Laws of Badminton

• Laws of Badminton
• The Court
• Players
• Toss
• Service
• Scoring System
• Change of ends
• Intervalls
• Faults

SERVICE = SERVICE

A legal serve:

• The server and the receiver must stand within the diagonally opposite service boxes without touching the lines of the service court.
• The whole shuttle must be below the server's waist at the point of impact with the server's racket. The waist should be considered to be an imaginary line round the body, level with the lowest part of the server's bottom rib.
• The face of the server's racket at the point of hitting the shuttle should be pointing in a downward direction.
• The flight of the shuttle should be upwards from the server's racket to pass over the net so that, if not intercepted, it will land in the receiver's service box.

Serving and receiving courts

The players will serve from, and receive in, their respective right service boxes when the server has not scored or has scored an even number of points in that game. The server will serve from, and receive in, their respective left service boxes when the server has scored and odd number of points in that game.

Scoring and serving:

If the server wins a rally, the server shall score a point. The server shall then serve again from the other service box. If the receiver wins a rally, the receiver shall score a point. The receiver will then become the new server.