Badminton Basic Skills and Footwork
o The act of putting the player/s in play.
Learning outcomes
 Understand the sport with emphasis on the rules and
regulations
 Participate actively in doing the basic skills online
platform
 Find support in playing the sport
Basic Skills
 Clear or Lob
o Hitting the shuttle upwards to the back of the
opponent’s court. The shuttle goes very high, so
that a player gains time for recovery toa good
based position
 Smash
o A powerful hit so that the shuttlecock travels in
steeply downwards at a great speed into the
opponent’s court
 Drop
o Hitting the shuttlecock lightly so as to move
downwards into the opponent’s forecourt.
 Netting/Net shot
o Hitting the shuttlecock into the opponent’s
forecourt, as close to the net as possible
 Drive
o Hitting the shuttlecock on a straight line just
above the net into the opponent’s court
 Service
Inevitably, a service takes place after the umpire
mentioned the score.
2 types of hand stroke
 Forehand
 Backhand
Basic Footwork
 Ready stance
o Stride-standing position (feet apart) with knees a
bit bended. One foot is a little bit ahead over the
another. Do this, in the center of middle of a
half of the court
 Side-to-side (Defense)
o Starting in the ready position, step right foot
sideward, finishing in lunge position (use
forehand stroke if right dominant).
 V-front
o Starting in ready position, step right foot and the
hop (jump) obliquely forward finishing in lunge
position (use forehand stroke if right dominant).
 V-back
o Starting in the ready position, step right foot,
and the hop (jump) both feet obliquely
backward right. Using a racket, hot a shadow
shuttle moving the left foot in rear and right foot
in front (use forehand stroke if right dominant).
  Front and Back/Forward Backward (Vice-Versa)
o Starting in ready position gallop (liking
hopping) 2-3 times backward towards the back
boundary line, facing the right side of the court
foot. Using a racket, hot a shadow shuttle
moving the left foot in read and right foot in
front (use forehand stroke if right dominant).
Basic Tips
Smash -Badminton for everyone (instructional CD by Paolo
Bediones, 2004) Laws of Badminton
 Know your opponent Definitions
o Height plays a vital role in playing the sport. If
the player is tall, he/she will have a hard time in
drop shot and body shot. If shorter, the player
has a disadvantage in rally because the two-step
of taller players are only equal to three-four
steps of shorter ones
 Serve well
o A good serve can get you a point
 Avoid lobbing
o A player prefers to be in attack position rather
than I a defense mode
 Focus on the game
o Avoid destruction to the sides, court, spectators,
etc. concentrate on beating the opponent
Fault in Badminton
 If the racket is higher than the server’s hand
 If the shuttlecock did not land in the correct coiurt after
the service
 If the shuttlecock passed on or below the net
 If the shuttlecock hits the ceiling
 If the shuttle cock hits the clothing or body of the
player
 If the player hits the net
 Player
o Any person playing badminton
 Match
o The basic contest in badminton between
opposing sides of 1 or 2 players
 Singles
o A match where there are one player on each
opposing sides
 Doubles
o A match where there are two players on each
opposing sides
 Serving side
o The side having the right to serve
 Receiving side
o The side opposing the serving side
  Rally
o A sequence of one or more stroke staring with
the service until the shuttle ceases to be in play
 Stroke
o A movement of the player’s racket with an
intention to hit the shuttle
Court and Court Equipment
 The top of the net shall be edged with a 75 mm white
tape double over a cord or cable running through the
tape. This tape shall rest upon the cord or cable
 The cord or cable shall be stretched firmly, slush with
the top of the posts
 The top of the net from the surface of the court shall be
1.524 meters at the venter of the court and 1.55 meters
over the side lines for doubles
 There shall be no gaps between the ends of the net and
the posts. If necessary, the full depth of the net at the
ends shall be tied to the posts
Shuttle
 The shuttle shall be made of natural and/or synthetic
material. From whatever material the shuttle is made,
the flight characteristics generally shall be similar to
those produced by a natural feathered shuttled with a
cork base covers by a thin layer of leather.
