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Rules Desk

NVZ faults, serve legality, line calls, myths officiated.

  1. Every Way to Fault at the Kitchen Line (Including the One Nobody Believes)The ball being dead is irrelevant — if your volley's momentum carries you onto the line, you've faulted. A plain-language tour of every non-volley-zone fault, from the obvious foot-on-the-line to the partner rescue that actually works.Rules Desk · 7 MIN

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