Do You Know The Rule? (5 Questions That Challenge Your Tennis Knowledge)
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Do You Know The Rule? (5 Questions That Challenge Your Tennis Knowledge)
1. Your opponent can’t stand outside the sidelines of the court being played on when serving
2. If you hit your opponent(s) with your serve in the air you win the point automatically (here’s the link to this actual situation happening at Wimbledon: • Jelena Ostapenko hits ... )
3. You can’t call double bounce on your opponent
4. If you touch the net with your body or racket you automatically lose the point
5. If the ball goes over the net and bounces back over the net with a ton of backspin, it’s the point of the original player who hit the ball
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One clarification on question #4: if your momentum causes you to touch the net AFTER the ball has bounced twice on the other side, then the point is no longer live, and the point is yours.
Yep. You are correct. You can touch the net when the ball is not in play.
@@2MinuteTennis Interesting, not true in Pickleball! Momentum can never allow you to touch the net or other player, even after the ball is dead.
@@eichelman That's weird? If the ball isn't in play, what point are your playing for?
@@alessandrotommasi9941 The idea is that you must make a legal hit. In the same way, if you return the ball and it hits the opponent (normally they would lose the point), but then if your paddle continues forward and hits the opponent, that is illegal also and you lose the point.
Or if the ball touches the other player's body first, or if the ball hets the back curtain first...
I was a USTA official for about 4 years, so thankfully I had run into all of these situations . Thanks for the post.
Quick question. If your opponent can’t call a double bounce then what’s to say I let the ball bounce twice every time? Like you hit a short soft ball and I don’t feel like running up fast so I just wait for a second bounce and don’t call it on myself? Yes, it would be a dick move but based on that rule we’d have to continue playing right?
@@adamcravets5408 that would not be in keeping with the spirit of the sport. You could also call in balls out, etc.... The double bounce can be difficult for a player to call on himself, because sometimes you don't even see it happen. I hope that makes sense.
@@fotoarttoo I totally agree about the spirit of the sport but in that same spirit it seems to me that having the other player call the double bounce would be more appropriate. I look at it like a foot fault. You don't call those on yourself because you aren't looking at your feet when serving. When chasing down a ball you get focused on the ball and may miss the double bounce. Seems like if that happens the other player should be allowed to correct the situation. Just thinking out loud here...
If a right handed player on the ad court, tosses his serve so that toss crosses the center hash mark. He makes contact on the other side of the center hash mark without moving his feet. Can he reach across the center hashmark and make contact and have it be a good serve. Is that a good serve or is it a fault?
@@Billbillr If I understand your question correctly, the answer is yes! Just as long as his body is in the legal appropriate area for serving.
Hey Ryan! Just wanted to thank you for using a tennis board. It is refreshing and easier to remember the rules/strategies this way and also picture it in our heads. Thumbs up!! :)
Another great video - good to know these rules and avoid needless arguments. Thanks for sharing coach!
Thanks heaps Ryan! I love this video about tricky tennis rules! Cheers!
Thank you, very entertaining and instructive video👏
Thank you so much. This is fun. Learned something new. 😃 And you are delightful to watch.
Fantastic Ryan! Great stuff 👏
Excellent video. Here's another rules situation I've often wondered about. Suppose it is the first point of a doubles set. The receiver is in a normal position to return serve. The receiver's partner is near the baseline and centerline. The serve comes down the middle, and the receiver's partner returns the ball into play. Since this is the first point in the set, would this be legal? Would it simply require the receiver's partner to play the deuce court for the remainder of the set?
That would be fine. But now you’ll have to switch and play that way for the set. Haha never thought of this. Good stuff!
Hahaha well thought
@kNautyyEspicyyy! you can stand where you want but you can't volley the serve
This is a good one Milton
In the last situation where the ball bounces back over the net due to backspin, can the returning player run around the net onto the opposition side to hit the ball while it is in play.?
Thanks a lot! It was fun, quick and I’ve learned much from a simple quiz. Very good explanation!
Glad you liked the video Micky!
Thank you so much! I feel so vindicated! Especially on the last one with reaching over and hitting down into the "opponent's" net.