Feathered shuttle
 The shuttle have 26 feathers fixed in the base
 The feathers shall have a uniform length between 62
mm to 70 mm when measured from the tip to the top of
the base
 The tips of the feathers shall lie in a circle with a
diameter from 58mm to 68 mm
 The feather shall be fastened firmly with a thread or
other uitable material
 The base shall be 25 mm to 28 mm in diameter and
rounded in the bottom
 The shuttle shall weigh from 4.74 grams to 5.50 grams
Non-feathered shuttle
 The skirt, or simulation of feathers in synthetic
materials, shall replace natural feathers
 The base shall be as describe in law
 Measurements and weight shall be as in laws, however,
because of the difference in the specific gravity and
other properties of synthetic material in comparison
with feathers, a variation of up to 10 percent shall be
acceptable.
 Subject to there being no variation in the general
design, speed and flight of he shuttle, modifications
may be made with the approval of the member
association concerned, in places where atmospheric
conditions due to either altitude or climate make the
standard shuttle unsuitable.
Testing a shuttle for speed
 To test a shuttle, a player shall use a full underhand
stroke which makes contract with the shuttle over the
 back-boundary line. The shuttle shall be hit at an Toss
upward angle and in a direction parallel to the sidelines
 Before play commences, a toss shall be conducted and
 A shuttle of correct speed will land not less than 530
the side winning the toss shall exercise the choice in
mm and not more than 990 mm short of the other back
either to serve or receive first. To start play at one end
boundary line
of the court or the other.
Racket  The side losing the toss shall exercise the remaining
choice
 The racket shall be a frame not exceeding 680 mm in
overall length and 230 mm in overall width consisting Scoring system
of the main parts describe in laws
 A match shall consist of the best of three games. A
 The handle is the part of the racket intended to be
game shall be won by the side which first score 32
gripped by a player
point except as provided in law/
 The stringed are is the part the racket with which it is
 The side winning a rally shall add point to its score. A
intended that player hits the shuttle
side shall win a rally of the opposing side commits a
 The head bounds the stringed area
fault of the shuttle ceases to be in play because it
 The shaft connects the handle to the head (subject to
touches the surface of the court in side the opponent’s
law)
court.
 The throat (if present) connects the shaft to the head
 If the score becomes 20-all, the side which gains a two-
Equipment compliance point lead first shall win the game
 If the score becomes 29-all, the side scoring 30th point
 The Badminton World Federation shall rule on any shall win the game
questions of whether any racket, shuttle or equipment  The side winning a game shall serve first in the next
or any prototype used in the playing of badminton game.
complies with the specification. Such ruling may be
undertaken on the Federation’s initiative ir in Change of ends
application by any party with a bona fide interest,
 Players shall change ends at the ends of the first game
including any player, technical official, equipment
at the end of the second game, if there is to be a third
manufacturer or member association.
game, when a side first scores 11 points
  If the ends are not changed as indicated in law, it shall
be dine as soon as the mistake is discovered and when
shuttle is not in play. The existing score shall stand,
Service
 In a correct service, neither side shall cause undue delay
to the delivery of the service once the server and the
receiver are ready for the service. On completion of the
backward movement of the server and the receiver are
ready for the service.
 The server and the receiver shall stand within
diagonally opposite service courts without touching the
boundary lines of these serving courts
 The whole shuttle shall be below the server’s waist at
Faults
the instant of being hit by the server’s racket, the waist
shall be considered to be imaginary line around the
body, level wit the lowest part od the server’s bottom
rib.
Singles
 Serving and receiving courts, the player shall serve
Let
from, and receive in their respective right service courts
when the server has not scored or has scored an even
number of points in that game
 The player shall serve from, and receive in their
respecting left service courts when the server has scored
an odd number f points in that game
Doubles
 Serving and receiving courts, a player of the serving
side shall serve form the right service court when the
serving side has not scored or has scored an even
number of points in that game
 A player of the serving side shall serve from left service
court when the serving side has scored an odd number
of points in that game
 The player of the receiving side who has served last
shall stay in the same service court from where he
served last, the reverse pattern shall apply to the
receiver’s partner
 The player shall not change their respective service
courts until then win a point when side is serving.
 It shall be fault, is a service is not correct
 If, in service, the shutlle is caught in the n et and
remains suspended on its top
 After passing over the net, it caught in the net or is hot
by the receiver’s partner
 Let shall be called by the umpire, or by a player (if
there is no umpire)
 If shall be a let, the server serves before the receiver is
ready
 During the service, the receiver and the server are both
faulted
 After the service is returned, the shuttle is caught in the
net and remains suspended on its too or after passing
over the net is caught in the net