if you've started playing badminton and want to play singles you need to know the rules of the game especially if you intend to join competitions in this video you'll learn everything you need to to play the game properly [Music] hi i'm coach kenny asuncion and if you want to level up your game do hit that subscribe button and that notification bell here are the rules that you absolutely need to know and keep in mind so that you can play the game properly the first thing you need to know about singles is the fact that it is until 21 points per game or set okay but you have to win two out of the three games or set now the scoring is until 21 but should there be instances that you and your opponent are both tied at 20 all then the first player who gets two consecutive points will win that particular game okay so if you keep on going 21 all 22 all 23 all the maximum score will be 30. so that's it whoever gets to 31st wins that game okay so now um the umpire will be tossing a coin or maybe you know throwing the shuttle tossing the shuttle and whoever the court will point to gets to serve so whoever is serving will have to start from the right side because all even numbers should be served from the right side and all odd numbers will be served on the left side now for singles the court is slightly smaller this outer area is sort of cancelled out or meaning if the shot goes there that's already considered out so if your opponent hits the shuttle somewhere in this area or somewhere in this area you don't need to hit the shuttle and it's an automatic point for you however if you hit the shuttle back then the rally just continues okay another crucial point for that is the fact that when the cork of the shuttle hits the line but bounces out that is still considered in okay so be very very careful and i would always say that if you're not certain that the shuttle is out you might as well hit it back to your opponent so you start to serve from the right side because the score is zero off so rally then continues if you do get the point then you just shift to the left side to do your serve okay when you are serving you must stay within your box okay so service will only be from this area if you happen to step on the lines of the front or on the side you could be called fault by the umpire or service judge so you must stay inside the box as a server or as a receiver after hitting okay so all the serves are diagonal now if this player is serving to this player it has to be diagonal and it has to be inside the box okay again stressing out that the outside part is already considered out so the player has to serve within this box if the serve lands here that is called short or considered out so you must serve it diagonal inside this box okay after the serve you can go to the middle and continue on with the rally okay do take note that when the serve is on the wrong side of the court but the opponent hits it anyway then the rally just continues another question if the serve if the shuttle hits the net to does it you know is it the fault or is it considered in if the shuttle being served hits the net but still lands inside the designated area then the opponent must hit it back otherwise it will be the point of the server so for instance you get another point from the rally then you just switch so you follow the score of the server so for instance player a gets another point so the score is two player a serves from the right side player b opponent has to go diagonal and also stay on the right side so you follow the servers score to know where you have to stand so okay the rally continues this time player b gets the point and the score now becomes one two so what happens again you follow the score of the server so server is player b one one two so you follow the score of player b so it just continues on from the rally getting the points okay so it doesn't matter if it's your serve or if you're receiving you can get the point as long as you get the rally okay just again to stress it out if the shuttle ongoing shuttle hits the line and bounces out that is considered in but if the shuttle lands outside but bounces somehow back in it's considered out so those are crucial crucial rules of the game what do they look at they do not look at the feather of the shuttle they look at where the cork lands first so if the cork lands on the line and bounces out that's in but if the cork lands out and bounces in that's still out okay so when a person is serving it has to be diagonal same with the receiver but after that you can hit it anywhere anywhere as long as it's within this box this outer part of the cord is considered outside okay same with the lines at the back if the shuttle lands and touches the end line but bounces out that's still in that's why it's very important to have line judges because when you're playing sometimes it's really hard to see where the shuttle landed and specifically where the cork touched first okay it's not where the feather touched but about the cork now if the rally is ongoing and shuttle somehow again hits the net but manages to go in you must take it and you must play it back okay because that's still considered in it's never a fault okay now for the server or receiver you must stay within your box do not stand on the lines whether in the middle or the front okay you have to stay within your boxes for the service and the receiving aside from the fact that you cannot step on the line when you are serving you are not supposed to lift your feet okay upon contact of the shuttle you're not supposed to lift the feet after hitting the shuttle then you can lift and move back to the middle okay so you can only raise your heel slightly when you serve but you cannot lift the feet because the service judge will call you fault now when you are scoring at 11 points you can stop and take a you know take a rest take a sip of water if you have a coach at the back waiting for you the coaches can come to the side and speak to you at 11 points whoever gets the point first at 11 doesn't matter but you take a break whether it's your opponent that got to 11 first or you got to 11 first you take a break for 60 seconds so a coach or maybe a friend could come in and talk to you just for 60 seconds then you have to go back on board and continue with the game now whoever reaches 21 wins that first game and you have to move and change sides off the court but before going back in there's another two minute break for coaching and you know extra tips from your friends or coaches before you actually go back so you switch sides and continue the game now if you've won the first game and won the second game then there's no need to play the third game okay the third set the third game you don't need to play it if you've won two straight sets that's it but if both of you win one set each then you have to go for a third game third set third game so again you will have that two minute interval two minutes for coaches to come and talk to you then you switch sides but at 11 points again you have your 60 second rest go and speak to your coaches and then you have to switch sides at 11. okay so it's kind of like evening the the score and evening you know staying on one side of the court additional tip when the rally is ongoing and a shot was hit outside going out but the player hits it again the rally must continue okay however if this person person a hits the shuttle which was out and b didn't get it then a gets the point when the game is done and you've won two straight sets or one via three games or three sets normally after the game you come forward the net you shake hands and go to the umpire to shake the hands of the umpire and the service judge as well you can improve your singles game by knowing the right strategies specifically for this kind of match watch the videos that you see on your screen to learn tactics to dominate in singles don't forget to subscribe level up your 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