The unsportsmanlike conduct rules relate to bench personnel as well as players on the floor. Coaches can prevent these violations by informing players what will be permitted, and what type of actions will cause violators to be issued a card penalty. Any deciding game of a match shall be rally scored. Rally scoring simply awards a point each time a team's opponent violates a rule, regardless of who has served. This game is not to be rally scored.
Some invitational tournaments play two-game pool matches.
After two games, each team moves on to its next opponent. The second game in this format is not rally scored. One game matches, when played, are not rally-scored. However, these modifications must not conflict with the established rally scoring rules. Recently the State Office implemented a high school student registration.