SPORT RULES for Shri Radha Krishna Temple Sports Day event - 14-FEB-2009
A. THE GAME
1. Twenty-one points constitutes a game, unless the score is tied 20-20, in which case one player must win by a two-point margin.
2. Play begins with one player serving and one receiving.
3. The server puts the ball into play by tossing it into the air from the palm of one hand and striking it with the paddle (held in the other hand) so that it hits his/her own court, the ball goes over the net and hits the receiver's court.
4. The receiver must return the ball over the net so that it hits the server's court. Only on the serve does the ball go from paddle to court, then over the net.
5. Play continues until one player fails to make a legal return. The opponent then scores one point.
6. The serve changes from one player to the other every time five points are scored, except when the score becomes tied 20-20. At this time, the serve changes and continues to change after each point until one player scores two consecutive points, thus winning the game.
7. When no official is present, players must keep score of the game. The best way to keep an accurate score is for the server to call out the score before he/she serves each time, always calling his/her own score first.
B. RULES – Game playing
1. In serving, the server's paddle must strike the ball behind the end line and between the side lines (extended).
2. If a player intentionally touches the playing surface of the table with any part of his/her body, the point is won by his/her opponent. The same is true if a player should move the table by bumping against it.
3. In serving, the ball must be held in the palm of the hand, visible to the opponent and with no spin being imparted to it by the hand.
4. If the ball hits the net on the serve and goes over, it is a LET and the server serves again. However, if the second serve is a LET, the player loses the point.
5. If a player misses the ball completely when he/she is serving, it is a point for his/her opponent.
6. A paddle can contact the ball legally only if the paddle is held in the player's hand.
7. If a ball is broken during actual play, a new ball is put into play and the point during which it broke is replayed.
8. The only way a ball can be legally hit is with the paddle or the hand holding the paddle.
9. If any player touches the table while returning (not serving) the game continues and it would not be considered
DOUBLES PLAY
The most important rules governing doubles play concern rotation of the serve and hitting alternate shots.
1. The Serve
a. In doubles play a line 3/4 inch wide divides the table lengthwise; it is 30 inches from
each side line.
b. In each game of a doubles match, the pair having the right to serve first shall choose
which of them will do so and in the first game of a match the receiving pair shall
decide which one of them will receive first; in subsequent games of the match, the first
server having been chosen, the first receiver shall be the player who served to him in
the preceding game.
c. In doubles, at each change of service the previous receiver shall become the server and
the partner of the previous server shall become the receiver.
d. Example of serving order:
A-1 serves to B-1, B-1 serves to A-2, A-2 serves to B-2, B-2 serves to A-1.
2. Hitting Order
a. The server must make a good serve and the receiver must make a good return.
b. The partner of the server must make the next good return, and the partner of the receiver must make the next good return.
c. The returns must be over the net but may be placed anywhere on the opponents' court.
d. This sequence of hitting continues in the same manner until one player fails to
make a good return.
General Rules
1- Player will only be allowed to play during his allocated time
2- Player will need to bring his/her own paddle
3- A no show would be counted and game will be awarded to the other player after waiting for 5 minutes
4- If both players do not start the game at the allocated time. Both players would be eliminated
5- Any and all disputes would be
