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What is the official ruling on a service whiff, a complete miss of the ball by the bat on serve?
Hi George,
As soon as the ball is thrown up, it is in play so even if you miss the ball completely, you lose the point.
In this video we go over the somewhat complicated rules of serving for doubles in table tennis. There are a couple of extra rules for doubles that you don't apply to singles. In doubles you always serve from the right hand box diagonally to your opponent's right hand box. Each player has 2 serves each. If you've just been receiving then it's your turn to serve next.
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