Youth Badminton

Badminton Set
Rope or anything needed to make the set work for the location you are at.
Chalk for lines on pavement, rope for grass.

The shuttle is blown off course by even the slightest breath of wind. This is why competitive badminton is always played indoors.

The aim of badminton is to hit the shuttle with your racket so that it passes over the net and lands inside your opponents half of the court.

If you think your opponents shot is going to land out, then you should let it fall to the floor.

Once the shuttle touches the ground, the rally is over.

You must hit the shuttle once only before it goes over the net (even in doubles).

Badminton nets and posts are lower than volleyball.
The net covers the whole width of the court.
The net is pulled tight, not slack.
The net is in the middle, so that both court halves are the same size.
The badminton court lines should all be in one color.

You can have either two or four players on a badminton court: One-against-one is called singles; two-against-two is called doubles. In doubles, either player can hit the shuttle; you do not have to take it in turns. The only exceptions are the first two shots of the rally

The court is marked up for both singles and doubles, which use slightly different court sizes. The outermost lines form the doubles court. The singles is slightly narrower

Other lines apply when you are serving.

Serving
Serving is how you start the rally: someone has to hit the shuttle first! To prevent the server gaining an overwhelming advantage, there are special restrictions placed on serving that do nott apply during the rest of the rally.

The receiver is the person who hits the second shot in the rally. In doubles, the receiver's partner is not allowed to hit this shot.

The serve must be hit in an upwards direction, below your waist. To be exact, the rules define this to be a height level with the lowest part of your ribcage.

The service courts are smaller box shapes inside the court.
Center Line - line down the middle, extending from the back to near the net
Service Line - line at the front of the court.
So...there is a right service court, and your left service court.

Service courts are used for three things:
The server must stand inside a service court.
The receiver must stand inside the diagonally opposite service court.
The serve must travel into the diagonally opposite service court.

In a major tournament, a coin toss is used to decide which side will serve first.

In more casual club or league games, you usually just throw the shuttle up in the air, let it land, and see which side it points towards: that side serves first

Starting from zero, the first person to reach 21 points wins the game.
In tournament play - what really matters is the match. A match is the best of three games
Whenever you win a rally, you also get the next serve.
To win, you need a two-point lead.

Always say the server's score first
It does not matter where you go during the rally.
When the serving side win a rally, the server and his partner swap service courts.

Playing in a parking lot