Badminton

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