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Service*
In a correct service:
- Neither side shall cause undue
delay to the delivery of the service once server and receiver
have taken up their respective positions.
- The server and receiver shall
stand within diagonally opposite service courts without touching
the boundary lines of these service courts.
- Some part of both feet of the
server and receiver must remain in contact with the surface
of the court in a stationary position from the start of the
service until the service is delivered.
- The server's racket shall initially
hit the base of the shuttle.
- The whole shuttle shall
be below the server's waist at the instant of being hit by the
server racket.
- The shaft of the server's
racket at the instant of hitting the shuttle shall be pointing
in downward direction to such an extent that the whole of the
head of the racket discernibly below the whole of the server's
hand holding the racket as in the diagram to the right.
- The movement of the server's
racket shall continue forwards from the start of the service
until the service is delivered.
- The flight of the shuttle shall
be upwards from the server's racket to pass over the net so
that, if not intercepted, it lands in the receivers’ service
court (i.e. on or within the boundary lines).
If a service is not correct by virtue
of any of the above, it shall be a 'fault' by the offending side.
It is a 'fault' if the server, in
attempting to serve, misses the shuttle.
Once the players have taken their
positions, the first forward movement of the server's racket head
is the start of the service.
Once started, the service is delivered
when the shuttle is hit by the server's racket or in attempting
to serve, the server misses the shuttle.
The server shall not serve before
the receiver is ready but the receiver shall be considered to have
been ready if a return of service is attempted.
In doubles, the partners may take
up any positions that do not unsight the opposing server or receiver.
*The
Laws of Badminton - Law 9
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