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11. Non-Volley Zone Infractions›11.A

11.A.1Fault: Non-Volley Zone Contact While Volleying

If you, or anything touching you (including your partner), contacts the kitchen while you volley, you lose the rally.

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Volley from behind the kitchen line Volley, then momentum into the kitchen Stepping into the kitchen for a bounced ball Jumping around the kitchen Still inside when you volley Toe on the kitchen line, volley Volley in the air, land in the kitchen Paddle tip taps the kitchen Leaning into your partner Partner waits inside the kitchen

Myths about this

“You can never step in the kitchen.”

See Rule 11.A.1 in the official 2026 Rulebook ↗