Badminton officials

1. Referee – he or she is in charge of the competition and needs to ensure that the tournament
conducted is following the Laws of Badminton.
2. Umpire – he or she is the maximum authority in a particular match, and it is in charge of the
court. Responsible to judge service faults and other player’s faults. Keeps record of any
misbehavior or incidents. Responsible for keeping the match score.
3. 3. Service judge – the service judge is responsible for making a ‘service fault’ call and to provide
shuttles to the players.
4. Line judges – the line judges are responsible for indicating whether a shuttlecock landed ”in” or
“out” if the shuttle cock
Hand signals for umpire and referee

1. Undue delay of service – when the server takes too mush time to serve or delays service for
undue reasons then it is called a FAULT.
2. Feet on the service line or off the ground – when service the server’s feet cannot touch any
other lines of the court and both feet should be firmly on the ground and not in the air.
3. Service too high – id the server strikes the shuttle above his waist (now 1.15 m from the
ground).
4. Incorrect held of racket – at the time of service, the handle of the racket must be facing down
while hitting the shuttle cock. If it is not facing down, it is
5. Not hitting the base – when the service judges deems that the first point contact
6. Player’s misconduct – when a player behaving in a way that officiating team believes it is against
the laws of badminton.

Hand signals for line judges

1. Shuttle falls outside – hen the shuttle

2. Shuttle lands inside -when the shuttle lands the court, the line judge
3. Judge unsighted – it is use when the line judge is not sure whether