| Rule Submission Title | Remove COVID/carry serve |
|---|---|
| USAP Board Voting Status | Approved |
| USAP Rules Committee Voting Status | Pass |
| IFP Voting Status | Average: 8.1 Detail:1,10,7,10,9,10,10 |
| Existing Rule # | 7.N, 11.A |
| Proposed Rule Change | 7.N. A player deliberately carrying or catching the ball on the paddle while the ball is live/in-play 11.A. Double Hits. Balls can be hit twice, but this must occur during an unintentional, continuous, single-direction stroke, by one player. If the stroke is deliberate, or not continuous or not in a single direction, or the ball is struck by a second player, it is a fault |
| Original Rule Text | 7.N. After the serve, a player deliberately carrying or catching the ball on the paddle while the ball is live/in-play 11.A. Double Hits. Balls can be hit twice, but this must occur during an unintentional, continuous, single-direction stroke, by one player. After the serve, if the stroke is deliberate, or not continuous or not in a single direction, or the ball is struck by a second player, it is a fault |
| Reasoning Behind Suggested Change | Change rules 7.N and 11.A. to the original wording (basically remove the "after the serve" phrase) in 2020 thereby removing the COVID reason that the rules were changed. |
| Rule Book Year | 2022 |
| Rule Change ID | 32 |
| Date Created | May 30, 2021 |
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