Basically you hold 1-4 fingers up to indicate to your partner where you will be serving. Or just 1-2 fingers to indicate short or long serve.
These behind the back signals are useful; they can prepare your partner so he/she can anticipate what kind of return will follow, they may unsettle the opponent. I suppose 1-4 could refer to each corner of the service area??
service hand signal What does it mean ?1) "where u will b serving". I can't even guess what you mean. 2)"short or long serve" these are the two serves (high or low) in doubles usually made. Then what is the indication ? Please explain so that a poor player like me can understand. QUOTE=CanucksDynasty;1742446]Basically you hold 1-4 fingers up to indicate to your partner where you will be serving. Or just 1-2 fingers to indicate short or long serve.[/QUOTE]
1) that's something you and your partner work out, like some hand signal. e.g. index finger= short serve or five fingers = flick serve 2) normally it's short serve or the flick serve. a) if your partner knows you are doing the short serve, he can prepare for the drive/push shots your opponent will attempt to force your partner to lift the shuttle. Your partner should be ready to drive back the shots. b) if your partner knows you are doing the flick serve, meaning you give your opponent the chance to smash, your partner expects/anticipate an attacking shot by your opponent.
Finger/Hand signals on Doubles Service . http://www.badmintoncentral.com/for...nd-signals-on-serving-)?p=1046261#post1046261 Perhaps our drifit can make it 3 similiar threads merged. .
Pretty much what Badmintan has said. My friends use this. Behind his back...he will hold up 1-4 fingers (or whatever) to indicate which corner he will serve to. This info helps his partner to anticipate the kind of return he can expect from the opponent. (ie. short/low serve to the middle...expected return of a lift or drive, etc). Probably improves the reaction time slightly. I don't use it cuz sometimes I change my mind just before serving. Especially when I think I see the opponent leaning in or shifts his balance.
