Rules: Stupid Question but.......

It doesn't matter what part touches first, but werever any part of it touches, that's your reference point. For example, if the shuttle somehow touches the line with its feathers before the head touches out, then it should be considered in.

So the first part that touches the floor, basically.

 

Since the cork is heavier, the shuttle will always land cork first. Any part of the cork touches the line, it's IN.

 

Well, I often see the tip land first (since it is the heavier end of the shuttle - it will have a tendency to point downward first).
I have not seen a feather part touches the ground before the tip (even on a tumbling net shot).

 

Of course not, that's the way a shuttle is designed, cork first.

 

I think the others has answered your question to a degree. Basically only the cork should touch the court first. Even if the feathers touches the line after the cork has landed (outside of the line), it is still out as the cork is the first point of contact

 

It is possible that feathers touch the court before the cork. I saw this sitting on the long line. It happens when you have a kill hit just above the net and shuttle is flying all the length of the court.

The flight path is so tight that it is possible (and I saw this) that feathers touch the back line before the cork (which hits out).

In such a case the shuttle is in.


regards

dzgdz

 

ok weve figured out that the cork should always land first but the bird hits different angles and we all know that the whole cork never hits the ground. That the cork will usually land on an angle so do u take from the very tip or from the cork itself because if u take form very tip and u call it long the competition will complain every time

 

It's really very simple

The first part of the shuttle to hit the ground is what matters.

If any part of the shuttle's initial contact with the ground is on or within any part of a boundary line, then the shuttle is IN.

 

Hmm. You need to read the laws a bit more carefully. Everything is very clear there. They are definitive. How could a line judge call a shuttle out if the laws do not define what is out?

Fortunately the line judge is aided in his thankless task by laws 1.3, 11.5 and 13.2.1 which say

"1.3 All lines form part of the area which they define. "

"11.5 [font=Times New Roman,Times New Roman]Scoring and serving[/font]
[font=Times New Roman,Times New Roman][/font]
[font=Times New Roman,Times New Roman][/font]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. "

and that a shot is a fault

"if in play, the shuttle:

13.2.1 lands outside the boundaries of the court (ie not on or within the boundary lines); "

Seems pretty clear to me.