TECHNICAL RESOURCES

Special Equipment Offers:

School Development Package

Brown's Sports and the OBA have teamed up to provide elementary and high school students with great deals on equipment packages. Download the School Development Form below for more details.

Club Development Package

Guy Charron (owner of the pro shop at the Boulevard Club) and the OBA have teamed up to provide players belonging to affiliated OBA clubs with great deals on equipment. Download the Club Development Package form below for more details.

Technical resources - catalogue attached.

RULES OF BADMINTON

20th June 2005:  The IBF has initiated an experiment to allow coaching from the sidelines during play.  Badminton Canada has voted not to follow this experiment.  However, players at international events might find this experiment in place.  The following is the experimental rule currently in place.

Instruction for Coaches and Umpires during the experiment to remove Law16.5.1

Coaches:

Mustsit in their designated chair

     There should be coaches chairs at both ends of the court so that coaches can change ends when their players do

     Must not stand court-side during the game

     Maycoach at all times except when the shuttle is in play

     Must not shout or cause any distraction. If play is disrupted, the umpire will call a let and the coach may be asked to leave the arena floor

     The current Law for coaching between the first, second and final game remainsunchanged

Umpire:

     Must ensure that coaches do not stand court-side during the game<

     Must ensure that there is no distraction or disruption to the match by any coaches

     If play is disrupted or distracted by the coach, a let is played and a first warning to the coach(es) concerned is issued. If there is need for a secondw arning, then the umpire should call for the referee to discuss whether or not the coach is removed from the arena floor

OBA-sanctioned tournaments obey the Laws of Badminton, as determined by the International Badminton Federation.  The Laws, plus Recommendations to Officials, Tournament Regulations and the OBA Officiating Programme are found in the Ontario Badminton Association Officiating Handbook.  A pocket size booklet is available for purchase through the OBA office.  This was updated and reprinted in September 2002.   An up to date version of the Laws of Badminton is also available on the IBF website.

SIMPLIFIED LAWS OF BADMINTON

Toss
The winner of the toss can elect to serve or receive in the first game, or to choose to play at a particular end of the court. The loser of the toss makes the remaining choice.

Basic Aim
You win a rally if you hit the shuttle over the net and onto the floor of the opposing side's court see court layouts opposite.

You lose the rally if you hit the shuttle into the net, or over the net but outside of the opposing side's court. You also lose the rally if, for example, the shuttle touches you or your clothing, or if you hit it before it crosses the net.

Serving
The service courts are sightly different for singles and doubles. A shuttle on the line is "in". The server and receiver stand in the diagonally opposite service courts (always right hand at the start of the game) but therefore players may move anywhere on their side of the net. The server must obey laws designed to force underhand delivery of the serve, and the receiver must stand still until the service is struck.

Scoring
Matches comprise of the best of three games. Each game starts at 0-0 (traditionally called "love-all") If the serving side wins a rally, it scores a point, and serves again but from the alternate service court. If the receiving side wins the rally, the score remains unchanged and the service passes to the next player in turn. In singles, this is the opponent: in double it's either the partner or, if both players have just had a turn of serving , one of the opponents.

In men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles and women's doubles 15 points wins a game. However, if the score reaches 14-14, the side which first reached 14 can choose either to play to 15, or to set the game to 17 points. The final score will reflect the sum of the points won before setting plus the points gained in setting.

Scoring in women's singles is slightly different. 11 points wins a game and there is the option to set to 13 points at 10-10.

And Finally...
Players change ends at the end of a game and when the leading score reaches 8 in a game of 15 points (or 6 in a game of 11 points) in the third game. A five minute interval is allowed prior to any third game.

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