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The increasingly popular game of Groundball was invented in England and officially introduced to the world in 2000.Rules of Groundball (with grateful thanks to Groundball Online - the official website of the World Groundball Association).Groundball is a racket sport designed to be easy to understand and play. Rules are kept simple and to a minimum for this purpose.The Aim of Groundball (Rule 0)
The Aim of Groundball is to try and win points by "grounding" the ball in your opponents area (triangular) on the court. Grounding of the ball is achieved when the ball touches the ground in your opponents triangular.Rule 1 - The Court
Groundball is played on a court as shown in the diagram (click to view). It can be played outdoors or indoors (but if indoors the roof must be a minimum of 25 feet high). Recognized surfaces for matches are grass, sand, cement, macadam, wood (indoors) and rubberized carpet (indoors). Courts need no fittings other than line markings (which can be of any colour, distinctive from that of the court itself). Each triangular box represents one player's area of the court. Any ball grounding on the line of a triangular is deemed to good, the point being won by the player who made the shot.
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| No player is allowed to enter their opponent's triangle during a point. Any player doing so will forfeit that point to his/her opponent.Rule 2 - Equipment
Rackets - must be strung and of a length not exceeding 23 inches.Ball - must be made of rubber and have a diameter of between 5-6cm and bounce within 10cm of 100cm when dropped from a height of 150cm.Rule 3 - Starting a match
Prior to the beginning of a match, the players should spin a coin or racket. The winner of this toss can choose from one of the following options:
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(i) to serve or receive (in which case the other player gets to choose which box to play the first game from);
(ii) which box to play the first game from (in which case the other player gets to choose whether to serve or receive);
(iii) to give the choice to his/her opponent.Once the choices have been made, a period of 4 minutes warm-up is permitted.Rule 4 - Match duration and breaks
All matches are the best of 7 games. A game is won by the first player to reach 19 points, being at least 2 points clear of his/her opponent. In the event of a game score reaching 18-18, play should continue until one player is 2 points clear of the other. Players should change ends after 1, 3 and 5 games (as appropriate).Competitors are allowed a break of 2 minutes between games. Each point, within a specific game, must be served within 30 seconds of the previous point ending.Rule 5 - The service
Each point is started by one player serving (hitting) the ball into play. To serve, the server must have both feet within his/her triangular and strike the ball, using the racket, with an under-arm or horizontal-arm action.A service is deemed good if the opponent chooses to return it (for play to continue), or if it grounds in the opponent's triangular (to win a point). A service that grounds outside the opponent's trinagular is a fault, giving a point to the opponent.The player serving first in a match, serves every point during the 1st, 3rd and 5th (if appropriate) games. The player receiving first in the match, serves every point during the 2nd, 4th and 6th (if appropriate) games.In the event of the score reaching 3 games all, the player who served during the first game, serves the first point. Service then alternates between players for each point played.Rule 6 - Ball in Play
Once a good serve has been made, play is continuous until the ball grounds. A player wins a point by successfully grounding the ball in his/her opponent's triangular.In the event of the ball grounding outside one of the two triangular areas, the player who did not last strike the ball, wins that point.Each strike of the ball, to be deemed good, must be made with the player's racket.Rule 7 - Officials
An official (called a "Ground-Judge") can be used where and when available to judge and call the ball "ground" or "out" when it grounds (inside and outside the triangular areas respectively) and to keep the score. A Ground-Judge, when used, should also adjudicate upon any disagreement between the players.
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A Ground-Judge should be located central to the court, 10 metres back from the link-line (marked on the court diagram by the symbol "X"), with his/her back to the sun.Rule 8 - Doubles
Groundball can be played as singles or between teams of 2 people. The court dimensions and markings remain the same for both modes. Rules 1-7 operate for doubles with the following addition:
No player may serve for 2 consecutive points served by his/her pair in any one game, including (if appropriate) game 7, whether or not the previous point was served by the opposing team. |
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