The Serving Process
At the sta of each new game, only one player in the first
serving team can serve and score points until a fault occurs.
Both members (if playing in doubles) of one team will serve
and fault before the ball is turned over to the opposing team.
• The first serve of every service change must always sta in
the right-hand service square
• Serving is always underhanded
• Paddle contact with the ball must be below the server’s
waist
• One foot must be behind the baseline and neither foot can
touch the baseline or cou until aer the ball is served
• The serve is always hit diagonally to the crosscou and
must land in the opponent’s diagonal cou
• Only one serve aempt is allowed unless the ball is hit into
the net and it lands on the other side in the proper service
cou (known as a “let”)
• Both players on each team of a doubles game (or each
player on a singles game) serve(s) until a fault is commied
• The server alternates their position aer every serve when
a point is scored
• In a doubles team, when the first server loses the serve,
the paner moves to serve from the same side of the cou
that their paner last served from
Faults
A fault is any action that causes a violation in the game. A fault
by the receiving team results in the serving team earning a
point. A fault by the serving team results in the serving team’s
loss of service. Faults occur when:
• ball touches any pa of the non-volley zone or is served
out of bounds
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Server
Switch
Score:
0-0-Sta
Score:
1-0-Sta
• ball does not clear the net
• ball is volleyed within the non-volley zone
• ball is volleyed before a bounce takes place on each side
• ball is hit out of bounds
• ball hits a player or other object before bouncing on the cou
• when a player makes contact of any so with the net
during play
• ball bounces twice before being hit by the receiver
• is in violation of a service rule
Vol l eys
Volleying means to hit the ball in the air without leing it
bounce first.
A legal volley occurs when:
• The player is outside of the NVZ
• The player must have both feet outside of the NVZ before
staing the volley
• The player cannot touch the NVZ during or aer the volley
serve
Scoring
• A team can only score a point when serving and continues
until a fault is made by their team
• The server calls the score
• For teams playing in doubles: each player on a team
keeps serving until a fault occurs, then the serve goes to
the opposing team. At the sta of each new game, the first
serving team is only allowed one fault (one person serves
instead of two)
• The game is played until 11 points but the team must win
by a 2-point lead
Good luck and let the games begin!