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Case 2: Is the server allowed to have one or both feet off the ground? Decision: Yes. USTA Comment 18.1: Where may the server stand? In singles, the server may stand anywhere behind the baseline between the imaginary extensions of the inside edge of the center mark and the outside edge of the singles sideline. In doubles, the server may stand anywhere behind the baseline between the imaginary extensions of the inside edge of the center mark and the outside edge of the doubles sideline. USTA Comment 18.2: What does the rule mean when it says that the server may “not change position by walking or running”? One key to understanding this rule is to realize that the server’s feet must be at rest immediately before beginning to serve. The delivery of the service then begins with any arm or racket motion and ends when the racket contacts the ball (or misses the ball in attempt to strike it). To define walking or running with precision is difficult. This rule is intended to prevent the server from taking advantage of the receiver by serving while “on the move” and requiring the receiver to guess the position from which the serve will be launched, and the rule should be enforced with that intent in mind. • A server who takes more than one step with either foot after the “feet at rest” position described above is at risk for being called for a foot fault. The serve becomes a foot fault when, in the judgment of an experienced official, the server has materially changed position before or during any racket or arm motion. • A server whose footwork changes significantly from one serve to the next is at risk for being called for a foot fault. • Serves that look like the running volleyball serve violate the rule. Serves in which the server runs or walks from a point well behind the baseline to the baseline are also illegal, as are serves in which the server walks or runs along the baseline before choosing a spot from which to deliver the serve. USTA Comment 18.3: When does a foot fault occur? A player commits a foot fault if after the player’s feet are at rest but before the player strikes the ball, either foot touches: • the court, including the baseline; • any part of the imaginary extension of the center mark; or • beyond the imaginary extension of the outside of the singles sideline in singles or the doubles sideline in doubles. USTA Comment 18.4: Is it a foot fault if the server’s foot touches the baseline and then the server catches the tossed ball instead of attempting to strike it? This is not a foot fault as long as the server makes no attempt to strike the ball. USTA Comment 18.5: May a player ask an official how he foot faulted? Yes. The official should then give a brief answer. 12 RULES OF TENNIS
USTA Comment 18.6: When may the receiver or the receiver’s partner call foot faults? In a non-officiated match, the receiver or the receiver’s partner may call foot faults only after all efforts such as warning the server and attempting to locate an official have failed and the foot faulting is so flagrant as to be clearly perceptible from the receiver’s side. 19. SERVICE FAULT The service is a fault if: a. The server breaks rules 16, 17, or 18; or b. The server misses the ball when trying to hit it; or c. The ball served touches a permanent fixture, singles stick or net post before it hits the ground; or d. The ball served touches the server or server’s partner, or anything the server or server’s partner is wearing or carrying. Case 1: After tossing a ball to serve, the server decides not to hit it and catches it instead. Is this a fault? Decision: No. A player, who tosses the ball and then decides not to hit it, is allowed to catch the ball with the hand or the racket, or to let the ball bounce. Case 2: During a singles match played on a court with net posts and singles sticks, the ball served hits a singles stick and then hits the correct service court. Is this a fault? Decision: Yes. 20. SECOND SERVICE If the first service is a fault, the server shall serve again without delay from behind the same half of the court from which that fault was served, unless the service was from the wrong half. USTA Comment 20.1: Before returning the second serve, may the receiver clear a ball from a first service fault that has rebounded onto the playing area? Yes. 21. WHEN TO SERVE & RECEIVE The server shall not serve until the receiver is ready. However, the receiver shall play to the reasonable pace of the server and shall be ready to receive within a reasonable time of the server being ready. A receiver who attempts to return the service shall be considered as being ready. If it is demonstrated that the receiver is not ready, the service cannot be called a fault. USTA Comment 21.1: Does this rule apply to the first and second serve? Yes. This rule applies separately to both the first and second serve. USTA Comment 21.2: Once ready, can the receiver become unready? The receiver cannot become unready unless outside interference occurs. USTA Comment 21.3: May the server hit the serve just as the receiver looks up after getting into the ready position? No. The receiver is not ready RULES OF TENNIS 13
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Modified Curtis Feed-In Championshi
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TABLE 11 Medical Timeouts, Bleeding
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Regulation VI.B.3. (QuickStart Tenn
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PART 5—UMPIRE ASSIGNMENT, SELECTI
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PART 6—UMPIRE AWARDS John T. McGo
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