Tennis coach & chair umpire here :) Regarding the double bounce (what we call "not up") on close balls, you normally can tell which way it was by the spin the ball gets. If it's really really close - so you could actually doubt wether the ball bounced twice or not - if you look closely you can see that if you get it in one bounce you generally get underspin of some degree and if you get it AFTER the second bounce, you generally get a bit of neutral or topspin. They are difficult calls to make even in professional tennis, and easy to fool an umpire. In amateur tennis the general rule of thumb is that a player is responible of every calls happening on his end of the court. Line calls, not up calls, etc. because it is still considered a gentleman's sport and... well... you are the one closer to the call :D
Great video, keep them coming :)
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Loved this video! Thanks
Very helpful, thanks!
Good video. I’ve explained those many times. On the 1st one remember the infamous foot fault called on Marat Safin at the Aussie open by the official at the other end of the court when serving on the duce side his right foot crossed the extension of the center hash. It’s interesting that officials seem to be instructed not to call that because it’s common to see that foot fault it never called
Wild. The starting serve scenario (#1) just came up in my match today. You must've been watching.
And how frustrating is #3 - the last person who knows if it double bounces is usually the person hitting the ball.
Actually, they should be the first to know. From an outsider's perspective, it can be hard to tell if the ball bounced a second time before they hit it when it all can happen within a fraction of a second whereas the person hitting it can hear and feel if the ball bounced again before they hit it (kind of like a 6th sense). The only issue is that it's easy to cheat when that's the case. (My example applies to a mediocre and up level, perhaps not beginners)
This was a great video!
I played tennis in my childhood but then it got complicated to keep on playing because it's very hard and expensive to play on a court in my city.
Thanks to the pandemy, paddle became popular again in my country and I started playing it with my friends since it's more affordable and accessible. And boy I've been having fun! So for me, actually know most of these rules because of paddle.
It's funny because this game actually exploids many of this "wacky" rules of tennis, and actually many of them are common situations in paddle/padel. Since you're playing between walls, it's almost an objective to bring the ball back into your side, and sometimes pro-player counter that by doing a drop or sending the ball into your side of the net (If that happens and the ball hits the ground just once and you didn't touch the ball yet, the ball is still in game because it didn't bounce twice).
Looove ur video. Thank you for sharing
Very helpful, thanks
The "double touch" on a single movement of the racquet had me wondering a couple of times before I knew it was legal... It happens very often also
Thanks ryan, i knew all these and i faced many of people who dont know or cannot believe what you say... as provide, i had to show them the role book or such questions you answered
by the way the last scenario is almost impossible in single and very hard to execute in doubles as you may touch the net easily.
Finally, two common issues i saw players dont know about :
1. double hit on racket : if you double or even triple hit the ball with your racket while you executed 1 continues swing, it will count as 1 and both of you have to continue playing
2. ball hits another ball which is in the court : if players cannot say which ball bounced, it will be a LET. otherwise, player should continue and run for the ball. then always put balls out of your court before serve
Really cool and informative video. I got them all, but I have been playing tennis since I was a kid and in tournaments so it's somewhat intuitive and second-nature. I love stuff where you learn something; and that was this. Another fun, interesting rule I thought you might mention was when you hit a ball around and/or below the net poll. It is legal and you can win the point or put it back in play by hitting around and even below the level of the net pole.
Nice. We want some more of these!
Haha I’ll make a part 2 that’s harder!!
Very clear thank you 🤝
Been watching tennis on and off my whole life follow tennis from a distance these day very insightful
Ryan, love your crystal-clear explanations! Could you please do a video showing when a double bounce off the racquet is and is not legal? What constitutes "continuous motion"? What if its outside the control of the player (due to wind, or the net bouncing it back onto your racquet and you accidentally manage to get it over to the other side etc).
Hi Ryan, Thanks for your video. Do you have video(s) to improve my hand-eye coordination?
@#1: "The receiver may stand anywhere inside or outside the court." Rule 8 Case 1 ITF rules
Ryan-- GREAT Video!!!
Number 5 happens a lot on Paddel tennis due to the walls, and the rule is the same, you can touch tha ball on the other side. GREAT VIDEO. Thanks
As far as touching the net or court on the opponent's side in both the 4th and 5th examples you can touch the net or court IF the point is already over as in a second bounce or you hit the opponent with the ball or fence BEFORE you touch the net etc..
