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Badminton body extends ‘spin serve’ ban until after Paris Olympic Games | Badminton News
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 entails a participant spinning the shuttlecock earlier than launching it, making it troublesome for the opponent to return.
In Could, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) briefly banned this type of serve, citing the the likelihood for disruption to the sport.
“After session with the badminton group, BWF Council believed it greatest to forbid the ‘spin serve’ for one more 15 months in order to not impression the Olympic and Paralympic qualifying intervals and the Video games themselves,” the game’s organising physique mentioned in an announcement on Monday.
BWF Secretary Normal 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 troublesome to deal with an incoming chicken as the tactic creates “an irregular flight, so generally the feather would go in entrance as a substitute,” he informed AFP.
The brand new type of serving entails a participant spinning the shuttlecock earlier than launching it, making it troublesome for the opponent to return.
In Could, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) briefly banned this type of serve, citing the the likelihood for disruption to the sport.
“After session with the badminton group, BWF Council believed it greatest to forbid the ‘spin serve’ for one more 15 months in order to not impression the Olympic and Paralympic qualifying intervals and the Video games themselves,” the game’s organising physique mentioned in an announcement on Monday.
BWF Secretary Normal 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 troublesome to deal with an incoming chicken as the tactic creates “an irregular flight, so generally the feather would go in entrance as a substitute,” he informed AFP.
