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Badminton court, isometric view. The court is rectangular and divided into halves by a net. Courts are usually marked for both singles and doubles play, although badminton rules permit a court to be marked for singles only. [14] The doubles court is wider than the singles court, but both are of the same length.
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All-court (or all-court game): Style of play that is a composite of all the different playing styles, which includes baseline, transition, and serve and volley styles. [5] [6] All-courter: Player with an all-court game. All: Used by the chair umpire to announce scores when both players have the same number of points or the same number of games.
Advantage service box or ad court: The receiver's left side service box, or the opponent's right for the server; significant as the receiving side for an advantage point. Alley or Tramlines: [15] The lanes on each side of the singles court. These are only used when playing doubles. Back court: The area between the baseline and the service line.
The regulation size of the court is 20 feet (6.1 m) by 44 feet (13 m) for both doubles and singles, the same size as a doubles badminton court. A line seven feet (2.1m) from the net is the non-volley line. Twenty-two feet (6.7 m) from the net, the baseline marks the outer boundary of the playing area. The area bounded by the non-volley line ...
Baseline station, a transitway station in Ottawa; Base Line, Arkansas; Baseline Nunataks; Baseline Rock; It may also refer to: The base line in baseball; The back line on a tennis court, and also a style of play in tennis; see tennis strategy; The back line on a pickleball court; The end line on a basketball court; A bassline in music; A ...
A baseliner plays from the back of the tennis court, around/behind/within the baseline, preferring to hit groundstrokes, thereby allowing themselves more time to react to their opponent's shots, rather than to come up to the net (except in certain situations). Many modern professional players employ this style most of the time.
The original scoring system in badminton dates back to as early as 1873. [1] A match or rubber is decided by the best of three games. Each game is played to 15 points in the case of men's singles and any doubles games. In the case of ladies' singles, a game is played to 11 points.