A Simulation of the Effects of Badminton Serve Release Height

Abstract

In this work, we develop and calibrate a model to represent the trajectory of a badminton shuttlecock and use it to investigate the influence of serve height in view of a new serve rule instated by the Badminton World Federation. The new rule means that all players must launch the shuttlecock below a height of 1.15 m, as opposed to the old rule whereby the required launch height was under the rib cage of the server. The model is based on a forward dynamics model of ballistic trajectory with drag, and it is calibrated with experimental data. The experiments also served to determine the actual influence of the new rule on the shuttlecock launch position. The model is used in a Monte Carlo simulation to determine the statistical influence of the new serve rules on the player’s ability to perform good serves; i.e., serves with little opportunity for the receiver to attack. We conclude that, for the female player in question, serving below a height of 1.15 m makes it marginally more difficult to perform excellent serves. We also conclude that there might be alternative launch positions that would be less likely to produce the best serves but could be exploited as a tactical option.

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“…In badminton, each rally begins with a long or short serve [10,11,13], and a rally ends once a player makes a mistake or the shuttlecock hits the floor [33]. An elite badminton match lasts almost 30-40 min and is characterized by an average effective playing duration of 31% (10-15 m) [10,12], rally time of 3-9 s, and resting time of 6-15 s [4,10,12,34,35].…”

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