Badminton rules quiz

This badminton rules quiz tests the calls that start arguments at club night: lines, tramlines, the net on the serve, body touches and the doubles serving order. Your progress saves on this device, so you can stop and come back. When you finish, share your score and try again with the questions shuffled.

The rules people get wrong most

"The serve hit the net, that's a let"

Not in badminton. A serve that clips the net and lands in the correct service court is in and play continues. Lets are for things like the shuttle getting caught in the net after the serve has been returned, the base separating from the feathers, or a player serving before the receiver is ready. Every case is in faults and lets.

"It was on the line, so it's out"

The opposite: under Law 1.3 the lines are part of the area they define, so a shuttle touching the line is in. The tricky part is knowing which lines count: singles is long and narrow, a doubles serve is short and wide, and a doubles rally uses everything. See in or out and the interactive court dimensions.

"It was going out, so the point's mine"

If the shuttle touches you or your clothes, it is a fault against you, wherever it was heading. Let it go.

Who serves in doubles

The serving side serves from the right court on an even score and the left on an odd score; the server only swaps courts with their partner when their side wins a point while serving. The receiving side never swaps when it wins the serve back. Step through it rally by rally with the doubles serving order tool.

"The receiver's partner can take a serve that's going long"

No: only the receiver may return the serve. If the partner hits it, it's a fault. And on the serve the shuttle must be struck below 1.15 m, in one continuous forward movement, hitting the base first. All of it is in the serve rules.

Badminton in or out quiz: how the court questions work

The court diagrams are drawn to scale from the official dimensions, with the far end at the top. A lime dot is where the shuttle landed; a blue tint marks the service court the serve had to reach; in singles questions the side alleys are dimmed because they are out. Look at which game it is before you answer: the same landing can be in for doubles and out for singles. For more line-call practice, the singles and doubles rule pages have interactive courts where you place the shuttle yourself.

Badminton quiz questions for clubs and PE classes

Coaches and teachers: run the quiz on a projector and let the group vote before revealing each answer, or have players do it on their phones and compare scores. Every question links to a plain-English explanation, starting from the complete badminton rules guide and the serve rules.