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Thedetailed
rules
follow.Thegame
shouldbeplayed
a@ording
tothe rules,obseruingfairplay
ana
a spo.tinqlpiritl ' as a sno{or serye.
1 1 SUMMARY:CASUAL
PLAN Shourd
the players
wish to pray
for tun or sinpry practice,
the LoosE-Loop. may be g.
positioned
in the FREE
WHEELGRooVES'above or belowtheSLEEVE'whee it may ue prayea
inoelniiery
in "rlti'el
directjonwithoutinterruption.
Strokesor"shots'arethenplayedatthebsllsoastodiiveiiarounjthepole. 9.j
12 SUMMARY:
COMPETTIVE pLAy: A game,spriyea uyuo ptayee. one prayer(the
srueo stads
theqame bvseryino
w'ththe.LoosE'LooPof theta@placedamundtheenkeof ih6sleevi onttrepoteanjr"vontypj"vti'e'uarr rr"ri
ngnt Io len whichdrivesthe LoosE-LooP oF THE IETHER uPwARDs ARoUND THE SLEEVE,'for
6e duration
of 9.2
91cjl_s3m9 Theotherpl€yer
(the
re@iver)
plays
cinlyinthegppodite
direition- Theobject
istowina gameby driving
th;
LoosE-LooPofthetoporbottomoftheSLEEVE. Afterectrgame,deruie-changes.
treptayerimayitayttre"uitt
wheneverpossible
anddo not havetowaitfortheiropponents
to ptay
a shotbefore
hlttingit aqiin.' flOfe, bf"'u"r" ,""
howevei agree
thatthey
willhit
theball
altomately
andit is re@mme;ded
thatbeginners
;tay ti" *"i. rrir,a i"lgi""j, j ro.
player
mustwaitfo. hisopponent
to playlhe bail
betorehitting
thebail
ebain.)
DETAILEDCOMPETITIVE
RULES
- Rutes2-17
z oBJEcr: To wlN A GAME BY DRrvtNG THE LoosE-Loop oFF THE Top oR BorroM oF THE SLEEVE:The
objectis.to win a gameby playing
shotsat thd ballso as to drivethe LOOSE-LOOP
of the tetherarounoti," Sfggve rz.
againstthe oDposhe
efforlsof one's opponent
off eitherthe rcp or bottomof ttre SlgeVf uno im " ine-g lif,eii
GROOVE.
^t.
r' DlREcTloN oF PLAI The sene. may only serveor play the ball 6om rightio.lefr, i.e. the LoosE-Loop is driven
upwardsaroundtheSLEEVEbwadsthetopFREEWHEELGRoovE.
The-reeiv.ermayonrypraytro.rentorighli;. r:.
theLOOSE-LOOP
isdriven
downwards aroundtheSLEEVE
towads thebottomFREE
WHEEI biOOVE.
Peraltyj Loss
ofgame forpliing inthewrong
direction.
4 ELECTTON
OFSERVER:
Theerection
ofseruerfor rheinrtiar
game
shail
bedeteminedbythetoss
ofa @in. 14
5' SERVICE,
START
and,PLAY
oF GAME: :
5 1 Theseruer
maystartthe gamebysruingJrom anyspothechoosesand
diring lhegame
theplayers
maymove
wherever
they
wisharound
thapole. Playere
must,
howevei at alltimes
standoutside
t# arcof tmvel
otttre
Uail
anOiether 16.
5 2 TheLOOSE-LOOP
otthe tsacemust
beptaced
around
the
cente oftheSLEEVE
when the receiver
is rcady,
the servershallserve
by playing
theballin a smooth
horizontal
arc around
the poleto the
5 3 Pene,fy;,should
anyplayer
intringe
thisrule,theopponent,
beforeth€ballis played
afrer
theinfringoment,
maycll forthe
game to be restaded.
