the score caller · side-out scoring
Never argue about 4-3-2 again.
Tap the team that won the rally. The caller keeps the server, the side, and the 0-0-2 start, and says the score out loud.
● = serving
The rules this caller follows
- Only the serving side scores. The call is server's score – receiver's score – server number.
- Doubles starts at 0-0-2: the first serving team gets one server, then it's a side out.
- When the serving team wins a rally, they score and the server switches sides with their partner. Receivers never switch.
- When the serving team loses a rally, the partner serves (server 2), or if server 2 already served, it's a side out. After a side out, the player in the right court serves first.
- In singles the server serves from the right when their own score is even and from the left when it's odd.
- Games go to the target, win by 2. Rally scoring (used by some leagues and pro events) is different and isn't handled here.