DragonShot Game Rules
The Game
DragonShot is played to a score of 15 points per game. Scoring follows a rally system — meaning a point is awarded on every rally, regardless of who served. The player or team that wins two out of three games claims victory.
Players compete on opposite sides of a rectangular court divided by a net, similar in layout to badminton. Each point begins with a serve, followed by a fast-paced exchange of powerful and precise shots.
Points are scored by striking the DragonShot ball so that it travels cleanly over the net and lands within the opponent’s court — with the opposing player or team failing to return it according to the official rules of play.
Every match is a display of control, reflex, and strategy — where soft touch meets explosive energy. It’s not just about strength; it’s about skill, timing, and the spirit of the game.
Quickstart Rules
Follow these steps to understand how DragonShot is played.
Serve / Service
Every time play begins, and subsequently to resume play after a point has been won, this starting action is called a ‘Serve’ or ‘Service’.
Diagonal Serve
At the start of every serve, the server and opponent stand in diagonally opposite courts. The ball must be served into the diagonally opposite court only.
Return Play
Once the ball has been hit over the net into the diagonally opposite court, it can now be returned to any part of the playable area of the opponent’s court.
Underarm Stroke
A ball must only be served using an underarm stroke, where the ball at the time it is struck is at or below waist height, with the racquet angled downwards.
Bounce Rule
For the service, the ball must be bounced once before being hit, and it must bounce again in the opponent’s court before it can be returned.
Change of Serve
When the serving side loses a point, the serve immediately passes to the opponent or opposing team.
Serving Side
Service is always done diagonally, from player’s right court to opponent’s right court, or from left to left. The first serve of every game is always taken from the player’s right court.
Service Position
During service, players must stand in their respective service courts. The receiving player is not permitted to move until the DragonShot ball has been struck.
Line Rule
Though court boundaries are different for singles and doubles play, ‘On the Line’ shots for the service or rallies are considered in.
Let Serve
A serve that strikes the net and lands anywhere in the opponent’s court is a ‘Let’ serve and is retaken. A serve that strikes the net a second time is a point to the opponent.
Scoring System
Each game is played to 15 points for Doubles and 11 points for Singles, with players scoring a point each time the ball goes out of play regardless of whichever side had served the ball.
A match is the best of three games. At the conclusion of each DragonShot game, players or teams must switch sides.
Winning two games consecutively means winning the match. Should each side win one game each, a third game called the ‘Decider’ has to be played.
Match end scores will therefore be 2-0 or 2-1.
Deuce Rule
If the game is tied with a score of 14–14 for Doubles, or 10–10 for Singles, the game goes into ‘Deuce’.
The first player or team to win two consecutive points from Deuce wins the game.
For Doubles, if this still fails to produce a winner, the first player or team to reach 20 points wins the game.
For Singles, the final cap is 15 points.
At a score of 6 points for Singles and 8 points for Doubles, players must change court.