Foot fault
The short version
Stepping outside the service zone while serving.
From the rulebook
Place The server may serve from any place in the service zone. No part of either foot may touch the floor beyond the outer edge of either line of the service zone. The server must remain in the service zone until the served ball passes the short line from the wall. Violations are called “foot faults.” ( See Rule 4.3 C.1 . ).
— One-wall · Rule 4.1 Serve
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Where it shows up
- One-wall · Rule 4.1 Serve …til the served ball passes the short line from the wall. Violations are called “foot faults.” ( See Rule 4.3 C.1 . ).
- One-wall · Rule 4.2 Doubles …ter the playing zone until the served ball passes him. A violation is called a “foot fault.”
- One-wall · Rule 4.3 Defective serves …and any two that are hit before a legal serve is executed result in an out: 1.) Foot fault. a.) The server begins the service motion with one or both feet touching the fl…
- Four-wall · Rule 4.1 Serve …ervice zone until the served ball passes the short line. Violations are called “foot faults.” (See Rule 4.3.C.1)
- Four-wall · Rule 4.2 Doubles …service box until the served ball passes the short line. Violations are called “foot faults.”
- Four-wall · Rule 4.3 Defective serves …hat are hit consecutively before a legal serve is executed result in an out: 1) Foot fault. a) The server begins the service motion with one or both feet touching the flo…
- Four-wall · Rule 2.1-one Courts …etween the legs of the server is an automatic hinder serve. C. Fault serves. 1) Foot fault. a) The server’s foot touches the floor outside the service zone before the ser…
Ref questions
The served ball hits the front wall then two side walls before the floor.
Answer: Fault (three-wall serve)
Front + two side walls on the fly is a three-wall serve — a fault.
The served ball hits the front wall then the ceiling before the floor.
Answer: Fault (ceiling serve)
Touching the ceiling after the front wall is a fault serve.
The served ball rebounds off the front wall and strikes the back wall on the fly.
Answer: Fault (long serve)
Carrying to the back wall untouched by the floor is a long serve — a fault.