[header] How to play badminton [title] Understand the object of the game. [step] Badminton, like tennis, is a racket sport that is played by either two players or two teams of two players each. The object is for you or your team to get to 21 points first. 
You score a point whenever you successfully serve the shuttlecock and your opposing team commits a fault, which means that the team fails to appropriately return the shuttlecock. [substeps] To win each game, you must earn 21 points first, and win by two in the process.