Here are the five specific rules proposals approved by the USAR Board of Directors that went into effect on September 1, 2007:
A. Added this new (rule) policy: “Once all players in a match have been informed what court they will be playing on, singles players are allowed up to 5 minutes of on-court warm-up time and these warm-up times run concurrently. For doubles, each team is allowed up to 5 minutes for on-court warm-up and while these times do not run concurrently, both team’s warm-ups must be completed generally within a 10-minute period that starts when the first team begins its warm-up.”
B. Clarified Rule 3.15(c) by adding the words “that comes into play” at the end of it so it would read: “Moves into a position which blocks the opponent from getting to, or returning, the ball; or in doubles, the offensive player who is not returning the ball hinders or impedes either defensive player’s ability to move into a position to cover the pending shot that comes into play.”
C. Amplified Rule 3.11(a) 1 by adding this sentence at the end: “For example, if the receiver steps on the dashed receiving line with either foot (with any part of the foot contacting the line), a point shall be called for the server.”
D. Revised Rule 2.4(e) by adding these provisions: “The penalty for playing with an otherwise legal racquet with a grip extending beyond the 22-inch limit if noted during the course of a game shall be a technical foul and a timeout to correct the problem. Subsequent violations will result in the loss of the game in process. If the challenged racquet is found to be within the 22-inch limit, then a timeout will be charged to the player who made the challenge.”
E. Added this provision to Rule 3.9(j): “In one serve play, if a serve is made while the receiver is not ready as described in Rule 3.5(b), the server will be allowed one more opportunity to hit a legal serve.”