You are correct. Thanks Tom!
Geez, this is sooooooo funny, love these kinds of videos, Ryan! Meanwhile, I also learned a lot from this video, especially the first one, I thought the opponent can stand at anywhere to start the serve
Yup, I knew everything about that fifth rule, Milos Raonic did that in a mixed doubles match at the Aussie Open years ago. I try to purposely hit a back spinner dropshot anyways
Your tennis minutes are awesome .
Thanks for adding in point 6. That happened to me in a match several months ago. I didn't know you could reach over the net to hit the ball. It makes sense as you phrased it: you can do it after the ball has bounced on your side.
That was excellent. I knew four out of five (missing the first one.) One question: At the professional level, can the chair umpire call a double bounce?
Yes the umps have the control in pro matches. They make all final calls.
Nice, thanks!
nice tips, thanks
Thanks so much. It happened with me my apposite player were asking point and I was not agree at that point. Now I know rules.
Number 5 rule just happened with my partner in double game yesterday. She was by the ball and just watched it bounced back and did no try to touch it. She did not know what to do. And it was a high bounce and she had all time in the universe. She just stayed and watched it .
We lost the point. ...but won the game :)
Thanks for the video
Hey Ryan, Sorry if I missed this question/answer, but when you say "allowed to stand" inside the singles or doubles line (whichever applies) Does that mean both feet ENTIRELY within the line extending out? Part of both feet? Part of just one foot? I know its just detail, but I was curious
Happy to clarify. Both of your feet must be entirely within the side line. Of the court you’re using to play (singles or doubles)
Nice video. For #4, it wasn't made clear at first when you mentioned the scenario, but it's just that you can't touch the net when the point is LIVE. If your shot has already bounced twice (2nd bounce could be the fence) and the point is over, then you can touch the net, although I would still always try to avoid touching the net as a habit.
You are correct. Can touch but not during live point. Thanks!!
@@2MinuteTennis In this scenario is the rule the same as for the previous one where you can't call a double bounce on your opponent's side. In this case if they hit the net but don't call it can you claim it, it isn't a call on 'their side' now, but it is something I have seen happen a lot of times, far more than the double bounce. I guess there are some who know they've done it and don't want to admit it and give the point away, but there are also clearly others where they touch with a foot or something while playing the shot and don't notice, but from further away it is clear to you. I guess again you probably can't call it though I would at least point out the fault.
Another weird net exception: In a singles match with singles sticks, it’s legal to touch the net outside the singles stick. The net officially ends at the singles stick.
Aced it!
playing and umping since the early 80's
This is exactly what happened today on the tennis court. They hit a ball with backspin and I reached over the net and hit a winner and he said USTA rule states that you can’t reach over the net. I told him that I can reach over because I hit my side first, he said I can’t do that. I end up giving him the point because I didn’t feel like arguing with him but I told him to go home and Google it.
You were correct. It came onto your side first. He’ll go home and realize he was wrong.
Nice quiz but easy! We need more of these to challange ourself :-D
For the double bounce... remember me of 2022 US Open final ! 🤩 When Casper Ruud call himself for a double bounce... he was winning the point otherwise cause Alcaraz send the ball in the net ! That rule is based on the honnesty and sportsmanship of the players...
Fun. Do more!
The second question about hitting a player from the serve - this happens with a guy at my club. When he's playing against me on the ad side and I'm serving to the deuce box, he stands on the serve line T to put me off, so knowing this rule I serve straight at him. Results about 50-50 as I win the point sometimes by hitting him but other times he manages to dodge and the serve goes out.
Correct. I’ve never understood why people stand at the “t” to distract the opponent. They are actually making the service box bigger in a sense. I’d aim for the “t” and if you hit them in the air you win the point automatically.
😂
@@2MinuteTennis I was serving in doubles several weeks ago, hit the returners partner (barely grazed him in the leg, he never moved a muscle) and chaos ensued. He admitted it hit him, we all knew the rule, but they vehemently claimed they should get the point. When we said no (partly because of their attitude about it, like we owed them), the guy who was hit pouted, donated his next serve game, and then walked off the court without saying anything (good game, etc.). My partner who hosts the matches, emailed them both and I chimed in and it went on for days until he finally relented. I decided to ask a tennis players Facebook group what they thought, and we’ll more than 50% said we were jerks for taking the point using ridiculous arguments and attacking me and my partner. Oh well!
