Q: Do I have to play all 4 sports?
A: Yes you do, all 4
sports have to be played one after the other in order, like a
triathlon. The order is smallest/lightest racket to biggest, i.e.:
table tennis, badminton, squash, tennis. The final score is then
tallied with each leg consisting of first to 21points. Exception to
the rule is if one competitor has a lead of 22 points after the
squash leg then he has already won.
Q: What if I cant play one of the 4 sports?
A: Then this will be a perfect time to try, you wont be the only one
with this problem as there will be many who cannot play either of
the 4, but at least you have fun. Many people have played in a
tournament and held a badminton racket for example for first time
and ended up loving the game
Q: What if I don’t have all the rackets?
A: most of the tournament
will have some rackets spare to borrow, otherwise there are cheap
enough rackets on the market to first try. Or borrow from friends,
but this should never hold you back.
Q: What category would I play in?
A: A brief guideline to
what category is for you: A section is for players who play 1 or
more sports at an exceptional standard i.e.: National or Provincial
or high league level. Plus are able to play the others relatively
well. B section is for players that play 1 sport at a reasonable
level and can play the others a little. C section is for social
players who play 1 or more sports occasionally, i.e.: any social
players.
Q: How do you decide the winner?
A: Each sport is scored
equally to avoid confusion. Each leg is played to 21 points much
like table tennis, and also like table tennis each person has 2
serves. Every point counts. At the end of the 4 legs the one with
the most points wins, not the one who has won the most legs.
Q: What if all points are equal after the
tennis?
A: then the Gummiarm rule
applies. The 2 opponents spin for who serves, winner decides to
receive or serve. To offset the advantage of a server, they only get
one serve (no second serve as usually given in tennis).the winner of
that point then decides the overall winner.
Q: What’s the basic rule when serving in Table
Tennis?
A: In singles the server
can serve to any side of the table he likes as long as it bounces
once before the net and once over. It can come off the side of the
table. The complication comes on the servers side, he has to cup the
ball in the palm of his hand allowing view of the ball, he may not
spin the ball with his fingers before hitting it. He must throw the
ball up slightly in the air. he must serve from behind the table,
not over it and not from the side. He may put any kind of spin on
the ball with his bat then. If he misses the ball completely trying
to serve it is then a point to his opponent.
In doubles you have to
serve to adjacent sides, after server 1 has served twice the serving
couple swaps sides and then the opponents server 1 has a turn to
serve twice and so on.
Q: What’s the basic rule of serving in
Badminton?
A: The racket must
connect the shuttle at waist level or lower. The server may not
serve in 2 movements, i.e.: swing back and then forward. They
must start with the racket already in the backswing mode. They may
hold the shuttle anyway. Both feet must be in their service block
and serve to opposite sides alternating after each serve.
Q: Is on the line
in or out?
A: on the line is in for
table tennis (this will no doubt come of the edge of the table), it
is in in badminton and also in for tennis. Only difference comes in
when you play squash and the rule states that on the line is out.
Q: What happens when my opponent gets in my
way in Squash?
A: We can discuss this
one till we blue in the face, but basically explained: The person
about to strike the ball need full access to the ball, if the
opponent is blatantly in the way or does not attempt to give way, a
stroke point is awarded. If he attempts to get out the way and has
left access for the ball to travel to the front wall then a let will
be given.
If however the person
going for the wall asks for a let, but there was no way they would
have gotten to the ball, no let is given. Generally when you are not
sure then always play a let, this is sportsmanship. |
