What are the rules of badminton serve?
1. When serving the ball, neither party is allowed to delay the serve illegally.
2. Both the server and the receiver must stand in the diagonally opposite serving area to serve and receive the ball. The foot cannot touch the boundaries of the service court. Part of both feet must be in contact with the ground. Do not move until the ball is released.
3. The server’s racket must first hit the pad, and at the same time the entire ball must be lower than the server’s waist.
4. At the moment of hitting the ball, the racket shaft should point downward so that the entire racket head is significantly lower than the server’s entire gripping hand.
5. After the start of the serve, the server’s racket must continue to swing forward until the ball is delivered.
6. The delivered ball must fly upwards through the net. If it is not intercepted, it shall fall into the service area of the receiver.
7. Once the players of both sides are in position, the server’s racket head is swiped forward for the first time to start the serve.
8. The server can only serve after the receiver is ready. If the receiver has tried to receive the serve, it is considered to be ready.
9. Once the serve starts, the serve ends when the ball is touched or landed by the server’s racket.
10. The winning side of the first game will serve first in the next game.
It is illegal for the server to fail to hit the ball while serving. It is also illegal to hang the ball on the net or stop on the top of the net after it has passed the net while serving.
