Learn Badminton with Free Lessons & Tips

• A game starts with a coin toss.
• At no time during the game should the player touch the net, with his racquet or his body.
• The shuttlecock should not be carried on or come to rest on the racquet.
• A player should not reach over the net to hit the shuttlecock.

1. Warm up. Warming up is an important step – not just in badminton, but for virtually every sport and exercise. 
2. Work on your footwork. As mentioned, badminton is a very fast-paced sport. 
3. Focus on technique. 
4. Play to your strengths. 
5. Watch the pros. 
6. Keep on playing.

Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecockacross a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players per side).