Laws of Badminton
U. SELF-OFFICIATING FOR BADMINTON
In the absence of court officials and or an event referee; Self-Officiating becomes necessary. With that in mind, the following rules must be adhered to so as to insure a safe and fair event/contest.
Our role as coaches is to ensure safety and fair play with good sportsmanship at all times, by all parties involved. It is the responsibility of all coaches to understand and instruct their teams and all persons in their control of these rules. The remedies for infractions shall be set forth by the Controlling Governing Body unless otherwise stated in the laws.
Both Coaches in a duel match, the Committee Members or their Designated Representatives at a tournament, any School Administrator or District Representative in attendance, or any paid person or person assigned, acting as the referee for any specific game, match or event; shall have the authority to intercede and make judgment calls as it relates to serving, player behavior, spectator behavior, score disputes and any item that may occur in the course of the event in question. Said calls shall stand as if they were issued by an assigned, trained or certified official.
The rules as set forth and adopted by the controlling governing body of the event shall be in force and supersede any other set or sets of rules governing play or conduct. Conduct must be limited to the standards set forth or adopted by the controlling governing body and may be more limiting than the accepted norms at professional or other events where player and spectator control is in force.
In the absence of a specific rule or recommendation, the rules or regulations set forth by the controlling governing body shall be considered to have the full force of a law and the remedy prescribed by the controlling governing body shall be adhered to.
In Self Officiated Duel Matches or Tournaments the following rules shall govern the conduct of the players, coaches and spectators.
1 No aggressive gestures, words or sounds shall be directed to any player, team or person(s) in attendance.
2 No excessive crowd noise, so as to be distracting to others in the venue and or intimidating to the player(s) on court is allowed.
3 No coaching of players during a game is allowed except where it is proscribed and adopted by the controlling governing body.
4 Players must indicate the need for a coach/official to enter a court for any reason since until such time as this occurs the players are self-officiating.
5 In the event that a third party is called to the court, the third party is then deemed to be the umpire and the call of the umpire(s) stands.
6 In the event of a dispute involving the score and no resolution is attained by reasonable inquiry, the score will revert to the last mutually agreed upon score.
7 In the event of repeated infractions of U-1; a player shall be first warned, then a point or serve shall be deducted from that player, and then the player shall be disqualified from that particular match.
8 In the event of repeated excessive aggressive behavior on the part of spectators or in the event that a person has been deemed to be coaching out of turn, the person in question shall be asked to leave for the duration of the duel match or tournament after being warned two times.
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