PETALING JAYA: Decades after Malaysia’s Sidek brothers saw their unique serve – the Sidek-serve – outlawed, the similar spin serve has now been banned, but it will not affect our national doubles shuttler Aaron Chia.
Of all the Malaysian players, Aaron is the one who seems to fancy the spin serve the most but his is not that bad, said national doubles coaching director Rexy Mainaky.“But I agree, if it’s done too much, it can destroy the game.”
On Friday, the Badminton World Federation approved an interim ban on the “spin serve” at all international tournaments until further consultation at their annual general meeting on May 27.The amendment to the laws of the sport now states that the server should release the shuttle “without adding spin” as the BWF look to improve rallies after the spin serve proved to be tough to return or completely unplayable.
“BWF also wanted to avoid a scenario where the Sudirman Cup and other international tournaments could be platforms to test the new ‘spin serve’ and ultimately disrupt the competitions,” said Hoyer. “However, we have received several points of feedback from within the badminton community, including the Athletes’ Commission, expressing that this ‘spin serve’ could have a negative impact on the game.”
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