KUALA LUMPUR: Badminton‘s governing physique is extending its ban on the so-called “spin serve” till after the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Video games, it mentioned on Monday.
The brand new type of serving includes a participant spinning the shuttlecock earlier than launching it, making it tough for the opponent to return.
In Could, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) briefly banned this type of serve, citing the the chance for disruption to the sport.
“After session with the badminton neighborhood, BWF Council believed it greatest to forbid the ‘spin serve’ for one more 15 months in order to not influence the Olympic and Paralympic qualifying durations and the Video games themselves,” the game’s organising physique mentioned in a press release on Monday.
BWF Secretary Basic Thomas Lund welcomed “innovation in badminton” however added that “extra proof was wanted on the potential results” 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 Affiliation of Malaysia secretary-general Kenny Goh had beforehand mentioned the serve might “kill” the sport.
Receiving gamers would discover it tough to deal with an incoming chicken as the strategy creates “an irregular flight, so typically the feather would go in entrance as a substitute,” he advised AFP.
The brand new type of serving includes a participant spinning the shuttlecock earlier than launching it, making it tough for the opponent to return.
In Could, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) briefly banned this type of serve, citing the the chance for disruption to the sport.
“After session with the badminton neighborhood, BWF Council believed it greatest to forbid the ‘spin serve’ for one more 15 months in order to not influence the Olympic and Paralympic qualifying durations and the Video games themselves,” the game’s organising physique mentioned in a press release on Monday.
BWF Secretary Basic Thomas Lund welcomed “innovation in badminton” however added that “extra proof was wanted on the potential results” 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 Affiliation of Malaysia secretary-general Kenny Goh had beforehand mentioned the serve might “kill” the sport.
Receiving gamers would discover it tough to deal with an incoming chicken as the strategy creates “an irregular flight, so typically the feather would go in entrance as a substitute,” he advised AFP.
