Effects of Distance from the Net at the Hitting Point and Hitting Height on the Outcome of High-Level Men’s Singles Badminton

In badminton, achieving a return height that is higher than the net height is typically considered a better attacking advantage for winning points. However, given the limitations of methods for obtaining data, only a few studies have quantified the effect of the relationship between the distance of the hitting point from the net and the height of the hitting shuttlecock on the hitting results. In this study, we focused on analysing the complex characteristics of the combined effects of the distance between the point of the hit and the net and the height of the hit on the outcome of the men’s singles (MS) badminton player’s stroke. Results were as follows. 1) In a badminton competition, the spatial position of a player’s stroke height and the distance of the stroke point from the net limited the player’s stroke technique. 2) The distribution of wins and faults in different regions of the MS programme had its own unique characteristics in terms of the effects of hit height and distance of the point from the net on the outcome. 3) In high-level MS matches, the best scoring area was the forecourt near the net where the height of the batting point was higher than the plane of the net. The backcourt area, where the height of the hitting point was higher than the plane of the net, had the highest scoring frequency but more errors. However, the overall gain value was positive. When the height of the point was below the plane of the net, the overall scoring rate was negative, and the height of the point was not dominant.