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Table Tennis Racket Question - Can I volley the ball on the side with colour but no rubber?
Submitted by Angela
(Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia)
You mentioned that "if you play with a penhold grip and you only use rubber on one side of your blade, you can leave the other side of your blade uncovered, but it must still be red or black (depending on what colour your rubber is)."
Can I use the side without rubber (but with colour) to volley the ball?
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By Martin Hughes
Owner and Editor
Angela,
Thanks for your question.
Law (Rule) 2.04.03 states that a side of the blade used for striking the ball must be covered with either ordinary pimpled rubber or sandwich rubber, so if it's left uncovered you cannot use that side to strike the ball.
However, a volley is not allowed in table tennis anyway.
Volleying means intentionally or unintentionally hitting or touching the ball before it bounces on the table or goes out of play.
Volleying the ball is covered by the "obstruction" rule.
There's a full explanation about volleying the ball on my page at...
www.allabouttabletennis.com/table-tennis-rule.html
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