APTA focuses on foot-faults

For a number of years, the APTA had closed their eyes to the common issue of repeated foot faults, figuring that it might lessen the fun if they kept calling them. However, the Association began cracking down on them in championship tournaments, appointing foot-fault judges for final and semifinal matches.

Formal rules were introduced for the Men’s Championships in 1958.

Source: Adapted from Fessenden S. Blanchard, Platform Paddle Tennis, 1959