# Law 22: The Umpire's Vocabulary (BWF Laws of Badminton)

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The Laws' definitions and the BWF standard vocabulary: the announcements that start and end games and the calls during play.

## 22.221 Definitions and Match Calls

Rally, stroke, sides and singles; the start and end of games.

### Test 1: The Laws' definitions and the umpire's match calls

- A rally is a sequence of one or more strokes starting with the service, until the shuttle ceases to be in play. (Source: BWF Laws 2027, Law Definitions)
- A stroke is a movement of the player's racket with an intention to hit the shuttle. (Source: BWF Laws 2027, Law Definitions)
- The serving side is the side having the right to serve. (Source: BWF Laws 2027, Law Definitions)
- Singles: a match with one player on each of the opposing sides. (Source: BWF Laws 2027, Law Definitions)
- The doubles announcement ends 'X to serve to Y; love all; play'. (Source: BWF Vocabulary 2025, 2.1.3)
- To start the final game the umpire calls 'Final game; love all; play'. (Source: BWF Vocabulary 2025, 2.3)
- 'Second game won by ..., (score); One game all'. (Source: BWF Vocabulary 2025, 6.3, 6.4)
- 'Game' straight after the last rally, the result, then the start of game two after the interval. (Source: BWF Vocabulary 2025, 6.1, 6.2, 2.2)
- The umpire introduces the right, then the left, then the server and 'love all; play'. (Source: BWF Vocabulary 2025, 2.1.1)
- Game two begins with its own number in the call, then 'love all; play'. (Source: BWF Vocabulary 2025, 2.2)

## 22.222 Calls During Play

Lets, corrections, misconduct, service faults, coaching and challenges.

### Test 1: The umpire's calls during play

- 'Play a let' is in the standard list of calls on the progress of a match. (Source: BWF Vocabulary 2025, 3.1.6)
- The umpire calls 'Correction, IN' when overruling. (Source: BWF Vocabulary 2025, 3.4.6)
- 'Come here' opens the misconduct calls. (Source: BWF Vocabulary 2025, 3.10.1)
- The standard explanation is 'Service fault called, too high'. (Source: BWF Vocabulary 2025, 4.1)
- 'Service Judge - signal, please' is the standard call. (Source: BWF Vocabulary 2025, 3.1.14)
- 'Coach(es) return to your chair(s)' is the standard call. (Source: BWF Vocabulary 2025, 3.6.1)
- The injury calls include 'Are you OK?', 'Can you play on?' and 'Do you need the doctor?'. (Source: BWF Vocabulary 2025, 3.7.2)
- Announce the challenge, then the correction, the score and 'Play'. (Source: BWF ITTO 2025, 5.8.5, 5.8.7)
- The result, the challenges left, the score, then 'Play'. (Source: BWF ITTO 2025, 5.8.8)
- With no review system, an umpire who is also unsighted calls 'Let' followed by the score. (Source: BWF ITTO 2025, 5.8.3.3; BWF Vocabulary 2025, 3.1.3)

Sources: BWF Laws of Badminton, V6.0 in force 4 January 2027, Definitions, and BWF Statutes Section 4.1.5 Vocabulary V7.0 (paraphrased in original wording; original questions authored from the Laws, not reproduced)

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