SERVICE COURT ERRORS

12. SERVICE COURT ERRORS

12.1 A service court error has been made when a player:

12.1.1 has served out of turn;

12.1.2 has served from the wrong service court; or

12.1.3 standing in the wrong service court, was prepared to receive the service and it has been delivered.

12.2 If a service court error is discovered before the next service is delivered:

12.2.1 if one side made the error and won the rally, it shall be a ‘let’;

12.2.2 if one side made the error and lost the rally, the error shall not be corrected;

12.2.3 if both sides made an error, it shall be a ‘let’.

12.3 If there is a ‘let’ because of a service court error, the rally shall be replayed with the error corrected.

12.4 If a service court error is discovered after the next service has been delivered, the error shall not be corrected and the play in that game shall proceed without changing the players’ new service courts (nor, when relevant, the new order of serving).

DOUBLES

11. DOUBLES

11.1 At the start of a game, and each time a side gains the right to serve, the service shall be delivered from the right service court.

11.2 Only the receiver shall return the service: should the shuttle touch or be hit by the receiver’s partner, it shall be a ‘fault’ and the serving side scores a point.

11.3 Order of play and position on court

11.3.1 After the service is returned, the shuttle may be hit by either player of the serving side and then by either player of the receiving side, and so on, until the shuttle ceases to be in play.

11.3.2 After the service is returned, a player may hit the shuttle from any position on that player’s side of the net.

11.4 Serving and receiving courts

11.4.1 The player who serves at the start of any game shall serve from, or receive in, the right service court when that player’s side has not scored or has scored an even number of points in that game, and the left service court when that player’s side has scored an odd number of points in that game.

11.4.2 The player who receives at the start of any game shall receive in, or serve from, the right service court when that player’s side has not scored or has scored an even number of points in that game, and the left service court when that player’s side has scored an odd number of points in that game.

11.4.3 The reverse pattern shall apply to the partners.

11.5 Scoring and serving

11.5.1 If the receiving side makes a ‘fault’ or the shuttle ceases to be in play because it touches the surface of the court inside the receiving side’s court, the serving side scores a point and the server serves again.

11.5.2 If the serving side makes a ‘fault’ or the shuttle ceases to be in play because it touches the surface of the court inside the serving side’s court, the server loses the right to continue serving, with no point scored by either side.

11.6 Service in any turn of serving shall be delivered from alternate service courts, except as provided in Laws 12 and 14.

Laws – RTCO

11.7 In any game, the right to serve passes consecutively from the initial server to the initial receiver, then to that initial receiver’s partner, then to the opponent who is due to serve from the right service court (Law 11.4), then to that player’s partner, and so on.

11.8 No player shall serve out of turn, receive out of turn, or receive two consecutive services in the same game, except as provided in Laws 12 and 14.

11.9 Either player of the winning side may serve first in the next game, and either player of the losing side may receive.

SINGLES

10. SINGLES

10.1 Serving and receiving courts

10.1.1 The players shall serve from, and receive in, their respective right service courts when the server has not scored or has scored an even number of points in that game.

10.1.2 The players shall serve from, and receive in, their respective left service courts when the server has scored an odd number of points in that game.

10.2 The shuttle is hit alternately by the server and the receiver until a ‘fault’ is made or the shuttle ceases to be in play.

10.3 Scoring and serving

10.3.1 If the receiver makes a ‘fault’ or the shuttle ceases to be in play because it touches the surface of the court inside the receiver’s court, the server scores a point. The server then serves again from the alternate service court.

10.3.2 If the server makes a ‘fault’ or the shuttle ceases to be in play because it touches the surface of the court inside the server’s court, the server loses the right to continue serving and the receiver then becomes the server, with no point scored by either player.