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7.EServe Placement

Serve diagonally into the service court opposite your position. The serve has to get over the other team's kitchen (net touches are fine) and land inside the correct service court. Mini-singles has its own variation.

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Which side do I serve from?Serve lands on the kitchen line Serve clips the net Serve lands on the centerline Serve into the wrong court

Myths about this

“If a serve touches the net, you replay it.”“A serve that lands on the kitchen line is good.”

Inside this rule

7.E.1Fault: Serve Lands Out of Bounds 7.E.2Fault: Serve Lands in Non-Volley Zone 7.E.3Fault: Serve Hits Permanent Object 7.E.4Fault: Serve Hits Server or Server’s Partner 7.E.5Fault: Serve Hits Receiver or Receiver’s Partner

See Rule 7.E in the official 2026 Rulebook ↗