A representational picture of a badminton participant’s serve. Badminton’s governing body is extending its ban on the so-called “spin serve” until after the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, it mentioned on Monday.
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Badminton’s governing body is extending its ban on the so-called “spin serve” until after the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, it mentioned on Monday.
The new type of serving includes a participant spinning the shuttlecock earlier than launching it, making it troublesome for the opponent to return.
In May, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) quickly banned this type of serve, citing the potential for disruption to the sport.
“After consultation with the badminton community, BWF Council believed it best to forbid the ‘spin serve’ for another 15 months so as to not impact the Olympic and Paralympic qualifying periods and the Games themselves,” the game’s organising body mentioned in a press release on Monday.
BWF Secretary General Thomas Lund welcomed “innovation in badminton” however added that “more evidence was needed on the potential effects” of the serve earlier than introducing it full scale.
The ruling might be utilized on the Thailand Open 2023 beginning Tuesday, BWF mentioned.
In supporting the ban, Badminton Association of Malaysia secretary-general Kenny Goh had beforehand mentioned the serve may “kill” the sport.
Receiving gamers would discover it troublesome to deal with an incoming chook as the strategy creates “an irregular flight, so sometimes the feather would go in front instead,” he informed AFP.
