Singles in badminton is the hardest game to play. There is a great need for cardiovascular endurance and muscular strength. Even though these two things are also key for doubles and mixed; they are more important in singles because there is more court space to cover per person.
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| In singles the court is referred to as "long and thin" meaning that the side tramlines are out and the back tramlines are in. The image to the right shows, in light blue, what is in after the player has served. However, the point is not won until the shuttlecock lands on the opposite side of the net. |
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| When the player serves there are a couple of differences in where the shuttle can go to be classed as in. The image on the right outlines where these differences are in a simplified form (with the light blue colour outlining where is in) . However, it shows that both half courts are in but it depends on what half court your opponents serving on. If he/she was serving on half court 1 then he/she must serve to the corresponding half court for the serve to be in. The same applies for half court 2; the server must serve from his/her number to the corresponding number. |
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In doubles there are two people on each side of the net. Doubles doesn't have the same health and fitness requirements that singles has, which is mainly because there are two people on each side of the net, meaning that there is less movement required from each individual. Doubles is moderately harder than singles in the way that singles is just one person moving around the court as where doubles has two people moving around the court. This can be dangerous if the doubles pair don't know how to move around each other efficiently and know who's shot it is.
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This image shows a situation in which there are four people playing doubles and there is one person serving and one person receiving (these two people are both labelled as number 1 in the image). There are also another two people, both labelled as number 2, who are standing behind their number 1 server or receiver, and are waiting for the shuttle to be hit by the receiver so they can start an attempt at attacking. They want to start attacking because it puts pressure on their opponents and gives them the chance to play attacking shots like smashes and dropshots. This is why person 2 stands behind person 1 as this puts them in an attacking poisition to start of with which, is therefore giving them an advantage. | |
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In doubles after the serve has been played all the court is in; the most logical reason for this is because there are two people so if the same rules for singles applied for doubles then rallies would be harder to win. For a pair to win a rally they must hit the shuttlecock over the net and it must land within the court or it will be out. |
