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Badminton Terms: Here Is A List of Some of The Terminology Used in The Sport of Badminton

This document defines various terms used in the sport of badminton, including areas of the court like the alley and backcourt, shots like clears and drops, violations called faults, and equipment such as the shuttlecock and racket. Key terms are the court and its boundaries, the serve which puts the shuttlecock into play, and the rally where players hit the bird back and forth until a point is scored.

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Badminton Terms: Here Is A List of Some of The Terminology Used in The Sport of Badminton

This document defines various terms used in the sport of badminton, including areas of the court like the alley and backcourt, shots like clears and drops, violations called faults, and equipment such as the shuttlecock and racket. Key terms are the court and its boundaries, the serve which puts the shuttlecock into play, and the rally where players hit the bird back and forth until a point is scored.

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Badminton Terms

Here is a list of some of the terminology used in the sport of badminton.

 Alley - side-extension of the court by l½ feet on both sides that is used


for doubles play.

 Back Alley - Area between the back boundary line and the long service
line for doubles.

 Backcourt - the back third of the court, in the area of the back boundary
lines.

 Baseline - Back boundary line at each end of the court, that runs parallel
to the net.

 Bird or birdie - another name for the shuttlecock

 Carry - An illegal tactic, also called a sling or throw, in which the shuttle
is caught and held on the racket and then slung during the execution of a
stroke.

 Center Line - Line perpendicular to the net that separates the left and
right service courts.

 Clear - A shot hit deep to the opponent’s back court.

 Court - Area of play, as defined by the outer boundary lines.

 Drive - A fast and low shot that makes a horizontal flight over the net.

 Drop - A shot hit sohly and with finesse to fall rapidly and close to the
net on the opponent’s side.

 Fault - A violation of the playing rules, either in serving, receiving, or


during play (see common faults listed below).

 Flick - A quick wrist and forearm rotation that surprises an opponent by


changing an apparently soft shot into a faster passing one; used primarily on
the serve and at the net.
 Forecourt - Front third of the court, between the net and the short
service line.

 Hairpin Net Shot - Shot made from below and very close to the net with
the shuttle rising, just clearing the net, and then dropping sharply down the
other side. The shuttle’s flight approximates the shape of a hairpin.

 Half-court Shot - A shot hit low and to midcourt, used effectively in


doubles against the up-and-back formation.

 Kill - Fast, downward shot that cannot be returned; a "putaway."

 Let - A legitimate cessation of play to allow a rally to be replayed.

 Long Service Line - In singles, the back boundary line. In doubles a line
2 l/2 feet inside the back boundary line. The serve may not go past this
line.

 Match - A series of games (at U.S. Olympic Festival-’93 it is three out of


five), to determine a winner. Midcourt - The middle third of the court,
halfway between the net and the back boundary line.

 Net Shot - Shot hit from the forecourt that just clears the net and drops
sharply.

 Push Shot - Gentle shot played by pushing the shuttle with little wrist
motion, usually from net or midcourt to the opponent’s midcourt.

 Racket - Instrument used by player to hit shuttlecock Weight:About3


ounces. Length: 27 inches. Made of: Ceramic, graphite, or boron frame;
beef-gut string. Cost: $60-$175 (unstrung).

 Rally – this occurs when the players hit the bird back and forth several
times before one side scores a point

 Serve or Service – players put the shuttlecock into play for points by
“serving” it to opponents, hitting it over the net into a special part of the
court near their opponent
 Service Court - Area into which the serve must be delivered. Different
for singles and doubles play.

 Short Service Line - The line 6 l/2 feet from the net which a serve must
reach to be legal.

 Shuttlecock - the name for the object that players hit, made of a ball of
cork or rubber with a crown of feathers in an open conical shape.

 Smash – when a shuttle is floated high into the air, a player has time to
unleash a powerful overhand shot straight to the floor of the opposing
court

 Wood Shot - Shot that results when the base of the shuttle is hit by the
frame of the racket. Once illegal, this shot was ruled acceptable by the
International Badminton Federation in 1963.

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