:Badminton is a game that involves the use of a net,lightweight rackets,and a shuttlecock.It is played by two or four players,either indoors or outdoors,on a marked-out area 44 ft (13.41 m) long by 17 ft (5.18 m) wide for the two-player game and 20 ft (6.10 m) wide for the four-player game.A net is fixed across the middle of the court,with the top edge of the net set to a height of 5 ft (1.52 m) from the ground at the center and 5 ft 1 in (1.55 m) at the posts.
The players hit the shuttlecock back and forth over the net with the rackets.A point can be won only by the serving side.If the serving side fails to return the shuttlecock,it losses the serve; if the receiving side fails to return the shuttlecock,it losses the point and must receive again.
A game is played to 15 points,except in women's singles,in which a game is played to 11 points.If the score is tied near the end of a game,the game may be decided through a tie breaking procedure called setting,which involves different rules for men's and women's competition and depending on the point at which the score is tied.
