After leaving the kitchen, get both feet down before you volley

After you enter the non-volley zone (kitchen), you cannot volley until both feet are on the ground outside the kitchen (11.A.3).

Examples

• You step into the kitchen to hit a dink, bring both feet back out, and then volley → OK (11.A, 11.A.3)
• You step one foot out of the kitchen and volley while the other foot is still in the air → fault (11.A.3)
• You jump up from inside the kitchen and volley in the air → fault (even if you land outside) (11.A.3)
• You jump up from outside the kitchen, volley, and land outside the kitchen → OK (11.A)
• You jump from outside the kitchen, volley, and land inside the kitchen → fault (11.A.1, 11.A.2, Entering the kitchen from your volley's momentum is a fault)

Common mistakes

• Stepping back onto the non-volley zone line (kitchen line) does not count. You are still in the kitchen, because the line is part of the kitchen (3.A.4.c, 11.A.3)
• You may enter the kitchen at any time, as long as you are not volleying (11.A, No volleying in the kitchen)