Licking the ball
Rules
Aaditya Kumar Asked 9 years ago
Can you lick the ball before serving?
Alois Rosario Answered 9 years ago
Hi Aaditya,
Definitely not! If you do that the ball will have water on it and will not react properly.
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Steve Billmire Posted 9 years ago
Why would you want to lick the ball?
Enoch Oppong Posted 9 years ago
From all my years on this website this definitely is the most weirdest question ever asked.
Dieter Verhofstadt Posted 9 years ago
It might appear strange but recently I bumped into an opponent whose ritual was to kiss the ball, as if he was treating the ball as a lover who will be with him. He happened to have lots of net balls too, in which case he would kiss the ball in gratitude.
For sure he would wipe the ball every time, to be in line with the rules, but still I found the behavior very irritating.
So, "why would you want to lick the ball?" There you go.
Matt M Posted 9 years ago
You could always lick balls in your spare time at home if that's what you're into, but I wouldn't recommend it during a game.
Ilia Minkin Posted 9 years ago
OMG
utkarsh agarwal Posted 9 years ago
No offense but How did u even came up with this ques
Patrik Schmuki Posted 8 years ago
Did you see Ovtcharov:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS1H62hP0Bk
Cheers
Yes players used to do this a bit to get the dust off the ball. No sure about the health of this though.