Badminton Skills Rubric
WRITTEN IN PENCIL ONLY for Pre-Assessment (Circle or underline specific details)
Student 1: _____________________ (circle)
Period: ___________ Day: A or B Pre or Post Assessment (circle one)
Skills Excellent Effort Skills (3)
Underhand Point non-dominant
Forehand shoulder towards the
Serve target, contact is made
below the waist with a low-
to-high motion, birdie is
dropped and contact is
made in front of the body,
weight is transferred from
back foot to front foot as
contact is made, birdie
lands close to the net and
behind the short service
line.
Overhead Contact is made with a
Clear Shot straight elbow, in front of
the body, weight is shifted
to front foot as contact is
made, racket face is slightly
open, follow through is
across the body, birdie
lands high and deep in
bounds.
Overhead Mechanics look like the
Drop Shot clear, contact is made
above the head or close to
it, gentle push of the
birdie close to the net and
in front of the short service
line, gentle follow through.
Smash Smash is taken from no
Shot further than court,
mechanics look like the
clear, contact is made
above the head, racket
Student 2: ____________________ (underline)
Average Effort Skills Poor Effort Skills (1)
(2)
Point non-dominant Non-dominant shoulder
shoulder towards is not pointed towards
target, contact is the target, contact is
made below the waist made above the waist,
with a low-to-high birdie is tossed or swing
motion, birdie is too is too fast at contact,
fast at contact, but contact is not made in
contact is made in front of the body, birdie
front of the body, lands in front of the short
birdie lands high, but service line. (Too short
behind the short or too far)
service line.
Contact is made near Contact is made near
head level, in front of head level and behind
the body, racket face the body, racket face is
is slightly open, follow open (completely facing
through is across the the ceiling), follow
body, birdie lands high through stops at contact,
and deep. birdie lands high, but not
necessarily deep.
Mechanics look like Mechanics are not
the clear, contact is similar to the clear;
made close to the contact is made at head
head or above it, hard level, hard push of the
push of the birdie birdie over the net and
over the net and in well behind the short
front of the short service line, follows
service line, gentle through stops at contact.
follow through.
Smash is taken from Smash is taken from
every area of the every area of the court,
court, mechanics look mechanics are not like
like the clear, contact the clear, contact is
is made without a made near the head,
 face is pointed downward,
follow through is downward
across the body, birdie
lands in bounds and is
unreturnable.
Game Game strategy is always
Strategy applied within the rules and
regulations allowed in the
game. Strategies include
changing location of
birdie and using different
types of shots.
UNDERHAND CLEAR SHOT
straight elbow, racket racket face is pointed
face is pointed downward, follow
downward, follow through stops at contact,
through is downward and birdie may not land
across the body, birdie in bounds.
lands in bounds but
may be returnable.
Game strategy is Game strategy is rarely
usually applied within applied within the rules
the rules and and regulations allowed
regulations allowed in in the game. Uses only
the game. one type of shot
consistently.
OVERHEAD CLEAR SHOT

OVERHEAD DROP SHOTS

SMASH SHOT