Expectations for 2016 West Zone Inter-school Badminton Championship + A message from Zoey

Key Expectations

• Players will be representing the school in this competition and are expected to be on their best behavior at all times. Any misconduct during the competition may result in a bar from competition.
• Players must take the arranged transport from school to competition venue.
• Players to observe good sportsmanship at all times during competition.
• Players are to be seated (on the floor) behind the baseline of our allocated court to watch and support their teammates who are playing.
• Players must ask for permission from Teacher-in-charge or Captain if he/ she needs to be excused to the washroom or the water cooler.
• Players must take the arranged transport from competition venue back to school.

What is going to happen on the day of your match;

On the day of your match,
(Please refer to your fixtures)

At 1pm - Request for permission from teacher to be excused from class to have your lunch and prepare for the upcoming match.

1pm to 1.30pm - Have your lunch in the school's canteen and change into your sports attire.

1.30pm to 2pm -  Journey to competition venue

2pm to 2.30pm - Warm up for competition

2.30pm to 5pm* - Matches

5pm to 5.30pm** - Journey back to school

At 5.30pm - Debrief and dismissal from school

When you reach home - Find out from your classmates on the lesson/ homework that you had missed.

* Note that matches may drag pass 5pm depending on the match up.
** Note that there may be delay to the dismissal time depending on traffic conditions.

Additional duties

As part of the requirement set by the organisers,

• All teachers are required to carry out Umpiring duties and,
• All players are required to carry out Line Judge duties on the days that the school are scheduled to play.

Line Judge - The primary duty of a Line Judge is to assist the Umpire on judging if a shuttle has landed inside or outside of the area of play.

Please refer to the following link for some of the common hand signal for line judges.
http://www.badmintoninindia.com/news/blog/2016/01/09/

For players (Especially for those who had just joined us) who needs a refresher on the rules of badminton, you can now refer to "Rules of Badminton" page under the "Page" section to refresh yourself with some teaching videos that I had picked out from YouTube.

Last but not least, a message from Zoey,

"In preparation for the upcoming competition, Zoey wishes to remind all the juniors to remember to practice at home and to get familiarised with the rules of badminton."