Sport-Thieme "Club" Badminton Racquet

Information on badminton:
Badminton is a return game for 2 or 4 players. Badminton places high demands on reflexes, speed and concentration. It requires tactical skill, ability to concentrate and cleverness. Long rallies and no breaks promote well-developed stamina.

Court dimensions and net height:
The badminton court is 13.40 m long and 6.1 m wide. The distance between posts is 6.1 m. The net height should be 1.55 m at the posts and 1.524 m in the middle. The net itself is 76 cm high. The court markings are 4 cm wide lines. In a singles match, the court is only 5.18 m wide. When playing doubles the full court width is used.

In badminton for disabled people, the court size depends on whether wheelchairs are used and what level of disability the players have. The net height for wheelchair badminton is 1.40 m, for standing badminton it is 1.55 m.

Match varieties: In badminton women's singles, women's doubles as well as men's singles and men's doubles can be played. When men and women play together, this is called "mixed".

New scoring (rally points): A badminton match is played "best of three games", each game is played up to 21 points. The points are won regardless of who serves. The side that reaches 21 points first wins the game. If the score becomes 20-all, the first side to gain a two-point lead or reaches 30 points wins that game. A point is added to the score for winning a rally. Whichever side wins a rally is the next side to serve.