I found this old piece of paper with rules for badminton. I do not know from where it came. Now it is preserved in the form of a text file. There was a few holes in the paper, so had to make a couple of guesses. If you have any questions or comments, mail to joneworlds@mailbox.org SIMPLIFIED RULES OF BADMINTON TO START GAME Toss a coin or spin the racket. The winner has one of the following choices and the loser the other. 1. Serve first 2. Receive first 3. Side POSITION ON COURT AT START OF GAME Server stands inside service court on te right side. Receiver stands inside service court on the opposite right side. Partners may stand anywhere on either side providing they do not block the view of the receiver. POSITION THROUGHOUT THE GAME AT TIME OF SERVE SINGLES - If the server's score is even, server is on rigt side. If server's score is odd, server is on left side (even score 0,2,4 etc. odd 1,3,5 etc). DOUBLES - When a team's score is even that team is in their starting positions, when odd reverse positions. TO START THE PLAY The server on the right side serves to the receiver on the opposite right side. The receiver must not move until the server hits the shuttle. SERVER MUST 1. Keep some part of his feet on the floor (e.g. do not walk into serve) 2. Hit the base of the shuttle first 3. Hit the shuttle with all of it below the server's waist. 4. Hit the shuttle with all of the head of the racket clearly below the hand that holds it 5. Have the racket move continuously forward (no fake allowed) SCORING You score only on your side's service. DURING PLAY SINGLES - If the server wins the rally he scores a point, changes court sides and continues to serve. If he loses, his opponent serves. DOUBLES - in doubles, if the team serving wins the rally, the server switches court position with his partner and continues to serve. If they lose the rally, the partner serves. After the team loses two rallies the serve goes to the opponents. EXCEPTION - At the start of the game in doubles the side which begins the serve has only one team member who serves during the first side. SERVER OR RECEIVER ON WRONG SIDE Play a let if it is discovered before the point is over or if the person who made the mistake finishes the rally. The score stands if the person who made the mistake loses the rally in which case the players will remain on the "wrong" side. If the next serve has been made, the score stands and the players remain on the "wrong" side. FAULTS DURING PLAY 1. Shuttle landing outside the court boundaries during service or play (shuttle landing on line is not a fault) 2. Player, his racquet or his clothing touches the net while the shuttle is in play. 3. Player hitting the shuttle on the opposite side of the net, however, when it is hit on the player's side follow through over the net is legal. 4. Player holding up his racket close to the net when the opponent has a chance to hit the shuttle down close to the net on the other side. 5. Shuttle hit with two strokes by one side. (Player hitting the shuttle with 2 hits on one stroke is legal.) 6. Shuttle clearly carried on the racquet and thrown over. 7. Shuttle hitting the ceiling, player, or the player's clothing. 8. If the receiver's partner hits the serve. 9. Interfering with the shuttle, or misconduct after one warning (lose serve or give opponents a point) 10. Stalling - no time allowed for injury, regain of strength, or wind (penalty - lose serve or five opponent a point) SHUTTLE IS IN PLAY from the time it hits the server's racquet until (1) hits floor) (2) hits ceiling (3) hits person or clothing (4) hits net on hitter's side and starts to drop on hitter's side LETS (REPLAYS) 1. Server or receiver on the wrong side and wins the rally. 2. Shuttle goes over the net, catches in the opposite side, and does not fall to the floor. 3. Outside interference - e.g.: shuttle from another court lands on or near playing area NOTE: A shuttle hitting the net on the serve and going over is a good serve provided the shuttle lands in the service court. END OF GAME For women's singles, first to 11 points wins. At 9 all, first player to reach 9 has option to set or not to set. No set means playing to 11. Set means the score goes back to love all, and the first to get three points wins. (It is not necessary to win by 2 points.) If play continues without set and the players reach a score of 10 all, the first player to reach 10 has the option to set or not to set. If game is set, the score goes to love all, and the first to 2 points wins. All other games are 15 points. At 13 all, set is 5, and at 14 set is 3. If game is not set at 13 all, it may be set at 14 all. Match is 2 out of 5 games. The winner of the first game serves first from the other side in new game. Winner of second game in a threes game match changes sides and serves. In third game change sides and continue serving at 6 in women's singles and 8 in all others. ORDER OF SERVICE In both singles and doubles, points can only be scored by the serving side. In singles, if the server fails to win the point, the score remains the same; it is then the 'service over' and the opposing side gains the serve and the opportunity to score. In doubles, only one partner of the side that starts a game has a turn at serving in the first inning; in every subsequent inning each player on each side has a turn, the partners serving consecutively. When a point is scored, the server changes courts and serve to the other service court. Only the serving side changes service courts when a point is scored. The receivers remain in their same courts to allow the server to serve the other player. SCORING (example of typical game) 1 2 +-----.-----+ +-----.-----+ | | | | | | | X | Y | | X | Y | | ^ | | | |^ | +----\------+ +-----/-----+ +- - -\- - -| +- - / - - -| +------\----+ +---/-------+ | | \ | | / | | | B | A | | A | B | | | | | | | +-----------+ +-----------+ 3 4 +-----.-----+ +-----.-----+ | | | | | | | X | Y | | X | Y | | ^ | | | \ | | +----\------+ +---\-------+ +- - -\- - -| +- - \ - - -| +------\----+ +-----\-----+ | | \ | | |v | | B | A | | B | A | | | | | | | +-----------+ +-----------+ 5 6 +-----.-----+ +-----.-----+ | | | | | | | Y | X | | Y | X | | | / | | \ | | +-------/---+ +----\------+ +- - - / - -| +- - -\- - -| +-----/-----+ +------\----+ | v| | | | v | | B | A | | B | A | | | | | | | +-----------+ +-----------+ AB playing XY. AB wins the service and A decides to serve. X agrees to receive. 1. A services from the right hand court to X in his right hand court. AB wins the rally. The score is one-love. (love=zero) 2. A serves from the left hand court to Y in his left hand court. AB win the rally. The score is two-love. 3. A serves from the right hand court to X in his right-hand court. XY win the rally. The score stays the same. 4. Service passes to XY. (The first side to serve in a game begins one down.) Score is love-two. The score of the side about to serve is called first. X, being in the right-hand court, takes the service and serves to A who was in the right hand court at the commencement of the last rally. XY win the rally. The score is one-two. 5. X serves from the left hand court to B in his left hand court. AB win the rally. X loves his service. XY are now down and Y takes the service. The score stays the same. (1-2) 6. Y serves from his right hand court (the court he was in at the commencement of the last rally) to A in his right hand court. AB win the rally. Y loses his service. XY are now two down and AB takes the service. The score stays the same. (2-1) A being in the right hand court, takes the serve. He serves until AB lose a rally, when the service passes to B.