KMART GMT-1183-PP, Assembly Instructions Manual

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BALL IS IN PLAY-UNTIL:
The ball is in play from the last moment at which it is stationary on the palm of the server’s free hand
before being projected in service until:
-A point is scored.
-It touches the same court twice consecutively.
-It has been volleyed.
-It touches a player, or anything he wears or carries, other than his racket or this racket hand below his
wrist.
-It touches any object other than the net or its support (referred above).
-It is struck by a player more than once consecutively.
-It is struck in doubles, by a player out of sequence, except where there has been a genuine error in
playing order.
A ball which strikes the top edge of the table is still in play, A ball that strikes the side of the table below
the edge, is out of play, so the play and the point are counted against the last striker.
A LET:
The rally is a let:
-If the ball is served, and in passing over or around the net it touches the net or its supports, provided
the service is otherwise good or the ball is obstructed by the receiver or his partner.
-If a service is delivered when the receiver or his partner is not ready, except that a player may not be
considered unready if he or his partner attempts to strike the ball.
-If owing to an accident outside his control, a play fails to make a good service or a good return or
otherwise violates a rule.
-If it is interrupted for correction of an error in playing order.
LOSS OF POINT:
Unless the rally is a let, a player loses a point:
-If he fails to make a good serve.
-If he fails to make a good return.
-If he volleys the ball.
-If he, strikes the ball with the side of the racket blade which has an illegal surface.
-If he, or anything he wears or carries, touches the ball in play before it has passed over the end line or
side line not yet having touched the playing surface on his side of the net since being struck by his
opponent.
-If his free hand touches the playing surface while the ball is in play.
-If he , or anything he wears or carries, touches the net or its supports wile the ball is in play.
-If in doubles, he strikes the ball out of proper sequence.
A GAME:
House rules: A game is won by the player or pair first scoring 21 points unless both. players or pairs
have scored 20 points. In this case, the winner is the player or pair to first score 2 points more than the
opposing player or pair.
International rules: A game shall be won by the player or pair first scoring 11 points unless both players
or pairs score 10 points, when the game shall be won by the first player or pair subsequently gaining a
lead of 2 points.
A MATCH:
A match shall consist of the best of any three or five games.
THE CHOLCE OF ENDS AND SERVICE:
The choice of ends and the right to serve or receive first in a match shall be decided by a toss.
The winner of the toss may.
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