[FMadera]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

NFHS Rules (if it matters). Player S1 starts his serving run from outside (to the left of, from his perspective) the serving area. He tosses the ball and jumps from outside the serving area, but is back over the service area when he contacts the ball.

Legal serve or not?

(Prior to last night, I had only seen servers who jumped from within the area, even if they started the run from outside the area -- I know (I hope) that's legal.)

Not legal.