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How to Keep Score in Badminton

Use the following method to score your badminton games and matches.

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    Difficulty:
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    Instructions

    Things You'll Need

    • Badminton Set
      • 1

        Flip a coin before the first game to determine who will serve first.

      • 2

        Score a point only when you are serving.

      • 3

        Change service when the receiving side wins the serve.

      • 4

        Win a game by being the first to score 15 points.

      • 5

        Choose to "set" the game, or not to, if the score reaches 13 to 13 or 14 to 14, and you were the first one to reach 13 or 14.

      • 6

        Set a 13-13 game to play five more points. Set a 14-14 game to play three more points.

      • 7

        Choose not to "set" the game and the first player to get 15 points wins.

      • 8

        Serve first in the next game if you won the previous one.

      • 9

        Change sides between games. In the third game, switch when one team reaches eight points.

      • 10

        Play best of two out of three games to determine a match.

      • 11

        Play the next challenger if you win two of the three games.

    Tips & Warnings

    • In women's singles, games are often played to 11 points instead of 15. This rule is under dispute, so decide how you wish to play, or find out what the local protocol is before you begin a women's singles game.

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    Comments

    • smartbomb8 Aug 09, 2007
      New scoring system - The International Badminton Federation had changed its competition scoring system from the original "side-out" scoring (as described above) to the "rally" system wherein the team scores whenever its opponent makes and fault and no longer depends on whoever is serving. However, right to serve depends on whoever scores. Scoring now goes to up 21 points for all - no more consideration of gender of the players. One can see the new scoring system in the IBF site.
    • Apr 03, 2006
      Scoring is something that is changing in badminton. Setting at 13 all has not been done for some years now with setting at 14 all only. There are changes to the overall system involving playing games to 21, having one service hand only in doubles and winning a point on every rally. If your opponents serve and lose the rally, you win the serve and a point.
    • Apr 03, 2006
      Scoring is something that is changing in badminton. Setting at 13 all has not been done for some years now with setting at 14 all only. There are changes to the overall system involving playing games to 21, having one service hand only in doubles and winning a point on every rally. If your opponents serve and lose the rally, you win the serve and a point.
    • Nov 22, 2005
      Lift the shuttlecock in the air and allow it to land. If the cork points toward you, you serve first. If the cork points to your opponent, he serves first.

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