Badminton Rules

Playing Court:
- The full width of the court is 6.1 metres, and in singles this width is reduced to 5.18 metres.
- Short service line at a distance of 1.98 metres from the net
- The net is 1.55 metres (5 ft 1 inch) high at the edges and 1.524 metres (5 ft) high in the centre.
- Doubles service line is shorter in than singles.


Scoring System
- Each game is played up to 21 points
- Players win a point whenever they win a rally.
- A match is the best of three games.
- If the score reaches 20-all, then the game continues until one side gains a two point lead (such as 24-22), up to a maximum of 30 points (30-29 is a winning score).


Some Rules:
- Badminton serve must be hit from below the waist in underhand form (upwards)
- A serving player shall be faulted if he strikes the shuttlecock from above his waist
- In singles, the server stands in his right service court when his score is even, and in his left service court when his score is odd.
- In doubles, if the serving side wins a rally, the same player continues to serve, but he changes service courts so that he serves to each opponent in turn. When the serving side loses a rally, the serve passes to their opponents (unlike the old system, there is no "second serve"). If their new score is even, the player in the right service court serves; if odd, the player in the left service court serves. The players' service courts are determined by their positions at the start of the previous rally, not by where they were standing at the end of the rally.