What do you know about badminton courts? Badminton has grown in popularity in India during the last decade or so. Badminton, which was formerly mostly played in social clubs and as winter leisure, underwent a huge transformation after Saina Nehwal won a bronze medal in the 2012 London Olympics. The popularity of learning and competing in badminton has skyrocketed. With PV Sindhu’s silver medal at Rio 2016 and her consistent participation at world championships, interest in badminton surged exponentially.
The fast-paced aspect of this racquet sport is what keeps fans interested. The margin for mistake is essentially none, whether the shuttle is traveling at speeds of up to 400kph or the precise drop shots. As a result, understanding the court and how to exploit the space might be the difference between winning and losing. A badminton court is typically laid out on a wooden floor, with synthetic mats used as the court’s surface.
The courts are designed to cushion and comfort shuttlers as they crisscross the playing area, deceiving their opponents with smashes and cunning strokes in order to win games. As a result, maintaining the court surface is essential. A badminton court may accommodate two forms of competition: singles and doubles. The court lines are drawn accordingly.
Badminton court size
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According to the Badminton World Federation (BWF) criteria, the length of a typical badminton court stays the same – 13.40m (44 ft) – for both sorts of events. However, the width varies, with the singles court running broad until 5.18m (17 feet), signified by the sidelines, and the doubles court running wide until 6.1m (20 feet) and signaled by the doubles sidelines.
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The total diagonal length of the court is 14.723m. The court is divided into two halves of 6.7m (22 feet) each, separated by a badminton net that stands at 1.55m (5 feet 1in) at the ends and lowers to 1.52m (5 feet) in the center. The two playing spaces on either side of the net are further separated vertically down the center to denote the service zones. This implies that each service court on a badminton court is 3.88m (12.72 feet) long and 2.53m (8.3 feet) broad.
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With badminton laws prescribing particular standards for service, the court has two service lines, the short service line, which is 1.98m (6.5 feet) from the net, and the long service line, which is 0.72m (2.36 feet) from the baseline. The service in singles must extend beyond the short service line and inside the boundary lines. In the doubles game, the service should be beyond the short service line, but the long service line serves as the backcourt marker. This means that the serving length in doubles is shorter than in singles.
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