Coaches, Players and Parents: New Rule Changes

Posted on: 1/11/2010

There are SIGNIFICANT rule changes, especially involving net play. Check out the “You Tube” video which goes over this year’s new net contact rule on our LINKS page.

Summary: Touching the opponent’s court with any part of the body above the feet is permitted provided that it does not interfere with the opponent’s play. Contact with the net by a player is not a fault, unless it interferes with the play.
 Players may touch the post, ropes, or any other object OUTSIDE the antennae, including the net
itself, provided that it does not interfere with play. A player interferes with the opponent’s play by (amongst others): touching the top band of the net or the antenna above the net during his/her action of playing the ball, or taking support from the net simultaneously with playing the ball, or creating an advantage over the opponent, or making actions which hinder an opponent’s legitimate attempt to play the ball. Read more