PICKLEBALL CORE MAIN EXAMS ALL QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Server Number - ✔✔When playing doubles, either "1" or "2," depending on whether
you are the first or second server for your side. This number is appended to the score
when it is called.
✔✔Shadowing - ✔✔Moving in tandem with your partner so that you stay about 10 feet
from each other and avoid leaving open spaces on your half of the court.
✔✔Shot - ✔✔The flight of the ball after it leaves the paddle.
✔✔Sideline - ✔✔The line at the side of the court.
✔✔Side Out - ✔✔The termination of a team's right to serve.
✔✔Singles - ✔✔A game played with two people, one on each side.
✔✔Slice - ✔✔Another name for backspin or underspin.
✔✔Smash or Slam - ✔✔A hard, overhead shot.
, ✔✔Stroke - ✔✔The action of hitting the ball.
✔✔Technical Foul - ✔✔The referee may add one point to a player's score or a team's
score when, in the referee's judgement, the opponent is being deliberately abusive.
✔✔Topspin - ✔✔Spin applied to the ball by stroking it from low to high, causing it to
rotate in the direction of its flight.
✔✔Volley - ✔✔To hit the ball before it bounces.
✔✔ - ✔✔
✔✔ Ace - ✔✔A serve that is not returned by the opponent.
✔✔Approach Shot - ✔✔A shot hit forehand or backhand while running up to the net.
✔✔Backcourt - ✔✔The area of the court within a few feet of the baseline.
✔✔Backhand - ✔✔A stroke hit on the side of the body opposite from the hand holding
the paddle.
✔✔Backspin - ✔✔Spin imparted to the ball by stroking it from high to low, causing it to
spin in the direction opposite to its flight. Also called underspin, slice, or chop.
✔✔Backswing - ✔✔Moving the paddle back from the ready position to prepare for a
shot.
✔✔Baseline - ✔✔The line at the back of the pickleball court (22 feet from the net).
✔✔Bounce It - ✔✔A directive from your partner not to hit the all and let it bounce
(because he thinks it will land out of bounds).
✔✔Carry - ✔✔Hitting the ball in such as way that it is carried along on the face of the
paddle during its forward motion.
✔✔Centerline - ✔✔The line bisecting the service courts that extends from the non-
volley zone line to the baseline.
✔✔Chop - ✔✔The motion from high to low that puts backspin on the ball.
✔✔Closed Face - ✔✔The top of the paddle face is angled downward about 30 degrees
from vertical.
✔✔Crosscourt - ✔✔The opponent's court diagonally opposite yours.
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Server Number - ✔✔When playing doubles, either "1" or "2," depending on whether
you are the first or second server for your side. This number is appended to the score
when it is called.
✔✔Shadowing - ✔✔Moving in tandem with your partner so that you stay about 10 feet
from each other and avoid leaving open spaces on your half of the court.
✔✔Shot - ✔✔The flight of the ball after it leaves the paddle.
✔✔Sideline - ✔✔The line at the side of the court.
✔✔Side Out - ✔✔The termination of a team's right to serve.
✔✔Singles - ✔✔A game played with two people, one on each side.
✔✔Slice - ✔✔Another name for backspin or underspin.
✔✔Smash or Slam - ✔✔A hard, overhead shot.
, ✔✔Stroke - ✔✔The action of hitting the ball.
✔✔Technical Foul - ✔✔The referee may add one point to a player's score or a team's
score when, in the referee's judgement, the opponent is being deliberately abusive.
✔✔Topspin - ✔✔Spin applied to the ball by stroking it from low to high, causing it to
rotate in the direction of its flight.
✔✔Volley - ✔✔To hit the ball before it bounces.
✔✔ - ✔✔
✔✔ Ace - ✔✔A serve that is not returned by the opponent.
✔✔Approach Shot - ✔✔A shot hit forehand or backhand while running up to the net.
✔✔Backcourt - ✔✔The area of the court within a few feet of the baseline.
✔✔Backhand - ✔✔A stroke hit on the side of the body opposite from the hand holding
the paddle.
✔✔Backspin - ✔✔Spin imparted to the ball by stroking it from high to low, causing it to
spin in the direction opposite to its flight. Also called underspin, slice, or chop.
✔✔Backswing - ✔✔Moving the paddle back from the ready position to prepare for a
shot.
✔✔Baseline - ✔✔The line at the back of the pickleball court (22 feet from the net).
✔✔Bounce It - ✔✔A directive from your partner not to hit the all and let it bounce
(because he thinks it will land out of bounds).
✔✔Carry - ✔✔Hitting the ball in such as way that it is carried along on the face of the
paddle during its forward motion.
✔✔Centerline - ✔✔The line bisecting the service courts that extends from the non-
volley zone line to the baseline.
✔✔Chop - ✔✔The motion from high to low that puts backspin on the ball.
✔✔Closed Face - ✔✔The top of the paddle face is angled downward about 30 degrees
from vertical.
✔✔Crosscourt - ✔✔The opponent's court diagonally opposite yours.