@@rodf9000 you won the point. Doesn’t matter if it on purpose or by accident. If your serve hits them in the air you win the point. Sorry to hear the trouble you went through.
Quite common in Interclub tournament, especially the seniors try to annoy the server!
Well done.
On scenario number 4, it depends on whether the ball you hit has bounced a 2nd time or not before you touch the net, because at that stage, the point is over.
Also matters if you are playing singles on a court with singles sticks attached to the net. The outside portion of the net between the singles sticks and the net post are not considered part of the net with regard to this rule.
One rule I find very interesting is that a player can hit the ball around the net post, the player can go wide and hit the ball around and below the level of the net. Roger Federer has a collection of points like that.
Yep. You don’t need to hit over the net. You can hit around it.
Another cool thing about the last rule is if the ball bounces back over, you can run around the net post and hit the ball from beside the court, as long as you don't step into the opposing court.
Are you sure. Can you prove it? Is there a rule somewhere?
I did this. I ran around and hit a winner on their side.
@@JBMarais th-cam.com/users/shortsSPUw8FkSBEQ?feature=share
Happened on the pro tour, is this good enough?
Although I saw this allowed in a pro game recently, it is umpire's call in any situation like this whether the player hitting the ball could be said to be hindering/unfairly distracting their opponent. I've seen these called both ways. It is not clear-cut
@@mwhitbread43 I mean it really is clear cut, being called for hindrance is a completely different rule. The rule I'm quoting is that you're allowed to cross the net of you are in the out of bounds area.
I wouldn't be surprised if players have ran to their bench mid point in doubles to grab a racquet after a broken string or something dumb like that.
That's actually true. I used to play tennis and now I play paddle and this is actually pretty common among pro-players, since you're playing between walls, you want to bring the ball back into your court or out of the walls. You usually do that by doing a smash that hits the court and then bounces into the bottom wall, and when it bounces it can come back into your side of the court or it could get out of the court over the side wall. The thing with that is that your opponent if he is quick enough, he can keep the ball "alive" or he can try to make the ball pass into your door and go for the point.
A question for the part 2 maybe.. When a player (amatuer mostly) hits the ball and the ball makes contact with the string of the racquet twice (you can tell by the funny spin the ball gets) is this a fault or an error for the player?
As long as it’s one swing and inadvertent (not intentional) then it’s ok to double hit. The point continues.
This is something unusual unlike cricket
@@pritesh1369 The rule changed some years ago. Too difficult to endorse.
@@karipintakivi9153 yeah - I've heard that if you have slow motion video, the strings almost always contact the ball more than once.
Apologies if others have asked as I haven't read all the comments but I'm intrigued by the last point. Are you allowed to jump over the net without touching the net to get to the ball of it spun back over?
I know all the rulings.
Nice display of the court.
And great explanantion on why.
A let (replay due to net tape ball) only occurs when serving. Any other net ball is legal for a point.
fair tennis is fun tennis! great video, coach!
Super fun rules
Most entertaining video , the last one was the most exhilarating one .
This was a excellent video Coach, I actually told a guy in the 90s he wasn’t allowed to serve on the outside doubles lines in singles and we in a league match with empires, but not every court had a chair empire. So he served the ball from the outside and I called the ball out, and he got mad, and got an empire and they told him the rules, even if you could serve the ball from there, and you hit a serve into someone wheel house, it’s a easy winner, I would literally hit a drop shot return.
Question about rule in doubles and singles. During the serve motion of the opponent is it ok for the receiving player or any of the two players on the receiving side (in case of doubles) to move? I don't mean to jump around like crazy but to keep adjusting their positioning(s) during the opponent's serve
yes, little movements are allowed !
sorry if i' m replying to many questions instead of 2minuteTennis, i was an umpire and i' m just reading some comments here :)
Hi Ryan, nice video! One question though: in that last situation where the ball bounces the first time in our side of the court and then back spins to the other side, could we run around the net, step in on the other side court, and strike the ball there (potentially to the net as you suggested)?
