Rules and Regulations for Table-Tennis

1. Games are played to 11 points. A game is played to 11 points. A match is played in the best of three games.
2. Alternate serves every two points. Each side of the table alternates serving two points at a time. After being tied 10-10 (“deuce”), service alternates at every point, and the next two points will win the game.
3. Toss the ball straight up when serving. Toss the ball straight up, and strike it on the way down. It must hit your side of the table and then the other side. Once the ball leaves the server’s hand, it is in play, and it counts as the receiver’s point if the ball is missed or miss-hit.
4. The server can land anywhere in singles. There is no restriction on where the ball lands on your side or your opponent’s side of the table. It can bounce two or more times on your opponent’s side (if so, that’s your point), bounce over the side, or even hit the edge.
5. A serve that touches the net on the way over is a “LET.”  Can the ball hit the net in ping-pong? Yes, during a rally, if it touches the top of the net and then otherwise lands as a legitimate hit. But not when serving. If a served ball hits the net on the way over and otherwise legally bounces in play, it’s a “let” serve and is done over. There is no limit to how many times this can happen.
6. Volleys are not allowed. In table tennis, this results in a point for your opponent. When your opponent hits a ball that sails over your end of the table without touching it and then hits you or your paddle,.
7. If your hit bounces back over the net by itself, it is your point. If you hit the ball in a rally or on a serve and it bounces back over the net after hitting your opponent’s side of the table (due to extreme spin) without your opponent touching it, that is your point.
8. You may not touch the table with your non-paddle hand. You may touch the ball or the table with your paddle hand (after reaching in to return a short serve, for example), or other parts of your body. NOTE: If the table moves at all from your touching it during a rally, that is your opponent’s point.
9. Reporting Time. player should be on standby 30 minutes before the call time.
10. ID-Card. Student ID cards are to be attached to the participation form and also to be brought along for the game for verification.

Final Call. last call will be from match officials in case of any discrepancies or    misunderstandings.

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