Rules

Interesting and Sometimes Mis-Interpreted Rules

By: Angelo Batistatos – Rules Ambassador

RULES	SITUATION	CORRECT RULING
2.5 Apparel	Failure to wear eye guards during match	Technical foul assessed (if intentional) and timeout charged to retrieve eye guards.
	Second eye guard infraction during match	Immediate forfeiture of match (if intentional).
	No eye guards or wrist cord during warm-ups	Warning then technical on second offense (continuous infractions results in forfeiture of match).
3.2 Start	Server steps on short line but not beyond	Legal Serve
	Server steps on service/front line - part of foot on line	Legal serve (if whole foot over, it is a Foot Fault).
3.4 Readiness	Player serves before/while referee calls score	Technical (but usually warning given for first offense).
3.5 Delays	Referee calls score immediately after rally	Incorrect – should give players a few seconds to get in their respective positions and give the Receiver an opportunity to raise racquet if desires.
	Server fails to serve within 10 seconds	Technical (but usually warning given for first offense).
	Server serves while Receiver has racquet up	Fault Serve (given Receiver had racquet up before/while the score was called).
	Receiver is cleaning glasses while waiting for serve and Server serves	Legal serve (if receiver is not ready, must raise racquet or turn back to Server – these are the only two valid ways of signifying not ready status).
	10-sec rule – racquet is raised after referee says score and Server serves but Receiver does not respond	Point for Server

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