Question

What are the types of services? Explain them briefly.

Answer 1

Four major services (serves) are designed for a particular tactical situation.

1. High (Long) serve: This is basic single's serve and directs the shuttle high and deep. The shuttle should turn over and fall as close to the back boundary line as possible.
2. Low (Short) serve: In this serve, we use little or no wrist action, contact bird at thigh level push or guide the shuttle low, close to the net and finishes with racket following line of the bird's flight and the hips and shoulders rolling around.
3. Flick serve: The flick serve is also played upwards, but much more shallowly than the high serve. The idea is to deprive the opponent of time, forcing him to hit the shuttlecock when it is behind his body. Flick serves are used extensively in doubles, and occasionally in singles.
4. Drive serve: The drive serve is played flat and fast towards the back of the receiver's service court, passing low over the net. The idea is to provoke an immediate reaction, hoping that the receiver will miss hit the shuttlecock. Drive serves are a gamble: if your opponent is too slow, then you will win the point immediately but if he reacts quickly enough, then the player are likely to lose.