The BWF Council has extended the ban on the ‘spin serve’ for another 15 months, until after the conclusion of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, in September next year.
This follows the BWF announcement of an interim ban on 12 May 2023
At its meeting in Kuala Lumpur today, the BWF Council carefully considered the implications of allowing this new kind of serve during the qualification periods for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The BWF Laws of Badminton, under Clause 9.1.5 of Section 4.1, now read that the server shall release the shuttle without adding spin, and the server’s racket shall initially hit the base of the shuttle.
