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Introduction to service judge hand signals

Service fault is one of the most common faults seen in badminton, so, in international competitions, as
well as an umpire and six line judges, there will also be a service judge who will sit opposite the umpire
and will judge if a player’s service action is in accordance with the rules. Below, we will introduce the
hand signals for five commonly seen service faults.

1. Undue delay of serve

BWF rule 9.1.1 states “Neither side shall cause undue


delay to the delivery of the service once the server and
the receiver are ready for the service. “ After a player
finishes raising their racket head backwards any delay is
undue delay of serve.

Also, rules 9.1.7 and 9.2 tell us that, once a player


begins to swing his/her racket forward, the service is
deemed to have begun and the racket must continue
moving forward in a continuous motion until the
serving action is completed, otherwise a fault will be
called--for non-continuous movement.

When undue delays occur the service judge will swing


their right arm to the left to indicate that a player has
been penalized for undue delay.

2. Feet on the service line or off the ground

According to rule 9.1.2, the server and the player


receiving the serve should stand in the diagonally
opposite service courts and must not tread on the
service court boundary line. Rule 9.1.3 points out that
both of the server and receiver’s feet must at least be
partially touching the ground and should remain fixed in
place from when the serve begins to when the action is
completed. When the aforementioned breaches occur
the service judge will stretch out their right leg and signal
a fault with their right hand because a player’s feet were
off the ground or they were on the boundary line.

3. Server fails to hit the bottom of the shuttlecock

According to rule
9.1.4, a player’s
racket face should hit the bottom of the shuttlecock. If a player
fails to hit the bottom of the shuttlecock when serving, the line
judge will open their right hand and lightly touch the palm with
their left hand to indicate a service fault.
4. Service too high

According to rule 9.1.5, when the server’s racket hits the


shuttlecock the entire racket should be below waist-
height (an imaginary line across the lowest rib of a player)
therefore, if the racket is too high when the serve is
made, the service judge will place their right hand
horizontally across their ribs.

5.Racket handle should face up

Rule 9.1.6 states that when a serve is made the racket handle
must be facing down at the moment the shuttlecock is hit. If the
racket handle is facing up when the shuttlecock is hit the service
judge will lift up their open hand with palm facing out to indicate
a fault due to the racket handle facing up.

Line judge hand signals

As well as the service judge there are also line judges for the back lines and side lines. A line judge
should be seated 2.5-3.5m from the line and judges whether a shuttlecock lands “in” or “out”, deciding
whether a player has scored a point.

Below the three most common hand signals are explained

1. The shuttlecock lands out the line

If the shuttlecock lands out of bounds the


line judge must loudly and quickly shout
“Out” so that both players and spectators
hear, and will stretch their arms out to the
side level with each other while looking at
the umpire with a fixed stare to ensure the
umpire is clear about the decision.
2. The shuttlecock lands inside the line

If the shuttlecock lands inside the line, no


announcement is needed, the line judge will just point
their right hand at the line.

3. If the line judge does not see

If the line judge can’t see the shuttlecock


clearly (because their view is blocked by a
player’s body or other unavoidable situation),
as they were unable to see whether the
shuttlecock landed in or out they should cover
the eyes with their hands to let the umpire
know.

Every should spend some time becoming familiar with the commonly seen judges’ hand signal so that
whether you are watching a match or playing in one you won’t have to ask “What is happening now?”
“What kind of fault did the judge just signal?” and avoid other situations in which you aren’t sure what is
going on!

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