Since some of you who read my previous post on "10 Things That Make Me Happy" commented you did not know what Pickleball was, I thought you might enjoy a short video of my husband playing. I included captions that give basic tips on how to play. I am hoping that my husband will take some video of my play too because I'd really like to see what that looks like.
Anyhow, I hope you enjoy the video. Here are the rules:
1) You only score when your side serves, must serve underhand, behind the base line, over the net and land in the blue area cross court.
2) The no volley zone (also called the kitchen) is the 7 ft. deep space adjacent to the net on both sides. Players cannot hit the ball on a fly while standing inside the kitchen, must wait for it to bounce in order to hit the ball while in the no volley zone.
3) Servers switch sides with their partner after scoring points.
4) At the very beginning of the game, after the initial server loses the serve, the other team gets to serve. However, from then on, once the first server on a team fails to score, his partner gets to serve--like a second chance! Once both partners fail to score, then they lose the serve and the other team gets to serve.
5) On the serve and return of serve, players must let the ball bounce once on their side of the court before hitting it.
6) Whichever team gets to 11 points first wins, but they have to win by 2 points.
7) The receiving team must call a ball out of bounds if it misses the sideline or baseline. If the ball hits the player or their paddle, it counts as in.
8) If players cannot tell if the ball was out on their side or if one partner calls it out and other other partner calls it in, it's in. In other words, if there is doubt, the call goes in favor of the team who hit the ball.
9) Have fun!
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