Side wall
The short version
The walls along the sides of a three- or four-wall court.
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Where it shows up
- Four-wall · Rule 2.1 Courts … lines which have outside measurements of 18 inches from, and parallel to, each side wall. 5) Receiver’s restraining lines. Five feet back of the outside edge of the sho…
- Four-wall · Rule 4.1 Serve …cts the floor behind the short line, either with or without touching one of the side walls. Refer to Rule 4.3.C & D.
- Four-wall · Rule 4.2 Doubles …h serve, the server’s partner shall stand erect with his/her back to the nearer side wall and with both feet on the floor within the service box until the served ball pa…
- Four-wall · Rule 4.3 Defective serves … partner on the fly rebounding from the front wall or from the front wall and a side wall while the server’s partner is in a legal position within the service box, it sh…
- Four-wall · Rule 4.4 Return of Serve … the ball to the front wall either directly or after it has touched one or both side walls, the back wall, the ceiling, or any combination of those surfaces. A returned b…
- Four-wall · Rule 4.6 Rally …e ball goes off a player’s hand or fist into the gallery, into any opening in a side wall, or ceiling. 4) A ball that obviously did not have the velocity or direction to…
- Four-wall · Rule 4.8 Avoidable hinders …nt of the opponent’s shot on a straight path to the front wall, parallel to the side walls. If a player assumes such a position and there is a collision, or if the player…
- Four-wall · Rule 2.1-three Courts …imensions The dimensions are: 20 feet wide, 20 feet high and 40 feet long, with side walls recommended length of 44 feet.
Ref questions
A "court hinder" (e.g., the ball hits a known obstruction or a bad joint):
Answer: Replay the rally
A court hinder is replayed.
In four-wall, the receiving line (dashed) is:
Answer: 5 ft behind the short line
The receiving line is 5 ft behind the short line.
In one-wall, the long line marks:
Answer: The back boundary of the court
The long line is the back boundary.