Pickle Ball Test Review Exam
Questions with Solutions
When was Pickle Ball invented? - -Summer of 1965
- Where was Pickle Ball invented? - -Bainbridge Island near Seattle,
Washington
- Why was it invented? - -To provide a sport for the entire family
- What three people invented it? - -U.S. Congressman Joel Pritchard, William
Bell, and Barney McCallum
- What was Pickle Ball named after? - -The family dog that would chase
after the errant balls and then hide in the bushes, thus Pickle's ball which
was later shortened to the namesake of Pickle ball
- Where was it initially played? - -In their backyards on a hard surface, on
driveways, and on residential dead-end streets
- Where is pickle ball played today? - -In thousands of school P.E. programs,
parks and recreation centers, correctional facilities, camps, YMCA's and
retirement communities
- Where must you serve? - -Behind the base line.
- Where is the ball considered out? - -Past the base lines and side lines
- If the ball hits the line is it considered in or out? - -in
- Where on a serve does the ball bounce in to be considered a fault? - -The
non-volley zone (and on its line)
- How far away from the net is the non-volley zone? - -7 feet
- Are you allowed to hit the ball without letting it bounce first if your foot is
in the non-volley zone? - -No
- How does a team win a point? - -when they win a rally that they served
- When do you switch sides? - -To serve after you have won a point.
- How many point is needed to win? - -11 with at least 2 more in difference
from the other team
Questions with Solutions
When was Pickle Ball invented? - -Summer of 1965
- Where was Pickle Ball invented? - -Bainbridge Island near Seattle,
Washington
- Why was it invented? - -To provide a sport for the entire family
- What three people invented it? - -U.S. Congressman Joel Pritchard, William
Bell, and Barney McCallum
- What was Pickle Ball named after? - -The family dog that would chase
after the errant balls and then hide in the bushes, thus Pickle's ball which
was later shortened to the namesake of Pickle ball
- Where was it initially played? - -In their backyards on a hard surface, on
driveways, and on residential dead-end streets
- Where is pickle ball played today? - -In thousands of school P.E. programs,
parks and recreation centers, correctional facilities, camps, YMCA's and
retirement communities
- Where must you serve? - -Behind the base line.
- Where is the ball considered out? - -Past the base lines and side lines
- If the ball hits the line is it considered in or out? - -in
- Where on a serve does the ball bounce in to be considered a fault? - -The
non-volley zone (and on its line)
- How far away from the net is the non-volley zone? - -7 feet
- Are you allowed to hit the ball without letting it bounce first if your foot is
in the non-volley zone? - -No
- How does a team win a point? - -when they win a rally that they served
- When do you switch sides? - -To serve after you have won a point.
- How many point is needed to win? - -11 with at least 2 more in difference
from the other team
