oh yes........ this will be good for badminton world btw, you may do some searchings for this question now, even Ronaldinho will participate in Olympic 2008 for gold, rules and regulations will change time to time, to uplift the popularity of Olympic.
Yes, it's getting worse From 1 April 2009, all badminton competitions will be played outdoor From 1 April 2009, a player may use two racquets - one in each hand From 1 April 2009, serving will be from behind the baseline (like tennis) From 1 April 2009, a player will be allowed only one smash during a rally Indeed, there's something so mysterious about April 1
err.... Master Oldhand can you elaborate more on that serve and smash part? is it overhead serve? how about drop and drive? will it be once only? how about shuttlecock? will it using plastic? (since we discuss so much plastic vs feather)
You really like to keep the fire going even in summer, huh? To clarify: The serve will be delivered from below-the-waistline. By the way, they are now testing shuttles made of recycled paper. These might be officially released for international play on 1 April 2009.
Oh, you mean, Ekaf Retroper again ? I had a few of my friends telling me about badminton being pulled out of the Olympics after 2008 or 2012 too..
Now and then (especially when re-setting the ruffled feathers), we do hold the shuttle and the racquet in the same hand, don't we?