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Ask the Rules Guru – Shall We Change?

After witnessing a fight over swtiching balls, Torn and Deflocked wants to avoid future conflict by learning the rules. More
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Ask the Rules Guru – To Lock or Not To Lock

All Boarded Up wants to clear up a questions on locking snow boards. More
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Ask the Rules Guru – Wearing Yellow

Colorless and Confused wonders if yellow clothing really is illegal. More
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Ask the Rules Guru – Crossing to the Other Side

Befuddled Ball Chaser asks the Rules Guru if it's legal to chase a ball around the net post and onto the opponent's side. More
Ball Bouncing Out

What would you do?

The results of the Chicago Charities men's tournament could have been much different were it not for the exemplary sportsmanship of Mike Stulac and Mike Marino. More

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Don't Penalize Great Lobs - the Lob "Bounce Out" Rule

Scott Mansager advocates a rule change which would end the penalty for making a great lob. More

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APTA Board Adopts Trial Foot Fault Awareness/Enforcement Policy

As most of us are aware, foot faulting has become a pervasive problem in the game of Platform Tennis - both at the social level and at the competitive tournament level. It has been exacerbated by the fact that there is often resentment or even outrage when a player calls a foot fault violation. More

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President's Letter 2008 by Mark Fischl

The 2008-2009 season will be my final one as President of the APTA. When John Horine asked me to succeed him in 2002 I had very little idea of what I was getting into. I knew that I wanted to give back to this wonderful sport that had brought me so much fun and more importantly so many new friends, but I really didn’t know what would be involved. More

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Survey of top 100 Players

Who never makes a mistake?
Who has inflicted the most pain as they tagged you?
Find out here! More

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Paddle Tennis History by Fessenden Blanchard (the other "paddle")

Fessenden Blanchard, one of the inventors of platform tennis, wrote an early history of paddle tennis. Not to be confused with the history of our own sport, this small book is a fascinating story of the development of the other game of "paddle." More

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Year Round Paddle?

Hypothesis:
If we developed a ball that could be used from March/April till October/November (55 degrees to 90 degrees) in all climates and altitudes, we would have a real opportunity to double the size of the sport in 5 years. More

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President's Letter 2007 by Mark Fischl

At my first tournament, The Rye Invitational, I knew almost no one. I remember that there was a big snow storm the night before, which dumped six to eight inches of snow. I expected that our first match would not be played...I think we played either five or six matches that day. As we drove south on I-95, exhausted from the days activities, I knew I had found a sport I was going to enjoy. More

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