3.7 Court-Check

The court check is one of the referees’ duties which they have to fulfil before any tournament and, if necessary, every day of the tournament. Here is a best practice of how a court check should be executed:

• Check the net (length: 8.5 meters, height: 1 meter)
• Symmetrical adjustment of the net
• Checking the posts
• Measurement and symmetrical adjustment of the antennae (upper part height: 0.8 meters)
• Measurement of the net-height (men: 2.43 meters, women: 2.24 meters)
• Align the lines (8 x 16 meters) below the antennae and mark the imaginary extension of the antennae on the ground
• Measure the lines from the mark and align the lines with the help of the diagonals (long diagonal: 17.89 meters, short diagonal: 11.31 meters)
• Mount the post casing, adjust the referee’s stand and make sure to secure the tensioning ropes

 Fig. 2: Playing area and dimensions