_Decision._—Yes, provided he does not touch the net. He has a right to play the ball at any time from the moment it crosses the net into his court until it touches the ground a second time.
VI. A ball is played into the net; the player on the other side, thinking that the ball is coming over, strikes at it and hits the net. Who loses the stroke?
_Decision._—It is simply a question of fact for the umpire to decide. If the player touched the net while the ball was still in play he loses the stroke.
VII. Can a player follow a ball over the net with his racket, provided that he hits the ball on his own side of the net?
_Decision._—Yes. The only restrictions are, that he shall not volley the ball until it has crossed the net, and that he shall not touch the net or any of its supports.
VIII. A player’s racket slips out of his hand and flies into the net. Does he lose the stroke for hitting the net?
_Decision._—Yes, if the ball be still in play. It does not matter if the racket be in a player’s hand or not.
IX. A player’s racket leaves his hand, but meets the ball and returns it over the net. Is it a good return?
_Decision._—Yes. There is no law requiring a racket to be in a player’s hand when the ball is returned. It would unquestionably be a good return if the racket were held against the ground by a player’s feet, and the ball bounded back off of it.
X. A single match is played with a double net and inside posts. A player touches the net beyond the inside posts, and claims that he does not lose the stroke, because there should be no net more than 3 ft. outside of the court.
_Decision._—He loses the stroke. The net where he touched it is part of the supports of the net. He might, perhaps, have objected to the arrangement of the net before the match.
XI. A player returns the ball, and finding that he cannot stop himself before reaching the net, jumps over it. Is it a good return?
_Decision._—Law 5 requires that “the players shall stand on opposite sides of the net,” and therefore the player invading his opponent’s court loses the stroke.
XII. A ball passes outside the post of the net and strikes in court. Is it a good return?
_Decision._—Yes. The laws have been changed to make it a good return.