RULES AND LAWS
Badminton
for the disabled shall be played according to the rules and regulations of the
International Badminton Federation, except for the following:
1. COURT AND COURT EQUIPMENT
1.1
The court shall be a rectangle laid out with lines 40mm
wide as in Diagram A in the Laws of Badminton. The
following courts shall be used for the disabled:
1.1.1 Sitting badminton: the courts for singles and
doubles shall be as shown in Diagrams F and G,
respectively.
1.1.2 Wheelchair badminton: the courts for singles and
doubles shall be as shown in Diagrams H and I,
respectively.
1.1.3 Standing badminton: the courts for singles and
doubles shall be as shown in Diagrams J and K,
respectively.
1.4 The posts shall be the following heights from the
surface of the court and shall remain vertical when the
net is strained as provided in Law 1.10:
1.4.1 Sitting badminton: 1.20 metres.
1.4.2 Wheelchair badminton: 1.40 metres.
1.4.3 Standing badminton: 1.55 metres.
1.10 The top of the net from the surface of the court
shall be the following heights at the centre of the court
and over the side lines for doubles, respectively:
1.10.1 Sitting badminton: 1.176 and 1.20 metres.
1.10.2 Wheelchair badminton: 1.372 and 1.40 metres.
1.10.3 Standing badminton: 1.524 and 1.55 metres.
7. SCORING SYSTEM
7.2 In all singles and doubles, a game is won by the
first side to score 15 points, except as provided in Law
7.4 If the score becomes 14-all, the side which first
scored 14 shall exercise the choice in Law 7.4.1 or
7.4.2.
7.4.1 to continue the game to 15 points, i.e. not to ‘set? the
game; or
7.4.2 to ‘set?the game to 17 points.
9. SERVICE
9.1 In a correct service:
9.1.2 the server and receiver shall stand within
diagonally opposite service courts or be within the
respective service courts without touching the boundary
lines of these service courts;
9.1.3 Applies to above body disability classification
only
9.1.5 in standing badminton the whole shuttle shall be
below the server’s waist at the instant of being hit
by the server’s racket; in sitting and wheelchair
badminton, the whole shuttle shall be below the server’s armpit at
the instant of being hit by the server’s racket;
9.1.6 applies to standing above body disability only.
9.7 In doubles for standing badminton the partners may
take up any positions which do not unsight the opposing
server or receiver and in doubles for sitting and
wheelchair badminton, the partners shall be in the
adjoining service court.
10. SINGLES
10.1 Serving and receiving courts
10.1.1 The players shall serve from, and receive in,
their respective service courts.
10.1.2 (delete).
10.3 Scoring and serving
10.3.1 (delete “from the alternate service court?.
11. DOUBLES
11.5 Serving and receiving courts
11.5.1 In standing badminton, the player who serves at
the start of any game shall serve from, or receive in,
the right service court when that player’s side has
not scored or has scored an even number of points in that
game, and the left service court when that player’s side has
scored an odd number of points in that game. In sitting
badminton the player who serves or receives the service
at the start of any game shall serve and receive in the
right service court during the game.
11.5.2 In standing badminton, the player who receives at
the start of any game shall receive in, or serve from,
the right service court when that player’s side has
not scored or has scored an even number of points in that
game, and the left service court when that player’s side has
scored an odd number of points in that game. In sitting
badminton, the partner shall serve and receive in the
left service court during the game.
11.5.3 In standing badminton, the reverse pattern shall
apply to the partners. In sitting badminton and
wheelchair, the server shall serve to the diagonally
opposite service court when that player’s side has
not scored or has scored an even number of points.
11.5.4 In sitting badminton only, the server shall serve
to the straight opposite service court when that player’s side has
scored an odd number of points.
18. LIMITATION OF MOVEMENT
18.1 In wheelchair badminton, at the moment that a player
strikes the shuttle some part of the trunk shall be in
contact with the seat of the wheelchair. At no time must
any part of the feet come in contact with the floor.
18.2 In sitting badminton, at the moment that a player
strikes the shuttle some part of the trunk shall be in
contact with the floor.
Above
body disability courts
Above body disability will play normal court size in
accordance with IBF Laws for both singles and doubles
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