BADMINTON GLOSSARY

• Alley - extension of the court on the sides for doubles play
• Back Alley - back boundary line and the long service line for doubles
• Backcourt - back third of the court in the area of the back boundary lins
• Center Line - centerline that divides the court into right and left courts
• balk (Feint) - any deceptive movement that disconcerts an opponent before or during the service
• Baseline - back boundary line at each end of the court parallel to the net
• Carry - illegal tactic, also called as sling or throw
• Center or Base Position - location in the center of the court to which a singles player returns the ball.
• Clear - a shot hit deep to the opponents back boundary line
• High Clear - a defensive shot

  Attacking Clear - offensive shot
• Court - area of the play
• Drive - fast and low shot that makes a horizontal flight over thenet
• Drop - shot hit softly and with finesse to fall rapidly and close to the net
• Fault - violation
• Flick - quick wrist and forearm rotation
• Forecourt - front third of the court
• Hairpin Net Shot - shot made very close to the net
• Halfcourt Shot - hit low and to midcourt
• Kill - fast downward shot that cannot be returned
• Let - legitimate cessation of play for a rally to be repleayed
• Long Service Line - the back boundary line
• match - series of games
• Midcourt - the middle third of the court
• Net Shot - shot hit from the forecourt that just clears the net and then falls rapidly
• Push Shot - gentle shot played by pushing the shuttle with little wrist motion
• Racquet - used to hit the shuttlecock
• Rally - exchange of shots
• Serve (Service) - used to put the shuttlecock on the net, and to serve the ball.
• Service Court - area hich the serve must be delivered
• Short Service Line - line from the net which a serve must reach to be legal
• Smash - hard-hit overhead shot
• Wood Shot - the shuttle is hit by the frame; legalized in 1963