BADMINTON

History

Badminton is a very popular sport among disable – bodied and is being played in Olympic Games and around the world and it is not a paralympic sport, badminton is a sport that is played by individuals, doubles or teams of five. Since its humble beginnings in 1995 at Stoke Mandeville, the number of countries participating in IBAD world Championship events has now risen to sudden appearance of Asian countries. Badminton for the disabled athletes is for people with locomotors disabilities, who are wheelchair users, amputees or les autres. The sport requires lots of stamina, concentration, coordination, muscular control, accuracy, teamwork, cooperation and strategy.

Classification
For Classification, please refer to Classification Document.
Badminton Classification

Rules and Regulations
1. BASIC RULES.
1.1 International Badminton Federation (IBF) and International Badminton Association for Disabled (IBAD) Laws shall be applying.

2. ELIGIBILITY.
2.1 Standing Classes.
2.1.1 Standing Below Waist Class 2 – BMSTL2 – The player is standing and has a reduction of muscular power of at least 20 points in one or both lower limbs or equivalent disability.
2.1.2 Standing Below Waist Class 3 – BMSTL3 – The player is standing and has a reduction of muscular power of 10 – 19 points in one or both lower limbs or equivalent disability.
2.1.3 Standing Above Waist Class 1 – BMSTU4 – The player is standing and has severe impairments of non playing arm with minimal disability loss of 50 points or equivalent disability as prescribed in the classification rules.
2.1.4 Standing Above Waist Class 2 – BMSTU5 – The player is standing and has minimal disability with the loss of 30 points or severe to moderate impairment of non playing arms.
2.2 Wheelchair Classes.
2.2.1 Wheelchair Class 2 – BMW2 – For paraplegic players with lesion above T12 (plus other conditions stated) and CPs with moderate diplegia (plus other conditions stated).
2.2.2 Wheelchair Class 3 – BMW3 – For paraplegic players with lesion L1 and below. Also for players with minimal disability which has lost of muscular power at least points in one or both lower limbs (plus other conditions stated) and CPs with slight diplegia (plus other conditions stated).

3. EVENTS AND CONDITIONS.
3.1 Players are allowed to compete in individual events and team events.
3.2 For individual events, each country/delegation is allowed to field up to 3 competitors in each singles event and 3 pairs in each doubles event for each category.
3.3 Each country/delegation is allowed to participate in 1 Team Standing Event. A team Standing Event consists of 2 singles and 1 doubles of Standing Classes as follows:
3.3.1 Singles 1 (Standing Above Waist).
3.3.2 Singles 1 (Standing Below Waist).
3.3.3 Doubles (Standing Above Waist and Standing Below Waist).3.3.4 Players are allowed once in team event.
3.3.5 Minimum of 4 players for team event are required.
3.3.6 A maximum of 2 reserve players are allowed.

4. COMPETITION FORMAT.
4.1 For individual events, competition will go on if there are at least 3 participants from minimum of 2 countries/delegations.
4.2 If there are inadequacies of players, the organizer is allowed to combine to the next higher category in order for the competition to go on and individual events will be playing in a knock out system.
4.3 For team standing event, Competition will be a knock out system and competition will go on if the organizer receives at least from 3 participating countries/delegations.

5. EVENTS FOR COMPETITION.
5.1 Number of events offered for competitions are as follows.
5.1.1 Team Standing.
5.1.2 Standing below Waist Class 2 – BMSTL2 (Singles/Doubles).
5.1.3 Standing below Waist Class 3 – BMSTL3 (Singles/Doubles).
5.1.4 Standing below Waist Class 1 – BMSTU4 (Singles/Doubles).
5.1.5 Standing below Waist Class 2 – BMSTU5 (Singles/Doubles).
5.1.6 Wheelchair Class 2 – BMW2 – (Singles/Doubles).
5.1.7 Wheelchair Class 3 – BMW3 – (Singles/Doubles).

