Badminton is played on a rectangular court with a net stretched across the middle. The standard singles court is 17 feet wide and the doubles court is 20 feet wide. A game is played with rackets and a shuttlecock over a high tension net. The racket is light and made of materials like wood, aluminum or graphite. The shuttlecock weighs around 4.74-5.50 grams and is made of feathers fixed inside a cork head. The court has boundaries like the baseline and service lines that determine legal shots and serves. Posts support a 5 foot high net stretched tightly across the full width of the court.
Badminton is played on a rectangular court with a net stretched across the middle. The standard singles court is 17 feet wide and the doubles court is 20 feet wide. A game is played with rackets and a shuttlecock over a high tension net. The racket is light and made of materials like wood, aluminum or graphite. The shuttlecock weighs around 4.74-5.50 grams and is made of feathers fixed inside a cork head. The court has boundaries like the baseline and service lines that determine legal shots and serves. Posts support a 5 foot high net stretched tightly across the full width of the court.
Badminton is played on a rectangular court with a net stretched across the middle. The standard singles court is 17 feet wide and the doubles court is 20 feet wide. A game is played with rackets and a shuttlecock over a high tension net. The racket is light and made of materials like wood, aluminum or graphite. The shuttlecock weighs around 4.74-5.50 grams and is made of feathers fixed inside a cork head. The court has boundaries like the baseline and service lines that determine legal shots and serves. Posts support a 5 foot high net stretched tightly across the full width of the court.
Badminton is played on a rectangular court with a net stretched across the middle. The standard singles court is 17 feet wide and the doubles court is 20 feet wide. A game is played with rackets and a shuttlecock over a high tension net. The racket is light and made of materials like wood, aluminum or graphite. The shuttlecock weighs around 4.74-5.50 grams and is made of feathers fixed inside a cork head. The court has boundaries like the baseline and service lines that determine legal shots and serves. Posts support a 5 foot high net stretched tightly across the full width of the court.
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Badminton
Facilities, Equipment & Playing Area
Facilities and Equipment
1. Racket – Badminton racket is quite light and
can be made of wood, aluminum, metal or synthetic materials such as graphite or carbon. A synthetic racket is quite popular now because of its extreme lightness and strength.
A badminton racket weighs roughly 98-100
grams (3 ½ oz.), and is 68 cm. in length. Stringed Area – is intended to hit the shuttle. It is of uniform pattern and does not exceed 280 mm (11 in.) in length and 220 mm (8 5/8 in.) in width.
Head – bounds the stringed area.
Throat – (if present) connects the shaft to the head.
Shaft – connects the handle to the head.
Ferrule – firmly connects the shaft and the
handle.
Handle – is intended for the player’s grip.
Butt – is located at the tip of the handle.
Frame – includes head, the throat, shaft, and the handle. It is
no more than 680 mm. (2 ft 2 ¼ in.) or wider than 230 (9 in.). 2. Shuttlecock – is the official name given to the shuttle or bird. It is made up of 16 goose feathers and is firmly fixed in a leather covered cock head. It weights from 4.74 – 5.50g (75-85 grains) it may be made of feathers, plastic or nylon. Playing Area 3. Court – although courts can be set outdoors, competitive badminton is generally played indoor where the wind and other elements will not affect the shuttle. The official badminton court is 20 ft. wide, while the singles court is 17 ft. wide. Badminton Court Backcourt – also called the rear court. The backcourt is 8 ft. of the court, including the back alley.
Baseline – also called the backline; back boundary line at each end of the end of the court parallel to the net and the doubles long service line.
Long Service Line, in Singles – the back boundary line (baseline); in Doubles, the line 2 ½ ft. inside the back boundary line. Any serve landing behind this line is out.
The Mid-Court – the middle third of the court from the short service line to the back third, a distance of about 7 ½ ft.
Service Court – area into where the service must be declined. A service may be made to the right or left service court depending on the score.
Short Service Line – the line 6 ½ ft. from and parallel to the net. A service must land on or behind it to be legal. Badminton Court Serving Court-Singles – is bound by the short service line, the long service line, the center line, the singles sideline, and the back boundary line of the court. The server must stand within this court, with his feet not touching any lines. The server should serve diagonally over the net of his opponent’s singles service court in order to have a legal serve. Serving Court-Doubles – is bound by the short service line, the centerline, the doubles sideline and the long service line. The server must stand within this court, with his feet not touching any lines. The line server must serve diagonally over the net into his opponent’s doubles service court in order to have a legal serve. Posts – should stand 1.55m (5 ft. 1 in) in height from the surface of the court. They must be placed on the doubles sidelines. For singles as well as for doubles, they must also be firm to take the necessary tension when the net is strained across to its full height. There should be no gap between the post and the net through which a shuttle could pass. Net – At all times this should be strained tightly so that its height from the floor is 1.524m (5ft) long, should be kept by the umpires chair to facilitate regular testing to ensure that the net is still at its correct central height and has not sagged. THANK YOU
