Serving
There are three basic serves:
1. High Serve: used in singles only
2. Low Serve: used in both singles and doubles
3. Flick Serve: used in doubles
There are a few rules that must be obeyed to ensure that a serve is legal.
1. Players must make contact with the shuttle below the waist
2. The racket shaft must be pointing downwards at any degree, i.e., the head of the racket must be below the racket hand before making contact with the shuttle.
3. Both feet should be on the floor
These rules mean that the shuttle will have to go up in the air to clear the net, because of this, most players now see the serve as a defensive shot. This means it is even more important because if playing a bad defensive shot is likely to lose the point.
The most commonly used serve in singles is the High Serve, if this is played correctly it is difficult for an opponent to hit an effective return.
The Low serve is more widely used in Doubles, possibly because the court is made shorter and wider in doubles and the High Serve becomes less effective.
There are three basic serves:
1. High Serve: used in singles only
2. Low Serve: used in both singles and doubles
3. Flick Serve: used in doubles
There are a few rules that must be obeyed to ensure that a serve is legal.
1. Players must make contact with the shuttle below the waist
2. The racket shaft must be pointing downwards at any degree, i.e., the head of the racket must be below the racket hand before making contact with the shuttle.
3. Both feet should be on the floor
These rules mean that the shuttle will have to go up in the air to clear the net, because of this, most players now see the serve as a defensive shot. This means it is even more important because if playing a bad defensive shot is likely to lose the point.
The most commonly used serve in singles is the High Serve, if this is played correctly it is difficult for an opponent to hit an effective return.
The Low serve is more widely used in Doubles, possibly because the court is made shorter and wider in doubles and the High Serve becomes less effective.