This may seem like a ridiculous and obvious question, but I skimmed over the Laws of Badminton and couldn't find an answer. Say you hit a powerful drive shot and it bounces off an opposing player's head and lands in your own court, who would get the point in this situation? In other words, is it possible to get points from using your body as opposed to making contact with your racket? (I apologize if I've wasted your time with this silly question.)
According to law 13.3.5: "It shall be a fault if in play, the shuttle touches the person or dress of a player." So no, once the bird touches the opponent's head, it's considered a fault, and you win the point.
OUCH!!!!!!!!!! yeah, as long as the shuttle makes contact with any part of the body/clothing, its considered a fault. ps: which part of your opponent's head, by the way?
I did this once playing mixed. Blasted the gal on the other side in the forehead and it came back over the net. We didnt' know she hadn't hit the shuttle with her head ( she was a tad stunned and didn't day anything at first) and we kept playing. Soon as she came to, she called the point to us. Tough cookie- she finished the game.
Same thing happned to me once, 'cept we played the point thru after the 'header' and when it was over we all fell apart laughing.
shuttle touches the handle if the shuttle touch the player or/and his clothes it is always a foult ... even if the shuttle touches the handle of the racqut foult must be called !!
To the best of my knowledge, this is not true! In theory, you can hold the racket from the head and play with the handle and it would still be legal! (with the exception of the serve being below the waist)
I've seen a trick shot played in a tournament where the person uses their handle at the net, the umpire allowed it.
not any more hmm I think I was told so last year when I was on the EBF assesment for umpires - I was trying to find it in the rules but with no luck ... I'll try to check it and come back with precise answer
Oh my, Lool my friend does this to me so much. He smashes it to hit me but now I learn how to defend lool. I sidestep to the side and just tap he birdie and my friend has to run for the birdie.
