other fault except regarding service because it is
the duty of service judge
• Calling mopper(with hand signals) if a player asks for the same
( only if necessary)
Powers of Chair Umpire
A player should always keep in mind

that chair umpire is the top official during
a match and doing anything against the
rules even after warning from umpire can
cause disqualification.
Some of the Powers of Chair Umpire
• He has the power to overrule line judge decision
meaning that if he is certain that the decision made by
line judge is wrong than it is in his power to change line
call from OUT to IN and vice versa.
• He got the authority to give cards to the player on
misconduct, there are three types of card in badminton,
yellow(warning), red(gives one point to the opponent),
black(disqualify).
Where is Chair Umpire Sits
One more thing to remember as

a player is that every match you
play you should do a handshake
before and after the match is
finished with both umpires and
your opponent as a gesture to
thank them.
Service Judge/Umpire in Badminton
• In badminton, the role of a service Umpire is to incept
whether the server is doing the service by the rules
determined by BWF.
• It is important to know that it is he who can give
service fault to the player and not the chair umpire,
Service judge uses hand signals if a fault is committed
by the player to tell chair umpire that a fault has been
committed by the server.
Hand Signals Used by Service Judge
There are five types of faults which a service judge looks for
• Foot Fault:- When a player moves during the service or his foot is
touching the midcourt line
• Shuttle above legal height:- If the server hits the shuttle above a
height of 1.15m
• Racket head not pointing down:- If racket head of the server is
above or parallel to his racket handle joint(with shaft)
• Touching feather first:- Your racket face should hit the bottom of
the shuttle first.
• Double action:- the serving player make double action with racket
before hitting the shuttle.
Duties of Service Judge
• To make sure that players are following
service rules set by BWF
• Give shuttle to players for warm-up
• If chair umpire allows, changing the shuttle
to a new one during a match
Line Judge in Badminton
• There are so many lines in a badminton court and
chair umpire cannot make the decision on all of
the shots that is why there are linemen sitting
along the court to see whether a shuttle is IN or
OUT.
• Depending on the level of a tournament, there
may be as many as 10 line judges assigned to a
court for a particular match.
Duty of Lineman
• The only role of a lineman is to tell the chair umpire
whether the shuttle was IN or OUT that is it.
• But one to note that a lineman only makes call for
his/her line meaning that if a lineman making calls for
backcourt vertical line and if shuttle land OUT of
horizontal line but IN on his line than he will make hand
signal of IN whereas the lineman who is sitting on that
horizontal line will call shuttle out.
Hand Signals Used by Lineman
There are three types of hand signals made by lineman
• When the shuttle is IN:- Lineman will make pledge
gesture with his hand
• When the shuttle is OUT:- He will extend both of his
arm making a straight line from his one hand to another
hand.
• When he does not know:- when the lineman is not
certain if the shuttle was IN or OUT due to reason like
player covered the line etc. He covers his eyes with
both hands.
Where Do Linemen Sit
These stars are showing where do
linemen sit, but it is not necessary
that every line should be monitored
by him it depends on how important
a match is.
 3 on backcourt on each side
 2 on the service line
 2 on backcourt looking at their
vertical line
• One more badminton official which I thought it is
necessary to include
• I am talking about mopper who sits beside the court
waiting for the umpire gesture to mop the sweat off the
court, it is only because of them that a player can move
on the court without worrying about slipping during a
rally.

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