After Team A serves and loses, which notation indicates the change in scoring for Team B?

After Team A serves and loses, which notation indicates the change in scoring for Team B?

• A. Place a slash over the next point in Team B's points column
• B. Place an X in Team B's service circle
• C. Move Team B's score to the left
• D. Do nothing

Answer: (A)

In rally scoring, whoever wins the rally earns a point and the serve goes to them. Since Team A served and lost, Team B earns a point and will serve next. The way to record that quickly is to place a slash over the next point in Team B's points column—this slash signals that Team B has just scored that point on the rally. An X in Team B's service circle would imply a service fault by Team B, not that they won the rally. Moving Team B's score to the left isn’t how points are recorded, and doing nothing would ignore the point just scored.

In rally scoring, whoever wins the rally earns a point and the serve goes to them. Since Team A served and lost, Team B earns a point and will serve next. The way to record that quickly is to place a slash over the next point in Team B's points column—this slash signals that Team B has just scored that point on the rally.

An X in Team B's service circle would imply a service fault by Team B, not that they won the rally. Moving Team B's score to the left isn’t how points are recorded, and doing nothing would ignore the point just scored.