I think the Japanese can hit the net anyways, considering the shuttle hitting the net first or not. There is a rule that state that, it is a fault when a shuttle, after being hit, does not continue its flight towards the opponent's side of the court. So, when it is very clear that the shuttle will never reach over the net towards the opponent's side of the court, it is a fault already. This means that the shuttle CAN be out of play, even if the shuttle hasn't hit anything yet. In that case, you can hit the net or anything else as often as you want So I agree with Erik, except the point where he states that the shuttle is only out of play when it hits the net first.
I think we should be clear that as long as the shuttle is obviously not going over the net then it will not be a fault. If by instance that the shuttle did hit the tape and at the same time you hit the net, please don't tell me it is not a fault.
according to the rules, it looks there there is a gap to me. The fault: This only applies if this qualifier is true: It cannot be in play since, However, if the non-striking player collects the shuttle in her racket before it touched the floor, there is no way for the point to be won, since a point can only be won when: So technically it is a situation where no fault occured, and no point was won!
No, there is no rule that states that. There is one that says As long as the shuttle goes 'toward' the opponent's court WHEN you hit it, it is not a fault. It can never be called a fault just because the shuttle hit the net (excluding service faults 13.2.1, 13.2.2). It can only be called 'not in play'
Wrong. There is such rule: 13.3.10 touches a player’s racket and does not travel towards the opponent’s court And there is also a rule that states: 13.3.3 fails to pass over the net So the rules still implicate, that when a shuttle is clearly not passing the net, or will not continue its way towards the opponent's court, the shuttle is no longer in play. E.g.: It is clear that the shuttle will land in the middle of the net on the side of the striker, just like in the picture above.
