/// SECTION 4 – THE SERVE, SERVICE SEQUENCE,
AND SCORING RULES
NEW/REVISED RULE OLD RULE
4.A.1. The entire score must be called before the
server begins his or her service motion. 4.I. Stated that serving before the score is called
shall result in a fault and loss of serve. This could
have been interpreted as before the ball is struck
so the rule was clarified.
4.A.2. The service motion begins with the server’s arm
movement initiating the swing, backward or forward, to
contact the ball. There was no previous rule defining the beginning of
the service motion.
4.A.4. The ball must be struck without bouncing it.
A person with a disability, such as having the use of
only one arm, may bounce the ball before making the
servi