Arnie Jhane D.

Pantaleon
BSA 2
BADMINTON EQUIPMENT & FACILITIES

Badminton racket

Badminton rackets are made from lightweight materials

that are known for durability such as aluminum, steel
and carbon fiber. The overall length limit of a
badminton racket is 26.77 inches. Standard badminton
rackets must not be wider than 9.06 inches. The strings
on the racket must range from .03 inches thick. The
overall weight of the racket cannot exceed 3.2 oz.

Shuttlecock

Shuttlecocks, or shuttles, are the item volleyed across the net during a badminton game.
Original shuttlecocks were made from feathers, which led to the pseudonym "birds." Shuttles
for backyard badminton games are often made from plastic. The shuttles used in modern
competition badminton games are made from 16 real feathers, with a preference for goose
feathers from the bird’s left wing.

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Badminton court

The court is rectangular and divided into halves by a net. Courts are usually marked for both
singles and doubles play, although the laws permit a court to be marked for singles only. The
doubles court is wider than the singles court, but both are the same length. The exception,
which often causes confusion to newer players, is that the doubles court has shorter serve-
length dimensions.

The full width of the court is 6.1 meters (20 ft.), and in singles this width is reduced to 5.18
meters (17 ft.). The full length of the court is 13.41 meters (44 ft.). The service courts are
marked by a center line dividing the width of the court, by a short service line at a distance of
1.98 meters (6 ft. 6 inch) from the net, and by the outer side and back boundaries. In doubles,
the service court is also marked by a long service line, which is 0.76 meters (2 ft. 6 inch) from
the back boundary. There is no mention in the Laws of Badminton of a minimum height for the
ceiling above the court. Nonetheless, a badminton court will not be suitable if the ceiling is
likely to be hit on a high serve.

Net

Badminton nets run the entire width of the court (20’ | 6.1 m) and are placed over the doubles
sidelines, even when singles games are played. The net is 5’1” | 1.55 m high at the edges and
sags slightly at the center resulting in a height of 5’ | 1.52 m. Badminton nets are split into a 1:1

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ratio from the floor to the top providing a 2.5’ | .76 m opening below and an equal mesh
surface above. Variations of badminton nets come in polyethylene, nylon, and vinyl of a dark
color of even thickness, minimum being 15mm and maximum 20mm.

Posts

The posts are 1.55m high from the surface of the court and remain vertical when the net is
strained.

The posts are placed on the double side lines irrespective of whether singles or doubles is
played. The posts or supports must not extend into the court beyond the side lines.

Where it is not practicable to have posts on the side lines, some method can be used to indicate
the position of the side lines where they pass under the net, e.g. by the use of thin posts or
strips of material 40mm wide, fixed to the side lines and rising vertically to the net cord.