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Badminton
The sport’s objective is to hit the shuttlecock back and forth with a racket across the net without letting the shuttlecock touch the floor.
Poona
Original name in India.
Battledore
Another name for Badminton
Badminton World Federation
Meaning of BWF
Thomas Cup
Men’s world team badminton championships
Uber Cup
Women’s world team badminton championships
Sudirman Cup
Mixed world team badminton championships
Referee
Overall in charge
Umpire
In charge of the match
Service Judge
In charge of the service faults
Line Judge
In charge of the lines (in or out)
Racket
Equipment used to hit the birdie back and forth
Shuttlecock
Equipment being hit back and forth
16
Number of feathers in a shuttlecock
Court
Place to play badminton
Back boundary line
Parallel back line, entire width of the court
Center line
Separates the two service boxes.
Service box
Where one plays in a court
Short service line
Covers the width of the court and the closest line parallel to the net. It determines if a service is short
Sideline
Boundary line for the court. Inner is for singles and outer is for doubles.
Alley
area between the singles and doubles sideline.
Doubles long service line
Designates the back service line for doubles
Note
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