Uphill Badminton Club

13. Faults

It shall be a 'fault':

13.1

if a service is not correct (Law 9.1);

13.2

if, in service, the shuttle:

13.2.1

is caught on the net and remains suspended on its top;

13.2.2

after passing over the net, is caught in the net; or

13.2.3

is hit by the receiver’s partner;

13.3

if in play, the shuttle:

13.3.1

lands outside the boundaries of the court (i. e. not on or within the boundary lines);

13.3.2

passes through or under the net;

13.3.3

fails to pass over the net;

13.3.4

touches the ceiling or side walls;

13.3.5

touches the person or dress of a player;

13.3.6

touches any other object or person outside the court;

(Where necessary on account of the structure of the building, the local badminton authority may, subject to the right of veto of its Member Association, make bye-laws dealing with cases in which a shuttle touches an obstruction).

13.3.7

is caught and held on the racket and then slung during the execution of a stroke;

13.3.8

is hit twice in succession by the same player. However, a shuttle hitting the head and the stringed area of the racket in one stroke shall not be a ‘fault’;

13.3.9

is hit by a player and the player’s partner successively; or

13.3.10

touches a player’s racket and does not travel towards the opponent’s court;

13.4

if, in play, a player:

13.4.1

touches the net or its supports with racket, person or dress;

13.4.2

invades an opponent’s court over the net with racket or person except that the striker may follow the shuttle over the net with the racket in the course of a stroke after the initial point of contact with the shuttle is on the striker’s side of the net;

13.4.3

invades an opponent’s court under the net with racket or person such that an opponent is obstructed or distracted; or

13.4.4

obstructs an opponent, i.e. prevents an opponent from making a legal stroke where the shuttle is followed over the net;

13.4.5

deliberately distracts an opponent by any action such as shouting or making gestures;

13.5

if a player is guilty of flagrant, repeated or persistent offences under Law 16;