Sportmanship
Badminton is great exercise and fun. Good sportsmanship is of paramount importance. In a game (when there is no umpire or linesmen) calling your opponent’s shots in or out is not always easy, especially if you do not clearly see the shuttle land. If you aren’t certain their shot was out you should always concede the point to your opponents.
Sportsmanship applies to possible rule violations (illegal serve, touching the net, etc) A good sport never accuses opponents of breaking a rule! It just isn’t done in a “friendly” badminton game. At sanctioned open tournaments there are normally volunteer officials available to enforce the rules of the game.
Legal Serves
The international rules of badminton for serving contain specific details about the position of the shuttle and the racket head in relation to the waist. Many players think that if they contact the shuttle below their waist their serve is legal. Not so! The shaft of the racket must also be pointing down, even if you contact the shuttle at knee level. The most difficult thing to remember, particularly on backhand serves, is to make sure the shaft of the racket is pointing down when the shuttle is actually contacted.
Techniques for better badminton:
Badminton is great exercise and fun. Good sportsmanship is of paramount importance. In a game (when there is no umpire or linesmen) calling your opponent’s shots in or out is not always easy, especially if you do not clearly see the shuttle land. If you aren’t certain their shot was out you should always concede the point to your opponents.
Sportsmanship applies to possible rule violations (illegal serve, touching the net, etc) A good sport never accuses opponents of breaking a rule! It just isn’t done in a “friendly” badminton game. At sanctioned open tournaments there are normally volunteer officials available to enforce the rules of the game.
Legal Serves
The international rules of badminton for serving contain specific details about the position of the shuttle and the racket head in relation to the waist. Many players think that if they contact the shuttle below their waist their serve is legal. Not so! The shaft of the racket must also be pointing down, even if you contact the shuttle at knee level. The most difficult thing to remember, particularly on backhand serves, is to make sure the shaft of the racket is pointing down when the shuttle is actually contacted.
Techniques for better badminton:
Over head Forehand Clear:
The clear is fundamental to good badminton. It is used in both singles and doubles. In singles it is used to push your oppostion to the back of the court. In doubles and in singles it is also used to buy you some time and get you out of troube, (though not always), when you have no time to execute a smash, drop or another planned shot.
Top singles player must have excellent control of the placement and depth of the clear.
Top singles player must have excellent control of the placement and depth of the clear.