Law 30: Coaching

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1. Coaching covers any advice or instruction, however it is given.

   Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 30 · recall

2. Off-court coaching may be permitted by the sanctioning body concerned.

   Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 30 · recall

3. Outside team events with an on-court captain, on-court coaching is not permitted.

   Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 30 · recall

4. Coaching is never allowed during the playing of a point.

   Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 30 · recall

5. Spoken coaching needs coach and player at the same end; signals may be used whenever coaching is allowed.

   Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Appendix IV · recall

6. Outside breaks in play, coaching must be brief and discreet.

   Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Appendix IV · recall

7. Breaks in play, such as a medical time-out, lift the 'brief' requirement.

   Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Appendix IV · applied

8. Breaks allow fuller coaching, between points it must be brief, and during a point there is none.

   Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Appendix IV · applied

9. Coaching fits into the time between points.

   Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Appendix IV · applied

10. Spoken coaching needs both at the same end; signals work from anywhere.

    Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Appendix IV · applied