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No, it's not a dead zone. A ball that hits on the line is considered in. Right? So if the ball hits anywhere on the horizontal surface is considered good with the extra area considered good. However if the ball hits an edge it would be outside of the line and considered out. Very easy to judge and you would never have to play an edge ball. You would never get any cheap points.If I understand you correctly, the image below represents what you're suggesting.
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If that's the case, then what I'm saying is that the creation of a 'dead zone' would incentivise playing lots of half-long shots that would have their second bounce in the dead zone. This would make opening the attack very risky, incentivise more 'passive' play, and would meaningfully change the whole game.
I think dingyibvs (at post #50) is saying the same thing as me.
Are we misunderstanding your suggestion?