I am afraid you are not allowed to step inside of opponent court.
if on questions six the ball spins back way over to the side can you go around the net to hit the ball (crossing over into your opponents side)? if yes, could you likewise jump over the net (not touching of course) to hit a ball that spun back across the net?
Here is a variance of scenario 5. Player A hits (or misshits) the ball so that it just barely goes over the net into player B alley and then bounces back over the net (due to backspin) towards player A alley. Player B runs around the netpost onto Player A side of court, but Player B doesn't step into Player A court. Player B reaches over and hits the ball into the net before the ball has bounced in Player A alley. Who wins the point? I actually did this many years ago and it started a huge argument. Opponent first claimed that I could not pass around the net post to their side of court. Second argument was that I lost the point by hitting the ball into the net instead of hitting the ball onto their court first. USTA clarified that a player can pass the netpost as long as the player doesn't touch the court area or lines of the opponents court. Second, the opponent's side of the net is considered part of the opponents court so hitting the ball into the net on the opponents side was legitimate.
if the ball hit the net but land outside of the court, will player B win the point?
@@walkcoolboy
My understanding from USTA is that when Player B hit the ball into the net on Player A side, it is the same as hitting into Player A court. So, in your scenario, when the ball hit the net and bounced off, that is bounce one. So it doesn't matter where the ball landed for the second bounce as the point would be over. Now if Player A can hit the ball back over the net before the ball bounces twice on their side, then the point is still in play. Note: most of the time when the ball is hit into the net, the ball just rolls down the net onto the court- point over. But I could see where if the ball hit the top of net, that the ball might bounce off the net cord into the air and give Player A an opportunity to hit it back over the net.
Question#1: What happens if the server stands outside of the single court, as described in the video? Does the returner automatically wins the point directly or (if it is 1st serve), does the server get to play a 2nd serve?
It's a fault. So if a second serve then it's the returner's point.
So in fact, all of those instances happen in pro tennis ALL THE TIME (the one example at Wimbledon you mentioned, where the server hit the receiver's partner while the ball was mid-air, and then two other instances where a player had to reach over the net to win the point. The first one was Jamie Murray in doubles having to reach over the net after a backspinner, and Jannik Sinner also had to reach over the net during the tournament at Luxembourg).
Good quiz! Proud to say I got all 5 plus bonus question 🙋
Fantastic video Ryan !!! Can your opponent “break” the plane of the net when hitting a shot. I think he can but he can’t make contact on your side. Correct ?
Contact has to be on their side, follow trough over the net is ok as long as they don’t touch it
Nice video and learned a lot. A question about six scenario. If the return player (yellow) reached over the net to the hit the ball against the net but the ball hit the net core and bounced on the serving side of the court once, is the point still in play and can the opponent (red) return the ball to keep playing? I guess the reason the point is automatically won by yellow player, if he hits the ball successfully to the opponent side of the net, is that the ball will roll to the court and considered have bounced multiple times so the point is over.
Thank you for your work! I have a question. It's about the 'the second bounce into your side of the court.' What happens if you hit the crazy ball into the opponent's court after the ball makes the second bounce in your side of the court? Should the play be continued or what?...😅😅😅
This is great. I knew most of the rules except the double bounce one. Sending to all my friends who flout the rules and get upset when I call them out 🤣
Awesome!
Got all of them right!
Great job. I’ll make a part 2 that’s harder soon!
Funny ! I learnt the last comment of the 5th rule (targeting the net). Thanks.
Question, what is the rule regarding a volley not centered in the sweet spot, and seeming to be hit unintentionally twice... ?
going to test my students on this during practice! hahah
Thank you for explaining the rules, what if the receiver returns in doubles before the ball bounces ?
If either player touches the serve before it bounces (even if it’s obviously going out), the serving team wins the point.
This was a fun video to watch Coach Ryan! I have a question about calling your opponent's foot fault while serving during a match. I once saw an opponent step at least 1 foot (12 inches) into the court before striking the ball several times in the same match. It was an obvious foot fault, but we didn't call it. Are we allowed to call it? Or the player has to call it upon himself / herself just like the double bounce penalty?
