Rules of Badminton (May 2006)
- 0. Definitions
- 1. Court and Court Equipment
- 2. Shuttle
- 3. Testing a Shuttle for Speed
- 4. Racket
- 5. Equipment Compliance
- 6. Toss
- 7. Scoring System
- 8. Change of Ends
- 9. Service
- 10. Singles
- 11. Doubles
- 12. Service Court Errors
- 13. Faults
- 14. Lets
- 15. Shuttle not in Play
- 16. Continuous Play, Misconduct, Penalties
- 17. Officials and Appeals
- Complete Rules Listing
- Appendix 1 - Variations in Court and Equipment
- Appendix 2 - Handycap Matches
- Appendix 3 - Other Scoring System
10. Singles
- 10.1
Serving and receiving courts
- 10.1.1
- The players shall serve from, and receive in, their respective right service courts when the server has not scored or has scored an even number of points in that game.
- 10.1.2
- The players shall serve from, and receive in, their respective left service courts when the server has scored an odd number of points in that game.
- 10.2
Order of play and position on court
In a rally, the shuttle may be hit by the server and the receiver alternately, from any position on that player’s side of the net, until the shuttle ceases to be in play (Law 15).
- 10.3
Scoring and serving
- 10.3.1
- If the server wins a rally (Law 7.3), the server shall score a point. The server shall then serve again from the alternate service court.
- 10.3.2
- If the receiver wins a rally (Law 7.3), the receiver shall score a point. The receiver shall then become the new server.
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