It even protects your muscles, knees, and all parts that are easily injured - in this aspect, its role may be greater than a pair of high-end sneakers. Therefore, the badminton court is also divided into singles and doubles boundaries, as shown in the figure below: red represents

It is an item that you will use every time you play ball. Its quality affects your running and return speed. It even protects your muscles, knees, and all parts that are easily injured - in this aspect, its role may be greater than a pair of high-end sneakers. What is it? It is the badminton court that you step on every time you play.

is not familiar with the most basic knowledge about the court, serving, etc. The editor also acts as an explainer to popularize the basic knowledge to the golfers who are just starting out, hoping to help the golfers who are just starting out. First, let’s get to know the stadium.

In common badminton matches, they are generally divided into: singles and doubles. Therefore, the badminton court is also divided into singles and doubles boundaries, as shown in the figure below: red represents singles boundaries, and blue represents doubles boundaries.

Badminton court

It can be seen that the sideline of doubles is the outermost solid line of the field; singles is the second solid line from the outside, and the bottom line of singles and doubles is the outermost solid line. This is easy to understand. Doubles uses the largest area of ​​the court, while singles uses two less areas.

In the picture above, we can also see that the color depth of the court is different. The darker color is the teeing area. The service area for singles is easy to understand, as long as it is behind the service line and within the singles area; while the service area for doubles is restricted, the back service line is the second line inside the baseline, so the serve in doubles cannot go further than If this line is exceeded, the serve will go out of bounds. This is also the reason why small serves are mostly used in doubles. If you steal the backcourt, you may run the risk of going out of bounds.

After knowing the boundaries of the singles and doubles venues, the next step is to divide the venue. In each half, there is a center line from the service line to the bottom line, dividing the field into two left and right areas, which are what we often call the left half and the right half.

The main function of the left and right half areas is : positioning rules when serving, odd-numbered service areas and even-numbered service areas. This is also difficult for novices to understand.

In a badminton match, the position of each serve is not random, but there is a rule of "one left, two right", that is, when the score is an odd number, the serve is served in the left half, and the person who receives the serve stands correspondingly in the left half. Catch the ball; when the score is an even number (even number), the ball is served in the right half, and the receiver receives the ball in the right half accordingly. At 0-0, serve in the right half.

Serving area

Although we mentioned the serving area for singles and doubles in Figure 1, in actual service, it can only be served to half of the area, either the left half or the right half. If the line is pressed within the bounds, if it is not within the corresponding half area, it will be deemed a service violation and the opponent will score.

In addition to the left and right divisions, we usually divide the field into frontcourt and backcourt, or frontcourt, midfield and backcourt, which can deepen our understanding of the field.

The frontcourt is mainly close to the net and is used to catch the opponent's ball in front of the net (rubbing the ball, hooking the ball diagonally, setting the net, and lobbing);

The midfielder is in the middle area of ​​the court and usually receives the opponent's kills.

The backcourt is the area around the service line and within the baseline after doubles, mainly for the opponent's long balls, picks, pushes, or long kills.

is as shown below:

In addition, after getting a little more familiar, we can also combine the field and the ball path and divide it into three paths: left, middle and right. This is why we often hear commentators say: attack the opponent's center; neutralize on the right; kill the center, etc. This is created by combining the course and the ball path.

For golfers who are just getting started, it is easiest to understand that the golf course is divided into three parts: the front, middle and back. This has a certain relationship with the subsequent advanced learning of basic techniques, and also responds to the footwork of badminton, making it easier to get started. Therefore, you can analyze the games we often see from the front, middle and backcourts, and see how the players position themselves, how they return the ball, and how they move. This will bring you a lot of benefits.

What we are talking about above is the knowledge of badminton courts, but what is its specific use in actual combat?

Let’s talk about singles first.In singles, because the width of the court is reduced, we have to pay attention to the front, middle and back areas on the court, and we do not consider the cooperation with the players. The most important thing is the movement of the soles of the feet. Novices can use the "meter" step to exercise their foot speed. As shown in the picture below:

1, 2, and 3 are the steps to the net, controlling the frontcourt area;

4, 8 are the midfield steps, covering the midfield;

5, 6, and 7 are the retreat steps, defending the backcourt area.

As for how to practice the pace of each area, we will analyze it step by step later. What you need to pay attention to now is to clearly separate the areas of the venue without confusion; and have the awareness of "centering": put yourself in the center of the venue, Rather than exposing a huge gap.

let’s talk about doubles. Doubles is the most common way for amateur players to practice and compete, relying on the cooperation of two people. Since we are cooperating, we must protect each other's space. How to allocate the area? The obvious difference from singles is that although there are two players in doubles, if there is no tacit understanding, there will be more gaps than in singles.

In doubles, two teammates are constantly moving on the court, sometimes left and right, sometimes front and back. This is technically called: rotation. To put it simply, when you are in an offensive state (advantage), you stand in front and back, with one person blocking the net in front of the net and one person attacking in the backcourt; but when you are in a defensive state (passive), you stand left and right, and both parties cooperate. Defend the entire field to transition and find counterattack opportunities. What is particularly worth mentioning about

is that when defending, the two people do not defend the field equally, but choose according to the opponent's offensive position. Because there is more straight-line offense in doubles, straight-line defense is more important: the straight-line defender defends 1/3 of the field, and the other person defends 2/3 of the field. As shown below:

This is because the straight-line attack distance is short, the ball speed is fast, and the threat is great. In order to relieve the pressure of defense, the straight-line defenders are responsible for the small-scale defense, while another player is responsible for the diagonal defense, because it is diagonal. If the ball is on a line path, the distance is longer, the ball speed is slower, and the threat will be correspondingly smaller.

Correspondingly, if the opponent's offensive personnel are in the left half, the defensive personnel should pay more attention to the defensive straight line in the right half. This requires tacit cooperation between the two parties, so as not to create a gap between the two people and cause mistakes.

The defense of men's and women's doubles follows the above rules, but it is different in mixed doubles. In mixed doubles, the male players are stronger and generally play an offensive role in the backcourt. Therefore, in defense, the male players not only have to defend a wider range, but also have to be prepared to retreat and attack, while the female players are more defensive. Pay attention to the net. As shown in the figure below:

When the opponent's offensive personnel are in a straight line with the female players, what the male players need to do is in addition to 2/3 of the defensive area, they also need to pay attention to the defense in the backcourt; when the opponent's offensive personnel are in a straight line with the male players When in a straight line, male players defend about 1/2 of the area and also need to take care of the backcourt, while female players pay more attention to the front of the net. The advantage of this is that when there is an opportunity to attack, the "female in front and man in back" position can be formed more quickly.

The above is the knowledge about the stadium and its divisions that we want to share today. From simple to in-depth, we introduce the significance of divisions in singles and doubles. I hope it can be helpful to you.