Playing Badminton Doubles

Double play is the faster form of badminton. Sides are chosen by a simple toss, the winner of the toss can choose which side to begin or to begin serving or receiving. The toss loser can choose the remaining option. A common way to toss is spinning a racket around and each player chooses a side (by string difference or other mark) whatever side wins makes the first choice.

A match is won by the best out of three sets; whichever team wins the set begins serving in the next set. The team that begins serving chooses who serves; likewise the receiving team chooses who will receive the first serve. The first serve must always be served from the right serve area to the left serve area on the opposite side.

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