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Rule question:
Hey!
My opponent hit a smash. it went to the floor and then into our back glass, it continued to hit the fence around the door and it somehow bounced back to me which hit it over to their side. The opponent said they won the point.
https://i.redd.it/0dpcg35w3bng1.jpegComments (39)
u/AndreHan2w ago
The opponent is wrong, its your point , no doubt.
After having hit your back glass the ball is still in play till it touches one of these
- a player
- the ground
- the building (roof , lights etc)
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u/gaia0122w ago
It's your point. If it didn't hit the floor after hitting the back wall, the point is still going.
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u/MyOldGaffer2w ago
Yea I thought this was the rule, live until it hits the floor twice.
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u/fusterclux2w ago
or hits anything outside the court fence/glass, e.g. a light post or the wall of the building
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u/SirWestbrick2w ago
It was valid. It can bounce on the fence after hitting the glass. The only exception is when it hits the glass and hits a lightning post above the fence.
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Thanks! Would this also be our point? (Just curious if it makes any difference if the shot hits the fence on their side and bounce back to me
https://preview.redd.it/x3tzg5wm5bng1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=92197382c79dcbdff8b35742df50764338c71796
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u/SirWestbrick2w ago
Still valid. The fence doesn’t have sides technically, it’s a continuous structure.
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u/jagaraujo2w ago
In this case it would be their point because the ball hit their fence. There is a famous point by Bela where this happens although it's from a smash from outside.
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u/va-va-voom-142w ago
One thing you haven’t made clear, did you hit it on a volley after it hit the cage, or did it bounce and then you played it?
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u/sub2732w ago
I don’t know much about the rules, but the magic bullet theory for the JFK assassination now makes a lot more sense after seeing that diagram.
“Back and to the left”
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u/Big_Ad28692w ago
Taking it x4 would be then pointless. X3 would make the point anywhere around the field.
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u/Conscious-Okra90462w ago
So you hit it after the second bounce. It's their point.
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u/AdComprehensive78792w ago
where is the second bounce from the floor?
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u/Conscious-Okra90462w ago
He said it bounced back to him after hitting the fence. That's why I assumed there was a second bounce, and looked like it from the diagram too.
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u/Tuism2w ago
I think once it hits your back/side glass, anything it hits is then considered out? Hitting the fence is the same as it flying out over the fence/glass.
I think. Would love a confirmation too.
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u/SirWestbrick2w ago
A lot of people think that way but it’s not true. The ball can hit both another glass and/or fence after hitting the ground and glass first.
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