Badminton Scoring rules
As a beginners understanding scoring rules in badminton can be intimidating when there is so much things to know but don’t worry this in deapth guide contains everything there is to know in badminton regarding scoring rules.
So to answer your question quickly, In Badminton best of three set is played of 21 points and player win points when he makes the shuttle falls in his opponent Court. Player who will first score 21 points Win game, One concept which confuse most of the player is deuce and advantages , to quickly understand it.
Deuce happen when both player is at 20-20 score and in order to win that game you need two consecutive point, but if another player breaks that continuity the score will keep on increasing until they reach 29-29 where the final point taker will win game, In another word deuce and advantage can only go up to 29 points after that there is a single golden point.
Some basic question which will be answered
- How to score a point
- How many point to score for a win.
- What happens in deuce and advantage situation (with example).
- Singles and Doubles service rules, like where to stand , where to serve.
- How to count keep score like an umpire.
- How to prepare scoring sheet in badminton
When a point is scored in badminton
- If shuttle fall in your opponent court
- When your opponent makes a fault
- if shuttle is outside the lines
Shuttle fall in your opponent court
This rule is apply both in singles and doubles means that if you make the shuttle fall in your opponent court(within valid area) then you wins a point or if your oppoent miss the shuttle than same will happen.
If you looses a point than service will be given to your opponent.
When your opponent makes a fault
Fault in badminton means certian actions which is termed as illegal in books of BWF and if done your opponent will wins a point.
There are so many faults in badminton so if you want detail information , read this article, But just to get you started these are some of the common fautls in badminton.
- If you move during service or even while receiving a serve it is a fault
- Hitting shuttle more than one time than it’s a fault
- Touching net with your racket during a rally , it’s a fault and so on
Valid area in badminton
In badminton if your opponent’s shuttle lands outside the lines which is decided by BWF than you wins a point, In singles and doubles valid playing area is different.
Singles
Shuttle which lands in red area ( even if it is on the line ) is valid and if your opponent’s shot lands outside read than you wins a point.
Remember this is only for in between rallies , there is different area for service in singles
In Badminton service is performed diagonally, there are two compartment in a badminton court in a box shape Left and Right, In singles a simple rule is followed for service if you are having points in odd number like 1, 3, 5 then you will serve from left box of court side diagonally to your opponent and if you are having points in even number like 0, 2, 4 then you have to serve from right box of your court side diagonally to your opponent.
Doubles
In doubles if shuttles lands in or even on any of the line than it is valid meaning that you can hit shuttle anywhere in your opponent’s court and it will be valid even if it is on the line.
Same as singles for service a different scenario is set by BWF.
Service is done diagonally and it should lands in same colored area to be considered as a valid service(on the line shuttle is valid).
Now you have learned how to score a point in badminton , lets take about scoring rules in badminton.
Badminton Scoring rules
A match in badminton consist of 21 points best of 3 sets and every time a serve is done point has being scored.
but there is much more to it, especially the concept of deuce and advantages confuses beginner.
Deuce in badminton happens when both players score are equal on game/match point(score is 20-20) after this player need two consecutive points to win the match/game.
Advantage in badminton means when a player has scored a single point after deuce (score 21-20) and he/she needs one more point to win the game.If player having the advantage loose a point than the score will be back on deuce.
It will become more clear with an example
Suppose in a match you are serving for final point and your opponent is at 19 points, if your opponent scores a point(now the score is 20-20) then to win that set you or the opponent have to score two consecutive points to win a match.
Until the score reaches 29-29 points , after that there will be a golden point(Final single point whoever wins this take the match/set) in deuce and advantage situation.
It means score cannot be 31 points it will finish at 30 points if this type of situation arises.
Odd and even numbers importance
In badminton even and odd number is a part of rules book, even number like 0,2,4,6,8 when the serving person score is in even number than he/she has to do the serve from his right side of court to alternative side of opponent half court whereas when the score of server is an odd number like 1,3,5,7,9 then he has to serve from left side of his court to alternative side of opponent court( See picture below)
Badminton scoring rules in singles and doubles
Singles
- At the beginning of the game (0-0) and when the server’s score is even, the server serves from his right side court. When the server’s score is odd, the server serves from the left service court.
- If the server wins a rally, he scores a point and will serves again from the alternate service court(opposite to where he was serving before).
- If the receiver wins a rally, he becomes the new server and he will serve from the appropriate service court – left side for odd, and right side for even point.
During service head of racket must not be upper than your wrist.
Doubles serving rules
Course of action / ExplanationScoreService from Service CourtServer & Receiver Winner of the rally
- 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.
Rules and Regulations are same as in singles but as their are two player in a team then service will be done in continuity means if A and B is playing A receive the first service and win the point now the next service will be of his partner B and he will continues to serve until they lose the point.
Everyone has a service court
To make sense of doubles scoring, you must understand two crucial ideas:
- Every player has a service court, at all times.
- When your partner has one service court, you have the other one.
Let’s take an example: you are getting ready to serve from your left service court. So your service court is obvious: it’s the box you have to stand inside.
Your partner is not serving or receiving, so he doesn’t have to stay within one of the service boxes: he can stand anywhere on your court. Nevertheless, we say that your partner has the right service court.
Bizarrely, most people say that your partner is in
the right service court. This makes no sense at all, because your partner probably has one foot in each service court!
The same idea applies to the receiving side. In this example, the receiver has the left service court, and his partner has the right service court. Until you serve, the receiver must stay within his service court, but the receiver’s partner can stand wherever he wants.
Where to stand during service in doubles
Suppose you serve from the right service court. By the end of the rally, you could easily be standing inside the left service box with your partner standing inside the right box. This has no effect on your service courts for the next rally.
In other words, the service courts are set at the start of the rally. Although you move around during the rally, the service courts don’t change. At the end of the rally, you have to remember what your service courts were:
- Who was serving?
- Who was receiving?
- From which side?
Once you remember this, you work out the positions for the next rally.
System For Counting scores in badminton as a umpire
It is easy to count the scores in badminton as an umpire , you have to follow one single rule and that is , while counting always pronounce the score of player who is having the service.
For Example Lin and Lee is having a match and you are appointed to count score as a umpire now according to rules you have tell the score of the server(who is doing the service) first and after that the score of receiver(who is receiving the service)
Like Match start 0-0 (now the person who will do the service his score will be tell first )
now score is 6-7 ( in this situation the player with 6 points is having the service so now the score will be pronounce in this manner 6-7 not 7-6 because the player with the 6 points is having the serve).
How to keep score in scoring sheet
So now you have learn how to recite score like an umpire, next step is how to keep scoring sheet in badminton?
it is a very simple process if you understand the basic rule,Start off by writing name of players as shown in the picture above if it is a single match as you can see in the picture there are two players having a singles match the large Boxes is for writing name of player and small boxes is for writing score.
In first box write “0” in both players column after that which every player scored the first point write his score in his row after “0” now you can see in the example the next point is also scored by Lin Dan now score is 2-0, but next point wins by Lee so now score is 1-2 as you can see in the picture above “1” is written after the points of Lin it means that the basic rule you need to follow while recording in score sheet is to avoid overlapping of score.
You may be thinking what will happen deuce and advantage situations? Consecutive points are recorded next to each other and when the other player score point his score will be written in the space not filled by his opponent score in his row.
Note that :- if you are above bro gets failed and there is less space available you can also utilize the row below there name written, just like you start with “1st” point.
Try making less mistakes to make your scoring sheet look more professional and also avoid cuttings
Reference
https://www.badmintonbible.com
BWF
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