You can't reach across the net to hit a volley before it has crossed over to your side of the net - however, your racket can follow through across the net on a volley as long as it is on your side of the net when it makes initial contact with the ball. Of course, as long as the racket does NOT make contact with the net during its follow through. In the above video, it is not apparent to me that the net player's hands went across the net - or even clearly that his racket went over - although he was certainly close enough to the net for it to have happened. In any regard, the opposing players did not contest the shot...... Now, please focus on the first part of my above response: "You can't reach across the net to hit a volley before it has crossed over to your side of the net". There is an exception to this rule that did not take place in the above match. If an opponent hits a drop shot/volley to your side of the net, and he/she put such a spin on the ball, that it bounces BACK over the net to your opponent's side (this is very difficult to accomplish, and requires the perfect circumstances, but it has happened many times by crafty players), you DO have the right to reach over the net into your opponent's side of the net, and hit the ball before it bounces. By rule, once a volleyed ball bounces a 2nd time, the point is dead. In this case, the ball has already bounced ONCE on your side of the net, and is now moving back over the net to your opponent's side. If it bounces on your opponent's side of the net, that would be a 2nd bounce, rendering the point dead in your opponent's favor. So you must be fleet of foot and quick of reflex to hit the ball before it bounces that 2nd time. Again, WITHOUT making contact with the net with any part of your body or racket......
Question, was that first point not reaching over the net? 0:15
You can't reach across the net to hit a volley before it has crossed over to your side of the net - however, your racket can follow through across the net on a volley as long as it is on your side of the net when it makes initial contact with the ball. Of course, as long as the racket does NOT make contact with the net during its follow through. In the above video, it is not apparent to me that the net player's hands went across the net - or even clearly that his racket went over - although he was certainly close enough to the net for it to have happened. In any regard, the opposing players did not contest the shot......
Now, please focus on the first part of my above response: "You can't reach across the net to hit a volley before it has crossed over to your side of the net". There is an exception to this rule that did not take place in the above match. If an opponent hits a drop shot/volley to your side of the net, and he/she put such a spin on the ball, that it bounces BACK over the net to your opponent's side (this is very difficult to accomplish, and requires the perfect circumstances, but it has happened many times by crafty players), you DO have the right to reach over the net into your opponent's side of the net, and hit the ball before it bounces. By rule, once a volleyed ball bounces a 2nd time, the point is dead. In this case, the ball has already bounced ONCE on your side of the net, and is now moving back over the net to your opponent's side. If it bounces on your opponent's side of the net, that would be a 2nd bounce, rendering the point dead in your opponent's favor. So you must be fleet of foot and quick of reflex to hit the ball before it bounces that 2nd time. Again, WITHOUT making contact with the net with any part of your body or racket......
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