Today's biggest news is that a racquetball hit me squarely in the arm, leaving a welt. In honor of the welt, I've decided to give you some racquetball rule trivia. Ben and I have wondered these questions for a long time, but finally looked them up.
1. Unintentional carries are allowed. This is a new rule change. See 3.13b
2. A short serve includes balls that bounce on the short line. See 3.9b
3. A screen serve must pass close to the server's body. See 3.9i
4. The ball is in play until it bounces twice. This means that it can be hit by player 1, hit the front wall, hit the back wall, bounce, hit the front wall, and may still be hit by player 2. See 3.13e
Other things that I didn't know but learned by glancing through the rules...
1. You can call a screen during play. See Rule 3.14.a4
2. There is a rule modification that may be adapted such that if the ball hits the front wall between one and three feet it may bounce twice instead of once and still be in play. The lines should be marked on the front wall. See rule 6.3
Here is the document, in case you have a burning desire to learn about racquetball rules now.
No comments:
Post a Comment