Pickleball Rules UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers

Pickleball Rules UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
A serve landing on any correct service court line, except the non-volley zone line, is considered
in play and should be returned by the receiving team. [Rule 6.A.] - CORRECT
ANSWER -True


Once the score has been called, the receiver cannot become "not ready" unless there is a valid
hinder. [Rule 4.E.2] - CORRECT ANSWER -True


While near the non-volley zone (NVZ), you swing to return a shot and completely miss the ball.
Your partner, who is near the baseline behind you, cleanly returns the ball. This is legal since a
ball remains in play until it bounces twice or until any other fault has occurred. [Rule 8.B.] -
CORRECT ANSWER -True


In singles play, when the score is 7 - 10, the server will serve from the right-hand court. [Rule
4.B.5.b.] - CORRECT ANSWER -False


If a served ball hits the net and bounces on the non-volley zone line, a replay shall be called.
[Rule 4.M.8.] - CORRECT ANSWER -False


A hinder is any element or occurrence that affects play, such as a stray ball that enters the court
or people who disrupt play by walking across the court. Any player may call a hinder. [Rule
3.A.15.] - CORRECT ANSWER -True


You may step on the non-volley zone line or enter the non-volley zone at any time except during
the act of volleying the ball. [Rule 9.E.] - CORRECT ANSWER -True


To be considered legal, a serve must be made so that contact with the ball is made below waist
level (the navel), and the arm must be moving in an upward arc, and the paddle head must be
below the server's wrist when it strikes the ball. [Rule 4.A.5., 4.A.6. & 4.A.7.] - CORRECT
ANSWER -True

, If, while the ball is in the air, you yell "out," "no," "bounce it," or any other word/phrase to
communicate to your partner that the ball may be out, it shall be considered a line call and play
should stop. [Rules 6.D.11. & 6.D.12.] - CORRECT ANSWER -False


If the ball is served by the correct team member from the wrong court, the service will be
replayed with the server now serving from the correct court, without a penalty. [Rule 4.M.1.] -
CORRECT ANSWER -False


When your team has an odd score number, your team's starting server (the player wearing the
visible form of identification) should serve from the right-hand court when they are serving.
[Rule 4.B.6.b.] - CORRECT ANSWER -False


During the serve, when the ball is struck, the server's foot/feet shall not be touching the area
outside the imaginary extension of the sideline, or outside the imaginary extension of the center
line, or be touching the court, including the baseline. [Rule 4.A.3.] - CORRECT
ANSWER -True



The service motion begins: [Rule 3.A.33.] - CORRECT ANSWER -When the arm of the
player moves backward or forward initiating the swing to contact the ball.


It is not a fault on you if, during a rally, the ball grazes your hat on its way out headed out of
bounds. [Rule 7.H.] - CORRECT ANSWER -False


When an incorrect server or player position is discovered after a rally, the offending team can be
faulted until the next serve occurs. Once the next serve occurs, any previous points scored by the
incorrect server, or incorrect server position, will stand. [Rule 4.B.11.] - CORRECT
ANSWER -True


"Out" line calls should be promptly signaled by voice and may include a hand signal, regardless
of how obvious they may seem. [Rule 6.D.10.] - CORRECT ANSWER -True