Pickle Ball

First off we want to acknowledge and thank resident Lars Strandberg for donating his time, energy and money laying out a pickleball court on our basketball court, painting the court lines and supplying the net. 

Please bring your own Pickleball paddles and balls


About Pic​kleball:

Pickleball is becoming one of the fastest growing sports in the United States, in part because it has a short learning-curve, and does not require years of practice.  Also, it is a low-impact game, enjoyed by all ages. 


Pickleball was invented in 1965 as a children's backyard game, on Bainbridge Island, Washington. In 2022 pickleball was adopted as the official state sport of Washington.

Brief overview of How to Play


Serving is much like in Tennis:

  • Serve behind the back baseline from right side cross-court into opponents' right court

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  • Serve underhand (below your waist) after bouncing off the ground or you can serve directly from your hand, underhand (below your waist)

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  • The Ball must bounce once before returning.  The return can be under-handor over-hand.

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  • The Ball must bounce again in opponents court before returning (the 2-bounce rule)

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  • After that, the ball can be hit in the air  or afterone bounce (the same as Tennis) over or underhand.

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  • The center areas on either side of the net are called "The Kitchen":

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  • "The Kitchen":  is a 'Non Volley Zone":  you are not allowed to be in the Kitchen unless the ball bounces in the Kitchen first.  (you cannot have your feet in any part of 'The Kitchen' area)  ... So, unlike tennis, this prevents slamming the ball from the net.

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PICKLEBALL SCORING
Pickleball is a great way to both socialize and get in a competitive yet fun workout. But who wants to compete without keeping score? Scoring is much the same as in tennis or ping-pong

This is a brief introduction on how to keep score in Pickleball.

Pickleball can be played as singles or doubles. Since doubles is played more often and has nearly the same rules as singles, we will talk about doubles scoring first.

Pickleball is usually played to eleven points, you must win by two points.

Serving

Every rally begins with a serve. Before each serve, the server should call out the score by saying his or her team’s score first, then the opposing team’s score, and then his or her server number, which may either be one or two. In doubles, each player on a team has a chance to serve.

Only the serving team can score a point by winning a rally. The player in the right service court will always serve first for a team. If the serving team scores a point, the two players switch places so the first server now serves from the left service court. The serving team will continue switching places until they lose a rally. When the serving team loses a rally, the second server will now serve from his current position. Once the serving team loses another rally, the opposing team now has two chances to serve. This is called a side out.

Exception at Beginning of Game

The only exception to both players serving is with the very first server of a game. The very first server of the game still serves from the right service court, but he or she starts as the 2nd server to not give the first team serving an unfair advantage. The very first score of the game is called out “0, 0, 2.” This means that as soon as the serving team faults, sideout is called, and the other team gets to serve.

Singles

In singles play, each player only serves once. Once a player loses the rally, it is sideout. It is only necessary to call out the score during singles and not the server’s number. It is important to keep track of which service court you serve from. If your score is an even number, you should be serving from the right service court. If your score is odd, you should be serving from the left service court.

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