PE Pickleball Exam Graded A+ Latest
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What is pickleball? - Answer- paddle game played over a tennis-type net on a
badminton size court
What type of ball is used? - Answer- special perforated slow moving ball
Who do you serve the ball? - Answer- underhand without bouncing it off court;
diagonally toward to opponents service court
How are points scored? - Answer- 1) by the serving side only; 2) when opponent fails to
return ball or hits ball outside of bound
When can the server continue to serve the ball? - Answer- by alternative service courts
until the opponent fails
Who wins the game? - Answer- The first side scoring 11 points AND leading by a 2
point margin wins.
what happens for example if both sides are tied with 10 points? - Answer- they continue
playing until one side scores 2 points
When was pickleball created? - Answer- in summer of 1965 on Bainbridge Island
(Seattle, Washington)
Who invented it? - Answer- Joel Prichard, William Bell and Barney McCallum
Why did they invent the game? - Answer- as a sport for the entire family to play
Where did the families play the game at the beginning when it was invented? - Answer-
backyard, driveways, dead end streets
What happened in mid-1970's? - Answer- the game became a sport with formalized
rules and played on a net court. it is now played all around the world.
Double bounce rule - Answer- following serve, each side must make at least one
groundstroke, prior to volleying the ball (hitting it before it has bounced)
Non Volley zone - Answer- a player cannot volley a ball while standing in the non-volley
zone
Update
What is pickleball? - Answer- paddle game played over a tennis-type net on a
badminton size court
What type of ball is used? - Answer- special perforated slow moving ball
Who do you serve the ball? - Answer- underhand without bouncing it off court;
diagonally toward to opponents service court
How are points scored? - Answer- 1) by the serving side only; 2) when opponent fails to
return ball or hits ball outside of bound
When can the server continue to serve the ball? - Answer- by alternative service courts
until the opponent fails
Who wins the game? - Answer- The first side scoring 11 points AND leading by a 2
point margin wins.
what happens for example if both sides are tied with 10 points? - Answer- they continue
playing until one side scores 2 points
When was pickleball created? - Answer- in summer of 1965 on Bainbridge Island
(Seattle, Washington)
Who invented it? - Answer- Joel Prichard, William Bell and Barney McCallum
Why did they invent the game? - Answer- as a sport for the entire family to play
Where did the families play the game at the beginning when it was invented? - Answer-
backyard, driveways, dead end streets
What happened in mid-1970's? - Answer- the game became a sport with formalized
rules and played on a net court. it is now played all around the world.
Double bounce rule - Answer- following serve, each side must make at least one
groundstroke, prior to volleying the ball (hitting it before it has bounced)
Non Volley zone - Answer- a player cannot volley a ball while standing in the non-volley
zone
