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If y'all're confused nigh how to score a game of badminton, no worries! But remember that you get a point each time you win a rally, and you lot need to score 21 points to win. In improver, swap service courts each fourth dimension you score. The scoring system is the same whether you are playing a singles or doubles game. Past following a few basic rules, like announcing how many points each role player has earlier every serve, you lot can easily keep rail of the score.

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    Say the score earlier each serve, starting with your full points. When playing badminton, both teams start with 0 points apiece. Before yous serve the shuttlecock, denote the score of the game. To phrase the score, call out your total number of points, followed by your opponent's total number of points. For example, when starting the game, say "zero to zero."[one]

    • Your opponent will say their ain score commencement, followed past yours, when it is their plough to serve.

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    Serve from the right-hand service courtroom if you have an even number of points. Sometimes the right side of the court is called the "fifty-fifty service courtroom" considering of this rule. If your full points are 0, two, 4, vi, 8, or 10, for case, move to the right side of the courtroom to serve the shuttlecock.[ii]

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    Become to the left service court to serve when your score is an odd number. It'due south important to go along track of your points and so you lot know which service court to serve from. If you take an odd-numbered score, such as one, 3, 5, 7, and 9, stand up on the left side of the courtroom when you serve.[3]

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    Get 1 betoken each time you win a rally. A rally is when yous and your opponent hit the shuttlecock back and forth across the net until someone misses and information technology lands on the ground. Subsequently yous serve the shuttlecock, your opponent attempts to hit information technology back over the net to you. If they miss and the shuttlecock lands in the court, you win the rally and score 1 betoken.[iv]

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    Move to the other service court after you lot win a point. For both singles and doubles games, you must swap service courts when you win a rally. If yous have a partner, merchandise places. [5]

    • For instance, say you lot started with three points and served from the left service courtroom. If you win the rally, you at present accept 4 points and will serve from the right service court.

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    Serve the shuttlecock after you lot win a rally. After the first serve is performed, the side by side server is determined by whoever wins the rally. If you served the first circular and won the get-go rally, continue serving until the other player wins a plough.[half-dozen]

    • If y'all're playing doubles and your partner won the rally, they get to serve.
    • If your opponent won the rally, they get to serve.

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    Earn a point if your opponent performs a badminton foul. Any fourth dimension your opponent makes a foul, you score 1 point and get to serve. Fouls include serving the shuttlecock outside of the court, contacting the cyberspace with your body or racket, extending your racket past the net, or hitting the shuttlecock multiple times.[7]

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    Play badminton until 1 role player or team reaches 21 points. Continue serving and receiving the shuttlecock to win points. As the game progresses, you must reach 21 points in order to win.[8]

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    Have at to the lowest degree a 2-bespeak lead on your opponent to win the game. In one case you get to 21 points, make a note of your opponent's score. If they have nineteen points or less, you win the game. If your opponent has xx points, keep playing until you have ii points more than them.[ix]

    • For example, 22–20 is a winning score, every bit is 25–23.

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    Cease the game when ane role player reaches thirty points. The badminton game is capped at thirty points total and so the game doesn't drag on for too long. The player with 30 points wins, regardless if they have a 2-point lead.[10]

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    Defeat your opponent two-3 times to win a badminton friction match. For a fun challenge, keep playing against your opponent to run into who wins the all-time 2 out of 3 games. This is referred to equally a "match" in badminton. [11]

    • If y'all win the beginning two games, a match but lasts 2 games. However, if you win 1 and your opponent wins 1, a match consists of 3 games.

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  • If you are having a tough time keeping track of the score while learning how to play, utilize a scorecard. Write your proper noun and your opponent's name at the meridian, and brand a tally each time a player gets a point. While this is not required, it ensures yous count points correctly.

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