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What changes the result

The rules behind the moments commentators get excited about. They build on the beginner rules.

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Serving and receiving

  1. When is a serve a let in soft tennis?A serve that touches the net or post and lands in the proper service court is a let, and that serve is taken again.
  2. How do you receive a serve in soft tennis doubles?The receiver must let the serve bounce once in the service court and return it before a second bounce.
  3. Who serves when in soft tennis doubles?In soft tennis doubles one pair serves for the whole game, the partners taking turns to serve two points each.

The rally

  1. Can you touch the net in soft tennis?A player loses the point if their racket, body or clothing touches the net or post, the umpire or the chair.

Conduct, officials and events

  1. How is soft tennis singles different from doubles?Singles uses the doubles rules on a court 8.23 metres wide, bounded by the service sidelines extended to the base lines.
  2. How do soft tennis team events work?Events can be doubles, singles, mixed doubles or teams, run as knockouts, round robins or both.
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