Der Sport: Game - Opposing - Net - Standard

Game – Opposing – Net

Standard

Compete with others in a standard size courts, with net

You need a court with a net and opponents. Your goal is to outplay your opponents to score points. You can do this alone, in singles or with a partner in doubles. In your moves, you follow the ball in its trajectory and deflect it to swing it back. To win, you use your skill and speed, as well as the entire size of the opponent’s field by anticipating your opponent’s court coverage.

Singles

Your goal is to win 2 sets and thus the match. To do this, you have a serve as well as a multitude of other moves to your disposal, which you use as well-placed as possible, if necessary surprisingly as well as quickly. If your opponent does not reach the ball before it hits the ground or your opponents ball hits the net or is out of bounds, you score.

Doubles

Your and your partner’s goal is to win 2 sets and thus the match. To do this, you have a serve as well as a multitude of other moves at your disposal, which you use as well-placed as possible, if necessary surprisingly as well as quickly. If your opponents do not reach the ball before it hits the ground or your opponents’ ball hits the net or is out of bounds, you and your partner score.

Singles

You may know it from other racket sports like tennis or badminton – you compete against another player and try to outplay him with a strategy that suits your strengths. The more your game plan works out, the more points you score through direct wins or through mistakes made by your opponent. You play for two winning sets, each of which you win by 15 points, by a two-point margin, or whoever reaches 20 points first.

doubles

As with doubles in other racquet sports such as tennis or badminton, you compete with a partner against two opponents and try to outplay them with a strategy rooted in your combined strengths. The better you and your partner complement each other and the more consistently you play to your strengths, the more you score, either directly or through mistakes made by your opponents. You play for two winning sets, each of which you win by 15 points, by a two-point margin, or whoever reaches 20 points first.

Rules

Singles

The game is played best of three sets. A set is won with 15 points and at least a two point lead. With a one point lead, the first athlete to reach 20 points wins the set. There is a trade-off between flow and quality. Weighing the players’ technical skill level, the main referee has the task to protect the player adhering closer to the sport’s guiding principles. If both athletes are technically equal, the flow of play should be given priority.

Doubles

Rules are the same as for singles. With the additions:

The serves follow a sequence / order of players: A1-B1-A2-A1-…
The partner of the serving player may freely chose where to stand in the field.

The Court

The singles court is 11.88m long and 5.18m wide
The doubles court is 11.88m long and 6.10m wide
The entire court should be free-standing within a radius of at least 1m
The ceiling height must be at least 6m
All lines are at least 2cm thick.
The center line separates the court into two equal halves
The half-field dividing line is parallel to the center line and 2.97m from it
The half-field dividing line itself still counts as part of the front field
Attack Area and Limited Are are separated by the half-field dividing line
The serve area is behind the half-field dividing line in the back court.
The net is stretched above the centerline
Net height is 1.75m in the center and may be a maximum of 1.80m at the outer edges

General Rules

Scoring

Balls that bounce inside or on the court boundaries on the opponent’s side, including the ones touching the net.

In order to maintain the flow of the game, the main referee may warn a player doing invalid moves with a shout or to award a point directly to the opponent in case of gross mistakes. After three warnings, a point is automatically awarded to the opposing party. Principle: In case of serious technical differences between two parties, the advantage is always lies with the player with a technique more in accordance with the guiding principles.

Errors

Balls touching the floor outside the court boundaries on the opponent’s side (out ball)
Balls that do not make it across the net, are played under the net or even fly through the net
Balls that are not caught or returned on your own side of the court
Balls that touch anything other than the racquet blade or net during rallies (e.g., clothing, body parts, net stands, etc.)
Balls where the racquet grazes / touches the ground during the swing process
Balls where the player’s racquet touches a part of the body, clothing, net or net stand.
Balls where the player steps on or over the center line
Attack balls being played in the front court
Balls where rackets of both players of a team touch each other in doubles or in which the racket touches a part of the body of a teammate during a swing process of a player
Balls in which the player takes more than one step after the ball is on the racquet blade
Balls where the acceleration distance or the swing distance is more than 360°.

Serve

The serve takes place upon the main referee’s signal / blowing of the whistle.

The player serves in the dedicated area. At least one foot must stay in constant contact with the ground during the serve. One hand throws the ball high and to the back, whereby the ball must cover a distance of at least 30cm. The other hand lets in the ball with the racquet. By a correct execution of the round swing process, the ball is played over the net to the other side. Only the high and low flying serve (high forehand and backhand) is allowed.

The player awaiting the serve may not deliberately swing the racquet around, shout loudly, or move on his court to the point of impairing or interfering with the opponent’s serve.

Incorrect Serves

the player does not stand in the dedicated serve area or on the separating line
the player does not throw the ball clearly beyond 30cm
the player moves both feet during the serve, losing contact with the ground
the player jumps up or turns the racket during the serve
the player applies an incorrect swing technique after the ball is on the racquet blade, such as:
- interrupted swings
- pushing, shaking or lifting the ball
the ball does not reach the racket blade or it cannot be released out of the racket
the ball does not cross over the net or is stopped by the net
the ball touches the ground outside the prescribed area
the ball touches other objects (except the net) after the serve, such as body and clothing parts of the own team
The high throw-in and low let-out swing technique is not used

Attack Ball

A ball is considered an attack ball when it leaves the racquet in a downward motion or when the ball is caught at the bottom and played out at the top via propped or jump techniques through progressive acceleration and addition of force. The attack ball may only be finished within the back-area. The feet may be in the front-area initially, but must be in the back-area when the ball is released.

Techniques in the front-area (includes the separating line).

An attack ball in the front court must not be executed progressively accelerating and adding power. The ball must always leave the racquet upwards first or at least horizontally (the trajectory is an inverted parabola). If these criteria are not met, the swing is considered invalid.