I tried searching the forums but i couldn't come up with anything to answer my query. I have asked many people and always get a mixed answer. Is the hook net drop shot legal? (it is a shot which mimics catching a birdie in flight, except instead of catching it you quickly scoop the birdie back over the net) Any comments on the legality? Thanks!
why does one never see the professionals making these shots? or at least i've never seen lin dan make a hook shot...
LINK (PDF) Rule 13.6: if, in play, the shuttle: 13.6.1 is caught and held on the racket and then slung during the execution of a stroke; Note the wording says held on. So if your first contact with the shuttle is to hit it to the back (not to guide in like catching a shuttle), it's legal. However, these moves are often hard to judge.
I don't even see why anybody would do that, lol. The only time I see scooping is when you get the bird off the ground.
I think they meant the serve itself as a smash, not the return . "A hook/scoop shot is as illegal as a 'smash serve'" I think they meant.
ohhhhh i get it now. So it is illegal? i know someone posted a rule, but it doesnt say whether the rule is saying it is legal or not. What i mean, is performing the same action to catch a birdie mid air, only instead of only just catching it, you scoop it like a catch and quickly drop it down over the net in one swift movement.
It is a good shot when used against incoming drop shots because you can precisly place the birdie to be sent over the net at a very steep drop angle, and close to the net. Also the deception involved with such a shot is high as well.
yeah that is very illegal. You cant hold the birdie on your racquet in the rally and/or drag it on the racquet.