Foot Fault Rule

The Server shall throughout the delivery of the service---

a)      Not change his position by walking or running.

b)      Keep both feet behind the baseline when starting to serve.

c)      Jumping off the ground in hitting a serve is not considered a foot fault. Server’s feet may swing over the base line but not touch the ground before the ball is hit.

When Receiver Becomes Server

At he end of the first service game the Receiver shall become the Server, and the Server Receiver; and so on alternately in all the subsequent games of a match.  If a player serves out of turn, the player who ought to have served shall serve as soon as the mistake is discovered.  All points scored shall count. 

When Player Loses Point

A player loses the point if -----

a)      He fails before the ball in play has hit the ground twice consecutively, to return it directly over the net; or

b)       He returns the ball in play so that it hits the ground, a permanent fixture, or other object, outside any of the lines which bound his opponent’s court; or

c)      He volleys the ball and fails to make a good return even when standing outside the court; or

d)      He touches or strikes the ball in play with his racket more than once in making a stroke; or

e)      He or his racket or anything which he wears or carries, touches he net, or the ground within his opponent’s court at any time while the ball is in play; or

f)        He volleys the ball before it has passed the net; or

g)      The ball touches him or anything he wears or carries, except his racket in his hands or

h)      He throws his racket at and hits the ball.

When Server Wins Point

The Server wins the point if the ball served, having cleared the net without 

touching it, touches the Receiver or anything which he wears or before it hits

the ground.

When Receiver Wins Point

The Receiver winsthe point if the Server serves two consecutive faults.

Ball Falling on Line is Good and In Court

A ball falling on a line is regarded as falling in the court.  It is

customary for each player to make the calls on all balls hit to his side

of the net.

A Good Return

It is a good return----

(a) If the ball touches the net, posts, cord or metal cable, strap or band,

provided that it passes over any of them and hits the ground within the court;

(b) If the ball, served or returned, hits the ground within the proper court and \rebounds or is blown back over the net, and the player whose turn it is to strike reaches over the net and plays the ball, prvided that neither he nor any part of his clothes or racket touches the net

(c) If the ball is returned from outside the post, either above or below the

level of the top of the net, provided it hits the ground within the proper court

(d) If a player's racket passes over the net after he has returned the ball,

provided the ball passes the net before being played and is properly returned,

(e) If a player succeeds in returning theball, serve or in play, which strikes a ball lying in the court

LET or Interference

If a player while the ball is in play is interfered with by gallery/player , by a ball coming into the court or by any disturbance not within his control, a let shall be called and the point replayed