THE COURT: Football tennis is played on the turf field at theGround pitch
THE NET: The court is split in two parts by the tennis net.
THE BALL: Football-tennis uses a regulation size 5 ball.
TEAMS AND PLAYERS: The game is played between two teams with two players on each team. There are substitutes allowed throughout a match; each team is allowed to have one other teammate to be used as a substitute for a total of 3 participants per team.
PLAYERS EQUIPMENT: The official uniform of Football-tennis includes a shirt, shorts, socks, and turf/indoor shoes. If the teams don’t have a matching uniform, theGround will provide bibs.
DURATION OF THE MATCH: Group Stage/Semi Finals: One set matches until one team reaches 21. The team must win by 2 points. There is a 3-minute maximum break between games. Finals: The best of 3 sets. Set duration will last no longer than 24 minutes.
BEGINNING THE GAME: The winner of a coin toss is allowed to elect whether they will kick off or choose a side to defend.
THE KICK-OFF: Referee, positioned above the field, start the game with the sign to serve.
SCORING: Both teams can score a point at any time (the defending team can score even if they did not kick off to start play).
SERVICE: Service will be held by one team for 5 point combinations. Service is changed every time the score equals 5, 10, 15, and 20 points. (Similar to ping pong; i.e. score 3-2, 1-4, 5-0, 2-3, 6-4, 7-8, 11-9 etc.) The player cannot return the service directly. The service must bounce once in the serve court before being returned.
TEAM BALL CONTACTS: The receiving team can touch the ball a maximum of three times per team before returning the ball to the opposing team. (For example, Player A passes to Player B in the air and then Player B passes back to Player A, Player A then plays the ball over the net—All in touch) Each player can only take a maximum of one-touch per individual. Both players do not need to touch the ball however.
INDIVIDUAL PLAYER BALL CONTACT: Players can use any part of their body to touch the ball, with the exception of the arms or hands. Shoulders are not considered part of the arm.
GROUND BALL CONTACTS: The only time a ball is allowed to touch the ground outside the playing field, is when a kick-off player bounces the ball before kick-off. Any other ground contacts outside the playing field are “out balls”. Inside the playing field, you are allowed one bounce per side, but can not bounce after the first touch.
POINTS: Every play can result in a point scored by either one of the teams.
Faults at the kick-off:
Faults during a play