How does the badminton work?

Answer 1

You continue playing until someone wins by 2.

Often, there is a number to stop at when the first person to get that point wins.


ex. Game to 21, win by 2 to 30. This means, they'd go win by 2 until 30. The 1st person to get to 30 wins and there is no rally after.


If it is in a match, it is best out of 3, so you cannot have a tie.

Answer 2

To begin a singles game, players stand in diagonally opposite

service courts

and the server then serves the shuttlecock underhand from below the waist. If the receiver thinks the serve is a

fault, meaning it will land outside the receiver's service court, he or she can leave it and win the point if it does go out. But if the receiver thinks the serve is good, he or she must return it before it bounces. If the return is good, a

rally begins. The rally continues until someone wins it by hitting a good shot which their opponent cannot return, or until someone loses it by hitting a fault. Faults include hitting the shuttlecock into the net, hitting it outside the court, or hitting it twice with two separate shots before it goes over the net. Whoever wins the rally earns one point, and serves to start the next point. Players can use a range of shots during a rally, including drop shots, drives, clears, smashes, kills, net shots and push shots. Top players learn to

disguise their shots, and try to trick the opponent into thinking they're about to hit one type of shot, but then hit a very different type of shot, hoping to win the point by surprising the opponent. Play continues until one player wins the game by being the first to earn 21 points, with a margin of at least 2 points. For example, if the score is 21 to 19, the game is over. But if the score is 21 to 20, the game continues. If the player with 21 points then wins a point, the score is 22 to 20 and the game is over. Matches are usually the best of three games. This means the first player to win two games wins the match.

Answer 3

The next player/team that reaches 21 will win, even though they don't win by 2 points. This is applicable in all games, even if the score isn't tied at 20.