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47 STARTING THE SET AND DECIDING SET:

FIRST SET

The Captains toss a coin to decide ends and service The winner may choose either the end he prefers or the right to serve first.

DECIDING SET

Before the start of the deciding set, the referee makes a new toss of the coin to decide the choice of ends to service.

CHANGE OF ENDS

Teams must change ends after each set, except when the following set is the decider.

Ends of the court in the deciding set are chosen after the second toss.

HOW TO PLAY THE DECIDING SET

When the teams have won the same number of sets and one team hae 8 points in the decider, the teams will change ends automatically, and the serving will continue by a player who served prior to the change of ends.

If the change of ends was not made at the correct time, it will take place as soon as the referee or one of the Captains notices it.

The score remeins unchanged.

INTERVAL BETWEEN SETS :

A maximum interval of 2 minutes is allowed between each set.