Definitions
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- noun a fault that occurs when the server in tennis fails to keep both feet behind the baseline
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Examples
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"I don't know," came the reply; "unless he called a footfault on you!"
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The line judge called footfault on Williams, who then waved her racquet in the judge's face and threatened to take the ` ` (f-ing) ball '' and shove it down her
unknown title 2009
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The line judge called footfault on Williams, who then waved her racquet in the judge's face and threatened to take the ` ` (f-ing) ball '' and shove it down her
FanHouse 2009
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The line judge called footfault on Williams, who then waved her racquet in the judge's face and threatened to take the ` ` (f-ing) ball '' and shove it down her
unknown title 2009
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"I don't think the person should have been calling the footfault in that situation ... ''
FanHouse Main 2010
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The International Federation has practically adopted a footfault rule for 1921 that prohibits the server lifting one foot unless replaced behind the base-line.
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M ` Loughlin, the wonderful "California Comet," burst across the tennis sky with the first of those terrific cannon-ball deliveries that revolutionized the game, and caused the old-school players to send out hurry calls for a severe footfault rule or some way of stopping the threatened destruction of all ground strokes.
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It is just as unfair to deliberately footfault as to miscall a ball, and it is wholly unnecessary.
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The average footfault is due to carelessness, over-anxiety, or ignorance of the rule.
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I can only say that a footfault is crossing or touching the line with either foot before the ball is delivered, or it is a jump or step.
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