Rules

Northern Virginia Table Tennis Club (NVTTC)

• Playing rotation is determined by simply waiting in one of the rooms.
• Players that leave the room lose their position in line unless they inform the remaining players in the room that they will return.
• Players that leave the room to play in a different room automatically forfeit their position in the previous room.
• Players should follow the “two matches maximum” rule rather than the “winner stays” rule, except in a room or rooms designated by the Executive Committee as “winner stays”.
• In “two matches maximum” rooms, each player is entitled to play two “best of three” matches.
• In “winner stays” rooms, matches are “best of five”. Losing players have to leave the table even if the winner decides to leave.
• All players have full access to all the tables and can play with any other member regardless of skill level – patience and help for lower skilled players is encouraged.
• In “two matches maximum” rooms, two players may substitute 10 minutes of practice for their game time.
• In “winner stays” rooms, two players may substitute 15 minutes of practice for their game time.