Name: Clint Xavier F.

Odango BSN 2D
PE 3 September 30, 2021
Badminton

1. Who are the official of Badminton and what are their duties?

The officials are the judges responsible to ensure a fair badminton game is being played.They consists
of:

● Umpire: The ‘main judge’ for the particular badminton game. He/she has the power to overrule any
decisions made by the service judge or line judges. The umpire is the person ensuring that the
badminton game is run smoothly and prevent any players from delaying the game play.

Whenever a player requests to change the shuttle, the umpire will need to approve that the change
could be made.

The umpire also looks out for faults committed around the net area such as whether a player touched
the net when returning the shuttle.

Besides, the umpire is responsible to make a ‘fault’ call when the shuttle touches the player or the
players’ attires except for the badminton racket. In badminton, it will be a fault/foul to a player if the
shuttle touches any part of that player’s body or attire.

● Service Judge: The service judge is responsible in making a ‘service fault’ call and to provide
shuttles to the players.

● Line Judges: Line judges sit beside the badminton court (right in front of every in/out lines) to
determine whether the shuttle is inside or outside the boundaries of the court.

Their calls are usually very subjective and are often controversial.

https://www.masterbadminton.com/who-are-the-officials-of-badminton.html

2. What are the signals in Badminton?

The hand gestured mentioned below:
#1. Undue delay of serve:

Even the receiver should be ready for the service and shouldn’t cause undue delay. The judge will
swing their right arm to the left to indicate that the player has been penalised

#2. Feet on the service line or even off the ground:

Name: Clint Xavier F. Odango BSN 2D
PE 3 September 30, 2021

The server and receiver both should stand diagonally opposite each other while at the time of service
and receive and they cannot stand outside the bounds of the court lines.

#3. Service too high:

This is one of the most common hand signals you will see a judge using. This kind of fault occurs quite
often in a match even at the international level.

#4. Racket handle should face down while serving:

Name: Clint Xavier F. Odango BSN 2D
PE 3 September 30, 2021
If it is not facing down, it calls for a violation of the service rules and the service judge will make this
gesture to indicate the same:

#5. When the shuttle falls outside the lines of the court:

This is a very common signal seen on TV and even in other matches. It is also a very important signal
as it is the final decision though it can be reviewed.

#6. When the shuttle lands inside the lines of the court:

https://blog.playo.co/badminton-hand-signals-and-what-they-mean/