Racket Ruckus Badminton
Item | Date | Time | |
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Location | Lawn | ||
Day/Time | Women | Friday | 8:00 am -10:00 am |
Men | Friday | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm | |
Mixed | Saturday | 8:00 am - 10:00 am | |
Equipment | |||
Officials | TBD | ||
Scorekeeper |
Players
- Men - 2 Men per team
- Women - 2 Women per team
- Mixed - 1 Man & 1 Woman per team
Format
- 3 team round robin events
- Winners advance to medals round and play a 3 team round robin for
Gold, Silver and Bronze
Rules
- Must have two players or be disqualified
- If 1 team is not represented in a match, the other 2 teams play best of 3 games
- A coin flip will be performed by the official to decide which team will serve first; the opposing team then selects which side of net to play
- Games played to 15 (do not need to win by 2)
- Each team serves until they lose the volley
- Players on a team rotate serving each serve. Once serve is lost, it goes to other team
- Only score when serving
- When serving birdie, may not touch net. Must fly over net or lose turn
- Serve must be underhand
- In/out of play depends on where birdie lands on grass (inside or outside the line)
- 5-foot area from net is “Kitchen”; can only hit underhand in this area
- At the end of game, Official writes down winner and final score
TIE BREAK RULES
If all teams win 1 and lose 1 game:
- First tie break is Point Differential - Add each team's total points scored and subtract total points of their opponents for their two games
- Second tie break is Head-to-Head play - If team A and B are tied and B won when they played each other B is the winner
- Third tie break is Total Points Scored
- Fourth tie break is Fewest Points Allowed
- Fifth tie break is a Coin Flip