Serving when the ball is falling
Rules
paul gumapac Asked 12 years ago
Can u hit the ball on it s upward trajectory, after it leaves your palm? or do you have to wait for its downward trajectory?
Alois Rosario Answered 12 years ago
Hi Paul,
The ball must be falling on its downward trajectory before you are allowed to hit it for a serve.
The relevant part of the service rule is
| 2.06.03 | As the ball is falling the server shall strike it so that it touches first his or her court and then, after passing over or around the net assembly, touches directly the receiver's court; in doubles, the ball shall touch successively the right half court of server and receiver. |
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Shane Fanning Posted 12 years ago
Your illegal serve is really cool
Johan B Posted 9 years ago
Has anyone ever serves around the net, as the rule explicitly allows?
Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 9 years ago
Very difficult thing to do. Hard to get enough sidespin to make it come back. Perhaps outdoors with a bit of wind assistance
Johan B Posted 9 years ago
You should hold a contest! Whoever pulls it off indoors and gets it on tape receives a pingskills t-shirt and eternal glory
Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 9 years ago
Graeme Ireland our Rules guru, has just contacted up to let us know that the rule quoted above has been changed:
I was just looking at the Rules questions in Ask the Coach and I noticed that you quoted an old rule when answering the question on Serving when the ball is falling. All references to “over or around the net assembly” were removed last year as many people found it confusing. They only read the actual rule, not realising that “over or around” was defined earlier. The new rule is:
2.06.03 As the ball is falling the server shall strike it so that it touches first his or her court and then, touches directly the receiver's court; in doubles, the ball shall touch successively the right half court of server and receiver.
A similar change was made in several other places and the following was added under 2.10 - A Point:
2.10.01.05 if the ball, after being struck by an opponent, passes through the net or between the net and the net post or between the net and playing surface;
or' lagman Posted 9 years ago
Nice illegal serve