Badminton Day 2 - Rules and Grips in Badminton

(5 min) Warm up 

(5 - 10 min) Initial Information by a teacher (Rules and Grips)

(30 min) Team Practice and Scrimmages 

(5 min) Closure 

 

 

Rules

• A player must wait until his opponent is ready before serving. If the opponent attempts a return then he is ruled having been ready.

• The feet of both players must remain in a stationary position until the serve is made. Your feet can not be touching the line at this time.

• It is not a fault if you miss the shuttle while serving.

• The shuttle cannot be caught and slung with the racket.

• A player cannot hold his racket near the net to ward off a downward stroke by his opponent or to interfere with his racket.

Faults

• The shuttle, at the instant of being hit is higher than the servers waist or the head of the racket is higher than the servers racket hand.

• The shuttle does not land in the correct service court.

• The server's feet are not in the service court or if the feet of the receiver are not in the court diagonally opposite the server.

• Any player balking or feinting his opponent before serve or during serve.

• A serve or shot that lands outside the court boundaries, passes under or through the net, touches any other obstructions or a players body or clothing. The boundary and service lines are considered in play.

• The shuttle in play is struck before it crosses the net to the striker's side of the net. You may follow through over the net.

• A player touching the net or its supports with his body or racket while the shuttle is in play.

• Hitting the shuttle twice in succession by a player or team.

Scoring System

• A match consists of the best of 3 games of 21 points. 

• Every time there is a serve – there is a point scored.

• The side winning a rally adds a point to its score.

• At 20 all, the side which gains a 2 point lead first, wins that game. 

• At 29 all, the side scoring the 30th point, wins that game.

• The side winning a game serves first in the next game.

The Ready Position

https://youtu.be/r00rcB1Bng4

 

Singles

• At the beginning of the game (0-0) and when the server’s score is even, the server serves from the right service court. When the server’s score is odd, the server serves from the left service court.
• If the server wins a rally, the server scores a point and then serves again from the alternate service court.
• If the receiver wins a rally, the receiver scores a point and becomes the new server. They serve from the appropriate service court – left if their score is odd, and right if it is even.

Doubles

• A side has only one ‘set’.
• The service passes consecutively to the players as shown in the diagram.
• At the beginning of the game and when the score is even, the server serves from the right service court. When it is odd, the server serves from the left court.
• If the serving side wins a rally, the serving side scores a point and the same server serves again from the alternate service court.
• If the receiving side wins a rally, the receiving side scores a point. The receiving side becomes the new serving side.
• The players do not change their respective service courts until they win a point when their side is serving.

For more information - https://web.mst.edu/~ima/rules/Badmintonrules.html

 

 

 

 

YouTube Video (Rules)

https://youtu.be/UyLIi-TbcFc

 

 

Forehand Grip

In general there are two different basic grips in badminton which is forehand and backhand grip. 

Forehand grip is to hit the shuttle such as clear, drop shot, smash, drive, lifting shot, net play, low and high serve. you might want to apply this forehand grip when your opponent hit toward your right hand side. 

Clock method 

you will have to apply this forehand grip every time your opponent hit toward your 12 o'clock one o'clock two o'clock three o'clock four o'clock and five o'clock

How to hold the proper forehand grip?

First, apply a handshake grip just like you want to shake hands with someone 

Second, grab your racket make sure you hold your racket on the lower area of your grip 

I keep my index finger in the front and my thumb on the lower left flat side of the grip 

Make sure you rest your thumb on the left side of the grip 

Touch your thumb to your middle finger 

Do not hold your racket too tight otherwise you will lose all the power 

Try to stay loose. 

Picture yourself that you're holding a blade right now 

A blade from the knife 

You don't want to hurt yourself so you don't want to squeeze your racket too high too tight

Try to stay this

I saw a lot of beginners, when they hold their racquet, 

Big no no grip!

Don’t  hold this kinds of grip because you will not be able to use the power from your wrist 

So you want to keep your index finger in the front so when you hit the shuttle, you can apply power from your wrist. 

Okay now let me show you what I mean by that

this is the simple proof that why using index finger and your wrist will benefit you

more in order for you to get more strength

 

Backhand grip (Pinching grip) 

you might want to apply this backhand grip every time your opponent hit toward your

12 o'clock 11 o'clock 10 o'clock 9 o'clock 8 o'clock 7 o'clock and 6 o'clock

first thing apply a pinching grip 

Grab your racket and your index finger and your thumb, they are about in the same level 

Try to keep it balanced 

Hold your racket nice and loose do not hold your racket too tight as well otherwise you will lose the power same concept as forehand grip 

Many beginners use forehand grip when they have to use backhand grip. 

first maybe they don't know how to use Backhand grip and second maybe they don't

have enough time to switch their grip from forehand to backhand. 

Make sure your index finger and your thumb in the same level 

Usually the power comes from your thumb in backhand grip

 

For more information about grips - https://youtu.be/LamMu7WeKMg