Erwin, you can only mention it to your opponent but you can't call it. Only when there is an umpire can a foot fault be called. However, in say local comp an opponent does this continually, then you may call for a the comp ref to step in and watch for a while. This pressure sometimes pulls them into line but in most cases you just have to suck it up. Sorry.
@@Gezza2515 wow, thanks for your reply!! Another good piece of advice I learned. Much appreciated
Welcome to Rec tennis. 95% of rolls
Foot fault. Maybe not 12 Inches though that’s a bit excessive.
@@Gezza2515 Incorrect! From the USTA Code: "24. Calling foot faults. The receiver or the receiver’s partner may call foot faults only after all reasonable efforts, such as warning the server and attempting to get an official to the court, have failed and the foot fault is so flagrant as to be clearly perceptible from the receiver’s side."
@@qc1okay Sadly I don't think there is any equivalent in LTA rules. I've had an opponent in amateur league matches serving from a yard inside the baseline every serve and basically say he didn't care.
good one thank you. On scenario 2, does this apply also to a direct hit of opponent during the point i.e. after serve. E.g opponent is outside court and my shot hits his leg directly. His point or mine?
Your point. If your ball it’s them on the air it’s your point. And it doesn’t matter where they’re standing or how fat “out” your ball was “going to be”. Your point.
What about foot faults? Mostly at the rec level during serve many times people step on the baseline before hitting the ball. Can you cover foot faults during serve , can be an interesting video !
Hello, I have 3 questions:
What if you play with a net with a very thick base (like the one used in the 2021 Laver Cup) and the ball hits this thick part. Does that count as a bounce?
If my opponent leaves a ball on the court and I hit it during the next point, is the point still on (even if the balls bouces weirdly)?
When you play on clay, is it true that you need to justify with a mark any call you make?
Thanks!
Great video, I guess I am a tennis nerd since I have answered everything correctly
Thanks Ryan. Informative and interesting clip! On the last rule, I wonder instead of reaching over the net, if the ball spin back far away from the net, can I run into the opponent side of court and hit it before it bounces again?
I was thinking the same thing and say yes.
Cannot step into opponent’s court (within singles or doubles lines depending on what you are playing). But you can hit a ball on opponent’s side if you remain outside the lines.
I think you can run around the post then hit it into the net on their side. There may be a video floating around where that has happened.
Does no stepping on the other side of court apply to racket touching and supporting on the ground to avoid touching the net? Meaning if if you hit the ball right, no touching net, and use your racket on the other side of ground and hold yourself, it is a lose?
@@xinzheng3257 No. ITF rule 24g states player loses point if - “The player or the racket, whether in the player’s hand or not, or anything which the player is wearing or carrying touches the net, net posts/singles sticks, cord or metal cable, strap or band, or the opponent’s court at any time while the ball is in play”. Note that this includes your dampener coming out of your racquet and landing in your opponent’s court.
9:37 when you said that you are allowed to hit the ball into the opponent's side of the net, what did you mean by "hit it down, back into their side of net?" For clarification, do you HAVE to hit on the opponent's side of the court first and then into the net or can you just not have it bounce and hit the ball into the net?
Ryan, what happens when a ball pops during a point? Do you play out the point a la a broken string? Or play two? Thanks.
Very easy questions ;)
What about Ball is hitting the net-posts and jump back to the field?
And what about Ball ist hitting the counting device, if this is permanently mounted on the net post - an ball jump back to the field?
A question about IFT rule 10. Change of the ends. How the players change the ends when tiebreaker finished in a set?
- After the tiebreak you switch sides, from wherever you ended up) or started up (on a tiebreak)?
Regarding scenario #4, there is a scenario where a player hits the ball back over the net, and his momentum carries him into the net, but he still wins the point. If the players shot is a short ball or a drop shot and the ball bounces twice on the opponents side BEFORE the players momentum carries him into the net, then the player that touched the net wins the point.
I believe that is correct.
Re the 2nd rule. If you serve and the ball touches the net and goes over but then hits the other player (or, more likely, their partner!) before touching the ground, I believe the call is ‘let’ serve, because on the served ball, as soon as it touched the net, the possibilities were either ‘out’ or ‘let’ serve. It can’t be out if it hit the player so it is a let on either the 1st or 2nd serve. I have wondered about this for a while!
