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11. Non-Volley Zone Infractions›11.A

11.A.2Fault: Non-Volley Zone Momentum

If the momentum from your volley carries you into the kitchen, or into your partner or anything else that is touching the kitchen, it is a fault, even if the ball is already dead. Your volley is not over until you have your balance and stop drifting forward.

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Volley from behind the kitchen lineVolley, then momentum into the kitchenStepping into the kitchen for a bounced ballJumping around the kitchenStill inside when you volleyToe on the kitchen line, volleyVolley in the air, land in the kitchenPaddle tip taps the kitchenLeaning into your partnerPartner waits inside the kitchen

Myths about this

“You can never step in the kitchen.”
See Rule 11.A.2 in the official 2026 Rulebook ↗