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Two players may play opposite each other on either the left hand side or the right hand side of the table, or they may play on diagonal courts. Provisions are made in the game to allow the players to switch to the unused courts or back again.
Game 1: TWO PLAYERS, HALF COURT
- Two players play opposite each other or diagonal from each other on one half of the table. The WHITE bumper becomes the neutral zone between the players.
- Serving person has five serves unless he/she looses service by fouling.
- Serving person earns a point each time he causes his/her opponent to foul.
- Ball may not be played into an adjacent unoccupied court.
- Winner is determined by the first player to achieve the previously decided winning score i.e. 7, 15, 21, etc.
Game 2: TWO PLAYERS WITH FOUR COURTS
- Two players play opposite each other each taking 1/2 of the table. The WHITE bumper becomes the neutral zone between the players.
- Serving person has five serves unless he/she looses service by fouling.
- Serving person earns a point each time he causes his/her opponent to foul.
- A player may switch courts to the unused court on his side across the GRAY bumper by playing the ball over the GRAY bumper to his/her unused court, then from that court playing the ball to his/her opponents unused court across the WHITE bumper.
- Service continues within the new courts until changed during play by the previous rule.
- The new server always determines which court to begin service.
- A player may at any time switch from straight to diagonal or diagonal to straight by announcing his/her intent before playing the ball to his own unused court, then on to the opponent’s court. Announcing that he/she intends to switch from straight courts to diagonal, or from diagonal to straight courts gives the opponent time to move to the court where the ball must be played.
- Winner is determined by the first player to achieve the previously decided winning score i.e. 7, 15, 21, etc.
Game 3: TWO PLAYERS WITH FULL TABLE
- Same as game 2 with the exception that a player has the entire half of the table as a single court. He/she may play the ball into his/her other other side court but there are no restrictions to which court the ball will be played to his opponent.
- The player may use two paddles, one in each hand.
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