You are correct. If the serve hits the net and then is hit out of the air by the opposing team it’s a let.
I haven't seen that last one where a framed smash causes the ball to bounce back over. Though I have seen drop shots and drop volleys from time to time that have so much backspin that they bounce back over.
For Q#6, can you jump over the net (without touching the net) to play the shot (before the ball lands)? OR Is there a rule that states you can never enter the opponents area of play?
You’re never allowed to touch their side of the court. So if you jump, you better win the point before you land which is basically impossible.
Muy bueno tu vídeo. Te escribo en Español por no es bueno mi inglés.
Podrías agregar cuando una pelota bota sobre otra que quedó sin retirar de la cancha y que se considera un bote y debes pegarle a cualquiera de las 2 antes que de el second bounce
Great video Ryan - growing up one of my favorite books ever was “Knotty Problems in Baseball” that was my souvenir at Cooperstown. Your video has done justice to the tennis version of this - well done ! I see what you mean, hitting the ball into the net on the other side is just like a let - good analogy. Question that came up recently - my partner let go of his racquet but on the next shot managed to tap the ball over with his hand (for an apparent drop shot winner) - what’s the ruling ?
Can only use the racket Jay. Sorry my friend.
I think hitting the ball with anything other than the racquet is deemed a fault.
You can not touch the ball and your body and clothing can not come in contact with the ball.
What if you throw the racquet, and it hits the ball to the opponent’s court as a winner?
@@HelioB doesn’t count. Racket must be in your hand went you contact the ball.
I actually played a point in the 6th situation. I successfully reached over the net and won the point in my state doubles point!
rule 2 is correct. Not only on serve but also during normal exchange. I saw the situations in the Nalbandian game. He was hit with the ball to stand outside the end line. The point was awarded to the opponent. There is an exception. If you intentionally hit the opponent, it is unsportsmanlike behavior and you get a warning and lose a point.
Fun vid! Question: I'm playing doubles, receiving. My opponent at the net likes to hit the top of the net with his racquet, just before his partner serves. Sort of like he is checking his distance from the net, but with a solid whack. Sometimes the net is still bouncing when his partner serves. Is this OK?
Yes. The point hasn’t started. You can touch the net before and after the point. Not during the point.
@@2MinuteTennis The net is "bouncing"? Sounds like a hindrance to me. Hindrances aren't called before a point starts, so probably an umpire would simply tell the guy he can't distract his opponents by making the net bounce. I've seen plenty of doubles partners tap the net like this, but I've never seen a net bounce because of it. That's some weird net there.
With touching the net, there is a nuance. It is only seen as a fault as long as the ball is in play. I have had that I had to sprint for a ball, I made it but my balance was slowly tipping over closer and closer to the net, but I was able to not touch the net before the ball bounced twice. After the ball bounced twice I crashed the net from above. But the ball wasn't in play anymore, so it was my point.
Correct. Can’t touch the net while the point is still going on. Thanks!!
Hi Ryan ., what happen if the server is the one who stands outside the court during the serve , is that allow ?
I've got a group that has hit massive backspin shots probably once or twice a year that hit and spin back over the net. We learned that rule (and about hitting the ball on the other side) after the second time.
Yep! Glad you knew it. Thanks “Dad”. Haha
@@2MinuteTennis no problem "son"
@@2MinuteTennis I once mishit a slice serve in a doubles match that just missed the net player but spun around enough (in the air) to catch the heel. They actually knew the rule.
I also thought that if you charge in, hit a ball and it hits the court BEFORE you touch the net, you are OK.
@@DyvmSlorm even if the ball bounces it’s still “in play” until the second bounce. Can’t touch the net until the scone bounce
I think I got 2 right haha. Great video.
Hi, I never saw it but it may happen. Let say a player plays a volley next to a net and his / her opponent shoots a ball to net but it is so fast that the ball stretches the net and since the volley player is so close to the net, the net thanks to the ball, touches the first player. It is OK in volleyball but I have no idea what would count in tennis. Thanks for answer.
Love it
Thank you!!!