Badminton Common Faults

There are a lot of faults in the game of badminton. Here are the most common badminton fouls that a player could commit in a badminton game and it is actually the training and the dedication that sets a player apart from everyone else.

Take note of the 5 common faults that someone is always committing make sure that you practice this to make you a better and a more competitive player;

1. Contact Fault
2. Over the Net Fault
3. Service Fault
4. Receiver Fault
5. Double Hit

First of all let’s define the penalty for a fault? You lose the rally and your opponent will be awarded with one point. So make sure you understand these common fouls to avoid losing unnecessary points to your opponent and not cost you the game that you love and you’ll have the bragging rights after the game.

Contact Fault

We all know that when a rally is in play this means that when a serve has been delivered, there are always two things that you cannot touch during the rally.

Shuttlecock – You can hit the shuttlecock with the badminton racquet only. But you or any part of your body cannot touch the shuttlecock also in the middle of a rally. Even if the shuttle touches your shirt, pants, leg, etc, it is still and will be called as a contact foul.

Badminton Net – You and your badminton racquet cannot touch the net in the middle of the rally make sure you take note of that.

Over the Net Fault

One of the most frequently asked question and this is the most confusing part, can you really get your badminton racquet go over the net in the middle of a rally? The only answer is a big YES, it cannot go over the net on any circumstances. The next part is important but you are not allowed to take the shuttlecock before it passes the net to your side of the court.

1. Fault can be because it take the shuttle when it’s still on the opponent’s side. You can only strike the shuttlecock when it has fly over to your side of the court.
2. Second one is that if you hit the shuttlecock then your badminton racquet crosses the net, you are also allowed to follow through with the racquet after you hit the shuttlecock. Even if your racquet crosses over to your opponent’s side it is fine.

To sum up this fault, you are not allowed to take the shuttlecock when it’s still on your opponent’s side. As long as you obey this, your badminton racquet can go over the net.

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Service Fault

Make sure that when you deliver a service, be always aware of the possible badminton fouls and try to avoid it. This service faults often happen when you perform the low serve. It is even more commonly committed when you perform the low serve and flick serve in a doubles game. The reason for this is that the players will try very hard to make their serve pass right above the net.

It may sound simple but you bet that this isn’t an easy task for the short players. So first let’s look on the official rules and also to avoid a service fault when serving;

1. The shuttlecock must be struck from below your waist (lowest rib bone)
2. Your badminton racquet head must be pointing at a downward direction when you hit the shuttle.
3. Your badminton racquet must swing in an upward direction.

If this is not easy for the players it is not easy also for the officials, because sometimes it is difficult to detect whether a player obeyed the 3 conditions above. However you can always see and determine whether a service fault is committed. If your serve is legal then there is no way that you can hit a low serve that looks like a drive. Unless your waist line is as high as the top of the net.

Receiver Fault

This maybe the most straight forward fault in the game that we all love. When receiving a serve from your opponent, you cannot move your feet away from where you’re standing. Otherwise, it is a receivers fault and this is pretty common if you are not conscious about the things that you are doing in the game. You can only move after your opponent has struck the shuttle.

This may be the most common fault but a lot of players also is not aware that there is a receiver’s fault.

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Double Hit

When the shuttlecock comes to your side, you have only one attempt to hit the shuttlecock and that is the only way to play the game, so make sure that you do your very best to try and return the shuttlecock by hitting it once.

Once your badminton racquet makes contact with the shuttlecock, you cannot hit it again until your opponent returns the shot, in doubles, only one player in a partnership is allowed to hit the shuttlecock. If both players touch the shuttle with their badminton racquet, it will be called a Double Hit fault.

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So here are the 5 common badminton faults that you need to take note of to be able to be a more competitive and more successful badminton player. Train hard until your idols became your rivals and see where your passion and your dedication take you.

Because as you believe in yourself sky is the limit.

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