Miller Wall-Volley Badminton Test was developed in 1951 to

measure the basic badminton skill of Ǯclearsǯ

(shots hit high and deep into the opponents court) upon
both men and women (Miller , 1951).
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= a stopwatch, a sponge-end shuttlecock,

badminton racket, marking tape or chalk and
a staircase.
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= a wall measuring atleast 10 feet in width and

15 feet in height is marked with horizontal
lines, one inch wide and parallel to the floor.
= The first line is marked at the height of 7 feet
6 inches from the floor. a line is also marked
on the floor at a distance of 10 feet from the
wall (Fig. 15.21).
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= a subject is allowed one minute practice of

putting a sponge Ȃ ended shuttlecock into play
with a legal serve from behind the 10 feet
restraining line after getting instruction from the
tester.
= The subject is now asked to volley the
shuttlecock against the wall above the 7.5ǯ line,
as many times as possible in 30 seconds.
= The subject is required to start with a legal serve
from behind the 10 feet restraining line.
= Three trials of 30 seconds each are given with
atleast 30-seconds interval between the trials.
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= The sum of number of times the shuttlecock

is volleyed against the wall during all the
three trials provides the score of the test.
= The rebounds are counted only when
shuttlecock is hit legally from behind the10
feet restraining line and hits the wall above
the 7.5ǯ line.