BTEC Sport Unit 33

Assignment 1
Fares Elaraby – 12C
 Badminton - Basic Rules

• Describe (list) and then explain (go into more detail) the
following rules:

• What equipment is required.

The equipment needed for badminton is that players will need
a net, a shuttlecock to hit it with two rackets (could be more
depending on the amount of players in a team)
• What the court looks like. ---

• How many people on a team.

The teams usually consist of 2 players on the court at a single
match.
• How to score points.
The points is usually scored when the shuttlecock lands inside
the opponents court or if a shuttlecock returning hits the net or
lands outside the court, the team will lose a point.
• How to win a game.
The team with the most points scored to 21 wins the game,
when a team scores a point the winning team gets the next
serve.
 In your own words explain how a game of
singles is played.
A singles match consists of two singular
players on each side of the court, with a coin
being flipped on which side/team starts first
serve. The first team to reach 21 points
(maximum 30) gets to win in best of 3
games, with the third being played at 15
points.

In your own words explain how a game of

doubles is played.
Similar to singular matches, the game
consists of 4 players having two players in
each team/side of the court, with a coin
being flipped on which side/team starts first

Badminton -
serve. The first team to reach 21 points
(maximum 30) gets to win in best of 3 games
with the third game playing at 15 points.
What’s unique about doubles compared to
Basic Rules singles is that there’s trust, teamwork,
formations and positions that the teams are
required to do to gain an advantage over the
other, ultimately making the game more
strategic and entertaining.
 Badminton
Court
• Insert a picture of the badminton court.

• Explain the lines and areas which are

in/out.
The court has two halves that are separated
by a badminton net (middle black line),
furthermore, the two halves are divided even
more down the middle calling it service areas
(Two white lines vertically divided). This
makes the court have 4 service courts. In a
game of singles, the service needs to be
beyond the short service line and within the
boundary lines. As for the doubles game, they
use the long service line, double the serve
length is shorter than in singles.
 Badminton – Rules
• Describe (list) and then explain (go into more detail) the following rules:

• In/Out
In a game of Badminton, the both teams strive to get the most points of 21 in a match, by
doing that they must strive to make the shuttlecock land in the box or the two vertical
lines/horizontal back line, that is counted as IN and a point is scored. Anything that’s outside
of those lines is counted as OUT and a point is not given.
• Odds/Evens and Left/Right
At the beginning of the game and when the score is even for one of the teams, the team that
has a server serves from the right service court. When it is odd, the server servers from the
left service court.
• Winning by two clear points.
Usually when playing badminton, each side/team strive to reach 21 points to win. However, if
the game is tied at 20-20 between both teams, then you are required to win by two clear
points. For example: 22-20 or 25-23.
• Why does the game stop at 30?
Usually at the end game of badminton, 21-20 would not be enough to win for any side and
would probably end up as a match point only, neither would 24-23 etc. However, if a team
reaches 30-29 then that team has won the game. This is rule is to prevent the game from
going on for too long in high league games, this is also to make sure that the athletes don’t get
injured from excessively long games.
 Badminton – Explaining the Rules
• Why can you not serve overhand?
The shuttle must be served from an underhand and below the waist. This rule indicated that the raquet head and shaft must be
pointing downwards at point of contact.
• Why can you not touch the net whilst playing?
If a body/racket touches the net after making a stroke, it is considered a fault and the point is awarded to the opponent. This is
because players are not allowed to touch the net or the post during the play since its illegal to reach over the net to play your
shot.
• Why can you not double hit the shuttle?
It is a foul if the player hits a shuttlecock twice in a row, except in the case it touches the racket head and the strings in the same
shot. However a shuttle hitting the head and the stringed area of the racket in one stroke shall not be a fault.
• Why do you have to swap sides when serving?

• Why do you have to win by 2 clear points?

Usually when playing badminton, each side/team strive to reach 21 points to win. However, if the game is tied at 20-20 between
both teams, then you are required to win by two clear points. For example: 22-20 or 25-23.
• Why do you stop at 30?
Usually at the end game of badminton, 21-20 would not be enough to win for any side and would probably end up as a match
point only, neither would 24-23 etc. However, if a team reaches 30-29 then that team has won the game. This is rule is to prevent
the game from going on for too long in high league games, this is also to make sure that the athletes don’t get injured from
excessively long games.
• Why must the badminton racquets be the same size?
This is to make the game fair and not to allow any team to have an advantage over the other; Like: having to shoot faster or easier
because one racquet is bigger than the other etc.
 Badminton - Officials
• Describe and explain the roles of the umpire, line judge and referee.

• What do they wear?