(Total 26 events Men and Women)
Badminton for the disabled shall be played according to the Laws of the International Badminton Federation, except for the following:

1. COURT AND COURT EQUIPMENT.
1.1 The posts shall be the following heights from the surface of the court and shall remain vertical when the net is strained as provided in Law 1.10:
1.1.1 Sitting Badminton: 1.20 meters.
1.1.2 Wheelchair Badminton: 1.40 meters.
1.1.3 Standing Badminton: 1.55 meters.
1.2 The top of the net from surface of the court shall be the following heights at the centre of the court and over the side lines for the doubles, respectively:
1.2.1 Sitting Badminton: 1.176 and 1.20 meters.
1.2.2 Wheelchair Badminton: 1.372 and 1.40 meters.
1.2.3 Standing Badminton: 1.524 and 1.55 meters.

2. SERVICES.
2.1 In a correct service:
2.1.1 The server and receiver shall stand within diagonally opposite service courts or be within the respective service courts without touching the boundary lines of these service courts;
2.1.2 IBF Law applies to above body disability classification only.
Wheelchair badminton: At the start of the service the wheels of both the server and the receiver must be stationary.
2.1.3 In standing badminton, the whole shuttle shall be below the server’s waist at the instant of being hit by the server’s racket; in sitting and wheelchair badminton, the whole shuttle shall be below the server’s armpit at the instant of being hit by the server’s racket.
2.2 In the doubles for standing badminton, the partners may take up any positions which do not unsight the opposing server or receiver and in doubles for sitting and wheelchair badminton; the partners shall be in the adjoining service court.

3. SINGLES.
3.1 Serving and receiving courts.
3.1.1 The players shall serve from, and receive in their respective service courts.

4. DOUBLES.
4.1 Serving and receiving courts.
4.1.1 In sitting badminton, the player who serves or receives the service at the start of any game shall serve and receive in the right service court during the game.
4.1.2 In sitting badminton, the partner shall serve and receive in the left service court during the game.
4.1.3 In sitting badminton, the server shall serve to the diagonally opposite service court when that player’s side has not scored or has scored an even number of points.
1.5.1 In sitting badminton, the server shall serve to the straight opposite service court when that player’s side has scored an odd number of points.

5. FAULTS.
5.1 In wheelchair badminton, the whole of the wheelchair is considered part of the player’s person.

6. CONTINUOUS PLAY.
In Wheelchair badminton:
6.1 Play shall be continuous from the first service until the match is concluded, except as allowed in Laws, 16.2, 16.3, 16.9 and 16.10.
6.2 A player may be followed to leave the court for an interval no exceeding 3 minutes during a match in order to catheterize. He/she shall be accompanied by an official.
6.3 A player may be allowed to repair a damaged wheelchair provided it is done in the quickest possible time. If the player has to leave the court, he/she shall be accompanied by the official.

7. LIMITATION OF MOVEMENT.
7.1 In wheelchair badminton:
7.1.1 At the moment that a player strikes the shuttle some part of the trunk shall be in contact with the sit of the wheelchair.
7.1.2 When the shuttle is in play, the feet shall remain in contact with the footrest. The feet may be fixed to the footrest.
7.1.3 At no time when the shuttle is in play must any part of the feet come in contact with the floor. A player may particularly not use the feet for braking or for support.
7.1.4 Just before and at the moment that a player strikes the shuttle the player may not touch the floor with the hands for support.
7.1.5 When the shuttle is in play, a mounted footrest may not touch the floor.
7.2 In sitting badminton, at the moment that a player strikes the shuttle some part of the trunk shall be in contact with the floor.

8. WHEELCHAIR EQUIPMENT.
8.1 A player’s body may be fixed to the wheelchair with an elastic belt.
8.2 A wheelchair may be equipped by arrear supporting wheel which may extend beyond the main wheels.


Competition Schedule