Subsequent shots can be played onto the two side-walls and the ceiling. First Serve: Player-1 gets to serve first if he wins the toss. The other two players choose who will do first serve if their team wins the toss.
Initial Standing : The server stands within the serving zone while the returning players stand behind him over the receiving line to the left and right. The player on the right receives the first serve and hits the ball onto the front wall. The player on the left gets to hit it before the server gets his turn to hit.
The order of hits may vary once the ball comes into play. Serving Method : Server has to bounce the ball in front of him and then play the serve hit. If he is doing the drive type serve, he has to stand on the screen line within the service zone. The ball should hit the floor after hitting the front wall behind the short-line and within the receiving line.
Serve Change : Player-1 server continues to serve, as long as he wins points on his serve. The returner player-2 on the right gets to serve if the server loses the rally. The other returner player-3 moves to the right from the left position. Serve change can happen even when the server hits the ball out of court while rallying.
Once the ball is in play, each player alternates hitting the ball until one misses the ball or hits an illegal shot. Players try to earn points or win the serve by putting an end to a rally.
Often this is done when a player's shot hits the front wall at its lowest point, causing the ball to roll out, rather than bounce back into the playing area called a killshot or rollout. Points are also earned when rallies end with an error, or a "Skip Ball," i.
Once the ball is in play, the walls and ceiling can be used for shot variations. Points are scored when after serving the ball, the server wins the rally. If the player returning serve wins the rally, the result is a sideout, no points are scored for either player and the player who won the rally gets to serve. Whoever wins the rally always serves next. Matches are typically two games to 15 points and a tiebreaker to 11 if needed. The server may have the ability to put his opponents on the run if he can regularly hit the ball out of reach of the player who is due to hit the ball.
Steve Silverman is an award-winning writer, covering sports since By: Steve Silverman. Published: 08 July, More Articles. When one player hits another player on their own team with the ball, some people follow the Doubles rules and award a point to the server.
Others simply replay. Likewise with accidentally executing a serve such that it goes to the wrong player. Other 3-Player Racquetball Rules Variations. Example: A vs B and C. A serves, then B serves, then A serves, then C serves, etc.
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