Badminton guides: courts, tournaments and streaming
Plain-English guides for players and club organisers: how big a badminton court is and how to mark one out, where to find a game or a tournament near you, how to run a tournament of your own, and how to put it live on YouTube with a scoreboard.
Courts and places to play
Court sizes, setting one up, and finding badminton and tournaments near you.
- Court guide · 8 min readBadminton court dimensions: size, lines, net height and space neededEvery line on a badminton court with its measurement in metres and feet, the net and posts, and how much hall space, ceiling height and light a court really needs.
- Court guide · 9 min readHow to set up a badminton court: marking the lines, the net and the hallTape out a court in a gym or community hall, check it’s square, tension the net, then plan a multi-court hall for a tournament: spacing, numbering and where the desk goes.
- Player’s guide · 8 min readBadminton near me: how to find courts, clubs and local tournamentsCourts you can book, social sessions you can just turn up to, clubs and leagues, and how to find a local tournament that suits your level, then enter it.
Host a tournament
Plan the draw, the courts and the day, and take entries online.
Stream it
Put your tournament on YouTube with a live scoreboard.
- Beginner’s guide · 12 min readHow to livestream a badminton tournament on YouTube: a complete beginner’s guideNever streamed before? Everything you need to livestream a whole badminton tournament to YouTube: kit, camera position, upload speed, scoreboard graphics and what to do on the day.
- OBS guide · 9 min readHow to add a live badminton scoreboard to your livestream with OBSA lower-third scoreboard that updates on every rally, plus results and the tournament board between matches. One browser source in OBS, no graphics skills needed.
- YouTube guide · 11 min readHow to stream to YouTube with OBS: a beginner’s setup for sports eventsFrom a brand-new channel to a working stream: enabling live, connecting OBS, the settings that matter, and turning one long video into a replay for every match.
Running an event? Start with how to organise a badminton tournament. Looking for a game? Badminton near me covers courts, clubs and tournaments to enter.