Touching the Table - Table Tennis Rules
Posted by Alois Rosario on October 29th, 2008
A rule that is often misunderstood is the rule about whether you can touch the table or not. This is an extract from the ITTF rules.
Unless the rally is a let, a player shall score a point:
if his opponent, or anything his opponent wears or carries, moves the playing surface;
if his opponent, or anything his opponent wears or carries, touches the net assembly;
if his opponent’s free hand touches the playing surface
you are not allowed to move the playing surface,
you are not allowed to touch the net
your free hand is not allowed to touch the table
Therefore, anything except for your free hand is allowed to touch the table as long as you don’t move the table.
Did you have that one right?
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