Badminton

Terminologies
Group 4

Delas Alas, Erpelo, Fabiala,

Faz, Fernando
 Alley
– an extension of the width of the
court on both sides to be used in
doubles play
 Backhand
– any stroke made on the side of the
body opposite the racket side

Baseline
– back boundary line
 Bird
– the object that flies over the net,
officially known as a shuttlecock
 Block
– placing the racket in front of the
bird and letting it rebound into the
opponent’s court
 Carry
– momentarily holding the bird on
the racket during the execution of a
stroke
 Center Position
– the central area of the court where
ideally a singles player wants to
return after each shot
 Clear
– a high shot that falls close to the
baseline

Double hit
– hitting the shuttle twice (a fault)
 Doubles
– a game of four players, two on
each team
Doubles
 Down
– loss of the service given when the
serving side fails to score. In
doubles, the side serving first has
only one down.
 Drive
– a hard stroke that just clears the
net on a horizontal
plane
 Drop
– a shot made that barely clears the
net with little speed
 Fault
– any violation of the rules whose
penalty is loss of serve
or the point
 Flick
– a quick movement of the wrist and
forearm that changes a soft shot into
a harder one; mostly used when
serving or close to the net
 Forecourt
– front third of the court, between
the net and the short-service line
 Hairpin (net)
stroke
– shot made from below and very
close to the net with the bird just
clearing the net and dropping
sharply downward
 Hand Down
– the loss of serve in doubles

Home Position
– the ideal spot for awaiting the
opponent’s return

 Inning
– turn of service

Let
– a play allowed to be replayed
 Match
– best two out of three games
Odd and Even Courts
– in singles, the right half of the
court is “even” and the left half of
the court is the “odd.” When the even
player is serving from the right the
score is even, and odd when serving
from the left
Odd and Even Courts
 Push Shot
– a soft shot executed by "pushing"
the shuttle with small wrist movement
 Rally
– rapid returns made by players
 Ready Position
– rapid returns made by players– an
alert body position enabling quick
movement in any direction
 Receiver
– the player to whom the bird is
served
 Server
– the player who puts the bird in
play
 Setting the Game
– the method of extending the
games by increasing the number of
points necessary to win tied games
 Shuttlecock
– the feathered/plastic object that is
hit back and forth in badminton
 Singles
– a game involving one player on
each end of the court
Singles
 Sling
– an untrue hit, usually because of
the bird momentarily resting on the
racket
 Smash
– a powerful overhand stroke that
sends the bird downward over the
net
Smash
Smash
 Stroke
– the action of striking the bird with
the racket
 Toss/Spin
– the method of deciding which side
will serve first at the beginning of the
match
 Yellow Cards
– ‘Warning for misconduct’

Red Cards
– ‘Fault for misconduct‘

Black Cards
– ‘Disqualified for misconduct
Instances when a yellow card is given:
Throwing a Racket
Distractions
Leaving the Court without
Permission
Unnecessary Delay
Coaching off from the Court
Mobile Phone
 Yellow Cards
– ‘Warning for misconduct’

Red Cards
– ‘Fault for misconduct‘

Black Cards
– ‘Disqualified for misconduct
Badminton
Officials
 Umpire
– in charge of the court

– keeps a record of any misbehavior or incident

and reports it to the referee
– responsible for keeping the match score,
which will be announced after each point of
the match
Umpire
 Referee
– most important official of the
whole tournament
– in charge of the competition and
needs to ensure that the
tournament is conducted following
the Laws of Badminton
 Referee
– referee has the last word if
there is an argument between the
umpire (in charge of the matches)
and a player or teammost
important official of the whole
tournament
Referee
 Service Judge
– responsible for making a ‘service
fault’ call and to provide shuttles to
the players
Service Judge
 Line Judges
8-10 line judges

– responsible for indicating whether

a shuttlecock landed “in” or “out” if
the shuttle lands near the lines
he/she is assigned to control
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