How To Play Pickleball
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PICKLEBALL RULES.....
"The basic rules of the the game are simple and easy and that is what makes Pickleball fun to play. “You can get started right away.”
Pickleball is played either as doubles (two players per team) or singles; doubles is most common
The Serve
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The server's arm must move in an upward arc when hitting the ball.
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The ball must be hit below waist level and the paddle head must be below the wrist.
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A drop serve is allowed — these rules don’t apply for it.
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At contact, at least one foot must be behind the baseline, and feet must not touch the court or cross sidelines.
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The serve must go diagonally crosscourt into the opposite service box.
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Only one serve attempt is allowed per server.
Two Bounce Rule
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When the ball is served, the receiving team must let it bounce before returning, and then the serving team must let it bounce before returning, thus two bounces.
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After the ball has bounced once in each team’s court, both teams may either volley the ball (hit the ball before it bounces) or play it off a bounce (ground stroke).
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The two-bounce rule eliminates the serve and volley advantage and extends rallies.
Scoring
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Points are scored only by the serving
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Games are normally played to 11 points, win by
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Tournament games may be to 15 or 21, win by 2.
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When the serving team’s score is even (0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10) the player who was the first server in the game for that team will be in the right-side court when serving or receiving; when odd (1, 3, 5, 7, 9) that player will be in the left-side court when serving or receiving.