They usually wear a single colour polo shirt with a watch/timer, a yellow/red card, a black card in case of disqualification, a scorecard
and at least one pen, a badminton umpire chair with a seat height of 155 cm
• Where do they stand/sit?
They sit at a Badminton Umpire chair, it is a heightened chair used to help give the umpire a good look on the entire court so that
they can detect any fouls/penalties.
• What hand signals do they use?
There are 5 hand signals that judges use.
1. Undue delay of serve, when a player finishes raising their racket backwards any delay is called undue delay of serve.
2. Feet on the service line or off the ground, this points out that both the server and reciever’s feet has to be atleast touching the
ground a little bit and needs to stay at a fixed place right when the serve begins to when the action is completed.
3. Server fails to hit the bottom of the shuttlecock
4. Service too high, this is when the server’s racket hits the shuttlecock the entire racket needs to be below the waist, the judge will
place their right hand horizontally across their ribs.
5.
• What equipment do they need to do their job?
a watch/timer, a yellow/red card, a black card in case of disqualification, a scorecard and at least one pen, a badminton umpire
chair with a seat height of 155 cm
• What level of fitness do they require?
Officials need good eye quality, hand-eye coordination, speed and agility to keep the game going and moving, they need to keep up
with the speed and agility of the game. Other than that compared to other more active sports like football and basketball etc,
badminton officials do not require any sort of serious fitness since they’re usually static and sitting down .
 Badminton - Officials
• Answer the following questions:
• Umpire – Why are they more important to the game than line judges?
Line judges control an entire sideline and end line while determine the ball’s
placement on the court. While an umpire governs the overall proceedings,
acting as the central authority.
• Line Judge – Why do we have lots of line judges?
They are responsible for making sure whether a shuttle has landed in or out
of the court. Depending on the level of the matches, there can be up to 10
line judges since decisions of the line judges can change the entire course of
the match.
• Referee – Why does the referee control the tournament and not individual
games?
A referee in general is in charge of the tournament and making sure the
tournament is conducted in according with the laws if badminton. There are
already too many officials taking care of the matches so the referee is made
to ensure the tournament itself.
 Badminton – Roles and Responsibilities of
the official
• Describe and explain the roles of the umpire:

• Appearance
Badminton umpires must dress and appear completely different from the players as to not confuse them or the audience.
They are only allowed to wear a single colour polo shirt and should always be kept tucked inside pants or shorts along with
also wearing indoor court trainers.
• Equipment
A watch with a timer (or stopwatch) to keep track of the matches, a yellow and red card for any faults/fouls the players may
do in the game, a clipboard for team tactics and strategy, a scoreboard and a pen to count all the points the players make, a
badminton umpire chair so that they can view the game and make choices on refereeing and a black card for when a
disqualification is needed.
• Fitness
The Badminton umpires don’t require much fitness to become one, as they usually are idle sitting on the badminton umpire
chair watching the game. They only usually require a good eye and speed and agility with quick thinking.
• Qualifications
• Control of players
When it comes to a game of badminton, umpires are the only sense of authority to take action when an unfair play occurs
or a player breaks a rule. So automatically the players respect the umpire. The umpire is required to put rules and call any
shots that may be foul/faults or score points.
• Accountability to spectators
It is up to the umpire completely to make sure that the game the spectators are watching is played fair and with no issue
whatsoever. An unfair/biased game would lead spectators into majorly being uninterested
 Badminton – Roles and Responsibilities of
the official
• Describe and explain the roles of the umpire:

• Health and safety (equipment, facilities, players)

In case an accident or injury has occurred to the players in the higher league, the umpire is urgently tasked to
make sure medical staff is immediately brought upon so that the injured player(s) are taken care of. In lower
league games a first aid kit should always be with the umpire and taken care of the player until the paramedics
arrive.
• Fair play
The role of the umpire is to make sure that the game is played and the rules are followed accordingly and
without bias. Any foul or fault should be taken care of. And any multiple violation of rules should escort the
player out of the game due to disqualification.
• Use of technology
In Higher and lower league games, there will be a moment in the match where a fault/foul should be further
inspected or investigated upon. In this case using technology like the replay system helps the officials indicate if
a penalty should be given or that the fault/foul should be considered/valid.
• Effective communication (voice, whistle, signals)
The umpire can always call out the players errors/faults by shouting it out, but usually that doesn’t work since
the players are usually locked into the game and are focusing completely, so the official would use the whistle to
catch the attention of the players while stopping the game to make the call on the fault. When a fault is given
out, depending on it the officials would use hand signals to communicate what type of fault/foul was given.
 Badminton - Officials
• Answer the following questions:
• Umpire – Why are they more important to the game than
line judges? Is more important than line judges because
they have the final decision and can overrule the line
judges. They also have more decisions to make.
• Line Judge – Why do we have lots of line judges? We have
lots of line judges to make sure every shuttle that lands is
seen are clearly as possible.
• Referee – Why does the referee control the tournament
and not individual games? The referee controls the
tournament to make sure everything is fair and all the
games results are collected and verified to make sure
 Applying the Rules
• Explain what would happen in the following situations:

• The score is 10-3. The play serving is standing on the right. Their serve
goes over the net into the left hand service box.
The point is then given to the player on the right who was serving.
• The player serves and the shuttle hits the net, but goes into the correct
service box.
This would count as a failure of a serve and either a second chance is given
to the server or the point is given to the other player.
• A player touches the net with their racket during a rally.
A point is given automatically to the other player as its considered as a
fault.
• The shuttle hits the ceiling during a rally.
A point is given automatically to the other player as its considered as a
fault
 Comparing the Officials
• Explain three things that a Football/Netball/Basketball and badminton official
have in common.
1. All 4 share rules and regulations that must be made to follow thanks to the
referees/officials
2. All 4 have an official that controls the game and its rules
3. All 4 have a replay system to help further investigate any
problems/faults/fouls
• Explain three things that a Football/Netball/Basketball and badminton official
do differently.
1. All 4 have different types of officials in the court for different but specific
tasks.
2. Badminton and Netball have officials that don’t require that much movement
when observing the court as for basketball and football having to be active on
the court.
3. All 4 sports have different names for their replay system.