Please bring your student ID with you, it is required in order to play.
Standard Ontario Badminton rules. Each game will be self officiated.
- All games will be best 2 out of 3 or 30 minutes maximum in length.
- Points will be determined by Service Point
- All games will go to 21 points, winning by 2 points; 25 points is the maximum for any game
- When time expires the match is over with the score at the end being the final score.
Default Score is 1-0.
Scoring
- All games will be best 2 out of 3 or 30 minutes maximum in length. Games will be scored out of 15 (capped at 20).
- Points will be determined by Rally Point
- When time expires the match is over with the score at the end being the final score.
Serving Procedures
- The server shall start by serving from the right hand service court to an opponent standing in his/her right hand service area.
- The serve is made in the doubles court area and only the player standing in the proper service court may play the shuttle and return it.
- Players will receive alternate serves.
- Players must change service area whenever possession has changed.
Service Faults
- Service is overhand. Shuttle is hit at a point higher than the server’s waist or any part of the racket is higher than server’s hand holding the racket.
- Shuttle is not hit to proper service area.
- Server is not standing in the proper area to serve, is standing on the lines, or if the receiver is not in a proper court area.
- Server feints or balks opponent off balance.
- Shuttle is hit outside the court, passes under the net, or touches person, dress, walls, or ceiling.
- Striking shuttle before it crosses the net.
- Net or supports are touched by player or racket.
Other Playing Rules
- During a serve, both the server and receiver must stand in their respective courts. Touching a line with the foot is considered out of the court.
- If the shuttle hits the net on the serve and is otherwise good, it’s legal.
- A shuttle which touches the net during play is in play if it goes in the proper court.
- A server who misses the shuttle completely during a serve doesn’t commit a fault.
- A shuttle which falls on the line is considered in bounds.
- Any accidental hindrance is considered a let (ex. ball on court)
- It is illegal for a player to hold up his/her racket to block a return at the net. They may hold it up, however, to protect his/her face.
Default Score is 2-0