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Umpiring
Umpiring
Roles
Referee
- Directs tournament
and has the final
decision in settling
any disputes.
Manager of Umpires
- Appoints umpires
and service judges
to individual
matches.
Umpire
- Checks that posts
and nets are
correctly placed.
- Supervises the toss.
- Reports to the
referee any
- violation regarding
clothing and
advertising.
- Supervises the
testing of shuttles.
- Checks that officials
for the match are
correctly placed and
know their duties.
- Decides on by-laws
regarding the
shuttle’s hitting an
obstruction.
- Announces the
match.
- Records and calls
the score, calling the server’s score first.
- Watches the receiver of serve and calls any fault relating to the receiver.
- Controls play and players.
Service Judge
- Responsible for judging that the server delivers a correct service. (For signals see Figure 5.3.)
Line Judges
- Responsible for the lines assigned. (For signals see Figure 5.4)