How wide is the pickleball court? - Answer- 20 feet
How long is the pickleball court? - Answer- 44 feet
How long is the non-volley zone? - Answer- 7 feet
How long are the serving boxes? How wide? - Answer- 15 feet. 10 feet
How many serving boxes are there on one side? How many serving boxes on the entire
court? - Answer- 2 per side, 4 per court
How tall is the net? - Answer- 36 inches or 3 feet
How do you determine the serving team in pickleball the professional way? - Answer-
The players toss a coin or rally the ball until a fault is made. The winner of the toss or
the rally has the option of who gets to serve first.
What requirements must be made in order to make a correct doubles play in Pickleball?
- Answer- 1. Player in the Right Hand court will serve diagonally across the court to the
receiver. 2. On the opposite right hand side of the court the ball must clear the non-
volley zone and land (hit the ground) in the Right Hand serving court. 3. The receiver
must let the ball bounce before returning to serve. The serving team also needs to let
the returning ball bounce on the ground before playing it. After the ball has double
bounced (single bounce on both sides of the court) the ball may be either volleyed or
played off of the bounce until a fault is made.
How do you score with a doubles play? - Answer- If the fault is made by the receiving
team a point is scored by the serving team. When the serving team wins a point, it's
players will switch courts (Switch from the original serving box to the other one) and the
same player will continue to serve. When the serving team makes it's first fault, the
players will stay in the same court and second partner will serve. When they make their
second fault they will stay in the same courts and turn the ball over to the opposing
team. Players will switch serving boxes only after scoring a point.
How do you know which serving box to serve from ( in a singles play)? - Answer- If it is
an even number or 0, the player will serve from the right hand side of the court
diagonally to the opposing right hand side of the court. When the score is an odd
number, the player will serve from the left hand side of the court diagonally to the
opposing left hand side of the court.
A ball landing on any line is considered ____________________________. - Answer-
good/in
, When was pickleball invented? - Answer- 1965
Who created pickle ball? - Answer- Joel Pritchard, William Bell, and Barney McCallum
Why was pickleball created? - Answer- To provide a sport for the entire family to enjoy.
How high does the net hang in the middle? - Answer- 34 inches, instead of 36 inches.
SERVE--Player must keep 1. __________ foot behind the back line when 2.
____________. The serve is made 3. ________________. The paddle must pass 4.
___________ the 5. ___________. The server must hit the ball in the 6. _______ on the
serve. He is 7. ____________allowed to 8. __________ it and then hit it. The service is
made 9. __________________ across the court and must 10. ______ the 11.
_________-_______________ ___________.Only one serve attempt is allowed except
if the ball touches the net on the serve and lands in the proper service court. Then the
serve may be 12. _________ over. At the start of each new game, the 13. _________
serving team is allowed only 14. ______ fault before giving up the ball to the opponents.
Thereafter 15. ________ members of each team will serve and 16. ____________
before the ball is turned over to the opposing team. When the 17.
______________________team wins the serve, the playe - Answer- 1. one 2. serving3.
underhand 4. below 5. waist 6. air 7. not 8. bounce 9. diagonally 10. clear 11. non-volley
zone 12. taken 13. first 14. one 15. both 16. fault 17. receiving 18. right hand 19. start
What is a volley? - Answer- To hit the ball in the air without letting it bounce first. All
volleying must be done with the player's feet behind the non-volley zone line. It is a fault
if the player steps over the line on his volley follow through.
Double Bounce Rule-- Each team must play their 1. ____________ shot off the bounce.
That is, the receiving team must let the serve 2. __________, and the serving team
must let the 3. ______________ serve 4. _____________ before playing it. After the 5.
________ 6. ____________________ have occured, the ball can be either 7.
___________ or played off the 8. ________________. - Answer- 1. first 2. bounce 3.
return 4. bounce 5. to 6. bounces 7. volleyed 8. bounce
What are the four faults in pickleball? - Answer- a. Hitting the ball out of bounds
b. Not clearing the net
c. Stepping into the non-volley zone and volleying the ball
d. Volleying the ball before it has bounced once on each side of the net
How does a team make a score? - Answer- A player can only score when serving. A
player who is serving shall continue to do so until a fault is made by his team. The game
is played to 11 points, however, a team must win by 2 points.
Pickle-Ball Doubles Strategy--Pickle-Bal involves strategies that include 1. __________
, overhead slamming, 2. ________ _________ ___________ from the baseline, and
fast 3. _________ exchanges at the net. The key strategy to remember is that the team