6 CoMPLETTON
OF EACH
GAME:
Agamerscompreted
themoment
oither
prayer
€uses theLoosE-Loop either
3 ] :: ::-"?:f *.: -aLEEV_E.and
become
trappedinthetop FREE
WHEEL
gfoove
0.e.
be server
wins),
or
w4 ro orop oerow
the SLEEVEand becometrapped
in the bottomFREE WHEELGRoovE (which;ns around the pore
immodiately
above
th€SKIRT)(i.e.
thereceiver
wins).
CHANGE
OFSERVTCE
AND DIRECTION
OFPLAY:
Aftereachgame
theplayeFshall
change$tuice and
dkectioi ofplay
SHOIS: (i.e.
'playing'theballbystriking
itor hifring
itwittl
thebat).
Definitlon: A player
may only hitthe ballor @rd with the bat (orhandor w.ist holding
the bat - contaciwith a ptaye/s
toream or any other pad of the bodyor clothesis illegal).Any legal
contactwiththe Dail
or cord shallbe considered
a
shol A player
does not have to succeed
in reversing
the dkectio; of ihe ball (i.e.
a gtancrng
touchis stillcontact
and
iherefore
a shot)_
Penartyr
Loss
ofgame, ifclaimed
byopponenr.
3.2 "pole shol" /Faulo
Penalty: lf anypl^/et causes
theballtodi.ectly
shike
lhe pole,(i.e.
Notafterthe coronaswrapped
around
the pole),
the
opponent
shall
winthegame.
N.B.PLAYERS
MUST
STAND
OUTSIDE
THEARC
OFTRAVEL
OF
THEBALL(Rute
5..t)
TANGLES:' . ' .
Polefaigle (rc faun).
Thereisnofuultshould
thetethe.become
entangled
on or wrapped
around
thepote
or the HEAD
ASSEI\'IBLYShould
a poletangl€
o@ui lhegameshallimmediately
stopandthe tangie
be unravelled.
fne ptayer
wtro
recove6 the ball
andunEvels the
tangle
shallrestartthe gameby servingfromthe posltion
@pied bythaipiayer when
thetangleorcuFed.
Bat.Hand o. Wrist Tangl€{fautt)
Paaarfy;Loss
of game,iftheopponent
claimsa fault.
(Atangleinctudes
any momentary
wapping or snagging
of thebatl
or@rd on bat,
hand
or wrjst.)
SEt Th€player
whofi6t scores
threegames
wins
a set,except
thatthesetmustalso
be won bya margin
of at leasttuo
games
and,ifnecessary play
wiU
@ntinuo
untjlthismaruinisachieved.
MATGH:
A malch shall @nsistof a numberof sets.the winnerbeing the first player
to win threesets,or when more
suibble twosets.
STANDARDHANDICaP: It both praye* ag.eebeforehand
to adopt"standard Handicap",
rhe loserof any givengame
shail he,entitled to have the next game started
with the LoosE-LooP placed one complete revotution
aroundthe
SLEEVEcloser
to theend to which
theloserwill
be hittingthanin theprevious
game.
(Each
successive
tumofthe helical
groove
awayfrofr the@ntre
ofthe SLEEVEismarked).
INTERFERENCE:
Noprayer
ftay obstruct,interfre with,verbairy
dist€ct, or put offhis
opponenr,
oraDuse
thegoodspirir
ofthe gameinanyway- ' . .
Petartyr Loss
ofgame. .
[rMPlRE:Inmalcn€swhere
anumpfe isappoinled,
his/her
decisionshallbe final.
DOUBLES:Thisisa.veryexcitingtungame.
Twopaarsofplayeretakeuppositionsonoppositesidesofthepote.
Each
teamhas one bat. The rules
apply
as forsinglesbuteach player
plays
alteftatoly (asin tabletennis)
andthe bats shall
beexchangedamongst
partners
beMeensiots.
GoMPoNENTS: only genuineunmodified
SWINGBALL@
componentswhich complywith curent factoryspecifications
shall
beused.
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