Players volley to determine who the initial server will be, typically,
a minimum of 4 non-competitive shots must be hit back and forth and then
the first player to score a point is the initial server.
When Serving: The ball must rest on an open palm. Then it
must be tossed at least 6 inches in the air and struck so that the ball first
bounces on the server's side, then over the net, without touching the net, onto
the opponent's side.
When Serving: The ball must be behind the table, not from the
side of the table, the ball also must be visible by the opponent at all times
during the serve.
If the ball hits any foreign object (ceiling, floor, light, wall.. etc.),
it is an immediate point for the opposing player
You must win by 2 points.
Points to win the match have been set to 11 points.
Service change is every 2 points.
A player can win a match by skunk, the player must get to 5 points before the opponent scores a single point.
Seasons are 2 weeks long.
Definitions
Aces
Is when a player gains a point on a serve, where the opponent can not make a valid hit back to the other side of the table.
Bad Serve
Is when a player does not hit his side of the table first on a serve, gets the ball over the net without touching it and hits the other side of the table.
Frustration
Is when a player hits the ball out of viewable frustration, and does not hit the other side of the table, or make a valid return.
Ones
Is when a player makes a valid return (not on a serve), and hits the egde of the table, causing the ball to bounce off the table at a different angle.
Feel Goods
Is when a player makes a valid return (not on a serve), and hits the top of the net, resulting in the ball landing on the opponents side, un-returnable.
Slam Points
Slam Made
Is when a player makes contact with the ball, above their shoulders or with more than usual power behind the swing, and makes a valid return of the ball.
Slam Missed
Is when a player makes contact with the ball, above their shoulders or with more than usual power behind the swing, and does not makes a valid return of the ball.
Foosball
Is when a player misses the ball completely, they might has well be playing foosball.
Digs
Is when a player makes a valid return, from having to go to an extreme left or right and/or "digging" the ball up, from underneath the table level.