Badminton Rules
Court Size
Standard size court is 20 feet wide and 44 feet long. The length and width however can be
increased or decreased proportionately depending on the area available.
Net
The net shall be stretched across the center of the court dividing it in half. The net height
should be 5 feet in the center of the net to 5 feet 1 inch at the poles.
Player
In doubles the game is played by two players per side. In singles the game is played by
one player per side.
Service
The team winning the toss of the coin shall have the option of serving first, receiving the
serve or choosing the court end. The side that serves first has only one serve to start the
game. After the game begins each team gets two serves.
Service Rotation
The team which serves first must serve from their right half court diagonally opposite to
their opponents right half court.
In Doubles:
The serve must alternate from the right half court to left half court after each
serve, so no player on the opposing team receives two consecutive serves. Teammates
must serve consecutively.
In Singles:
The players serve from the right half court when their score is
“
0
”
or an even
number of points. Service is delivered from left half court on odd number points. If the team
serving makes a fault, one serve is lost. If the team receiving the serve makes a fault, the
team serving gets a point and continues the serve. The serve must alternate from right and
left half courts after each serve as stated before.
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