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Jim Flood has been a USTA Professional Tennis Official for many years and has officiated at many of the biggest and most prestigious USTA professional tournaments, including the U.S. Open. He is also a computer instructor and multimedia specialist and also fills his spare time as a commercial actor and voiceover artist. Jim's motto is: "Play by the rules."

Submitted By	Subject
Anonymous	Touching the net post
Kathy	Foot Fault
Saturday Group	Line Call
Anonymous	Serve called out by Server, or partner
Kathy	Serve Hits a Net Post or Singles Stick
Anonymous	Davis Cup Net
kay	Serving and Receiving Positions in Doubles
Anonymous	Opponent calls their 'good' ball out
SBGP Player	Fail to Change Sides in Tiebreak
Hatsumi Nakagawa	West End GP
Anonymous	Two Handled racquet.
Anonymous	High Backhands
Jack E. Watkins	DOUBLES - CALLING 'OUT' BEFORE THE BALL HITS THE COURT
Naylor	Ball interference between first and second serves
Don	Order of serve in doubles
Bonnie	Break between matches
David	foot fault
Anonymous	Tiebreaker Serving Order, etc.
Anonymous	Grunting and Self-Talk
Anonymous	Let Serve
Anonymous	Warm-Up Time Limit
Sue	RadioTennis.com
Joyce Gray	Bathroom breaks in an interclub league that adheres to USTA Rules
BJ	Ball falls from pocket onto court during a point
anonymous	Replacing the umpire
CH	To replay or not replay
Anonymous	Open Division for Juniors
Anonymous	Receiver's partner in service box and moving
Anonymous	Missing Game
Anonymous	Hat flies off
Mark Flannery	Heard Not Seen
Anonymous	Doubles serve hits net man.
Anonymous	Is it legal in tournament play to change partners as the tournament progresses?
Anonymous	Switching Sides
Adriana	Good ball called out
Paul	The Spin on Underspin
Anonymous	The 'eyes' have it
Anonymous	Take Two? Receiver's broken string
Greg Mayer	New Balls Please
Jack E. Watkins	Procedures for the 'Match Tiebreak' in lieu of a 3rd set
Wil Davila	'My opponent foot faults. What can I do?'
Krissie Douglas	Bathroom Breaks
Anonymous	Order of service in a tie-breaker
Anonymous	Foot Faults.
Anonymous	Doubles positions
Rene'ne	Over the Net Play
Cedric Iwasaki	Illegal Rackets
Bill Walker	Let Serve
Bill Walker	Broken String On Serve
anonymous	Doubles serve hits opponent at net
Anonymous	Incorrect service order in tiebreaker.
Anonymous	Discourteous opponents
Anonymous	Out ball hits racket before ground.
Anonymous	What's all the fuzz about?
Anonymous	Is it my 'fault'?

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