Badminton help - The badminton singles serve

Ok I'm going to try and help as many people as I can in badminton. Although mainly I have only done badminton racket's , I also wanted to start a badminton guide.

Because really what matters is the actual game ,not the racket (the racket does matter but mainly the game). I always see people saying that the problem is there racket and that they want to buy a new brand of racket or a new flashy/expensive racket.

First things first when playing a game you serve - so i'll explain that first.

In singles , prodominently in club level people serve high. The serve should be high because it gives you time to react to there shot.If the serve is a good serve then the opponent should not be able to smash your shot and win the point.

Serving: Serving in badminton is really different to most of the other sports i've seen. The badminton serve is served 'under arm'.

The rules of the serve:

The badminton serve should - be served diaganally.
The badminton serve should - reach in court on the opponents side (pretty basic lol)
The badminton serve should - be served whilst your opponent is ready and while part of your foot is touching the ground - you should be stationary.
The badminton serve should - be struck in one clean motion.
The badminton serve should - be struck with the cork of the shuttle being struck first.
The badminton serve should - be struck below your lowest rib.
The badminton serve should - be struck with your racket facing below 90 degress , meaning the racket has to face down.
The badminton serve should - be in a straight motion , not changing the speeds while serving,
The badminton serve should - be played on your first attempt e.g if you miss the shuttle on your first attempt then it is a fault.
The badminton serve should - be a good one (not a rule by it is very important to me)

What I consider as a good singles serve:

The badminton singles serve should - be served high so that it reaches the back gallery otherwise your opponent could smash your serve.
The badminton singles serve should - be served as close to the 'T' as possible - this is because it reduces the angles for the opponent to play his/her shots.
(Thats it really don't really know what too say if you do both of them then you will have quite a good high serve.

Variations to the singles high serve:
-The low serve (try to use the same technique to trick your opponent to going back)
-the drive serve - this should suprise the opponent , and not give them enough time to react to this serve.
-The short corner serve , makes the opponent reach to a corner , when you have played this serve move to the side a bit because the most likely shot they are going to play is straight due to lack of timing.
-The high corner serve , same thing really ^ ^, just to keep your opponent guessing.

As I say - the singles serve at club level should mainly consist of high serves - these variaitons serves are to make your opponent keep guessing as to what you are going to do next.

Hopefully this has helped people.