PICKLEBALL TEST PAPER 2025/2026 ALL QUESTIOS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔"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.] - ✔✔True
✔✔When making a close line call, you always give your opponent the benefit of the
doubt. [Rule 6.D.3.] - ✔✔True
✔✔The serve is a "let" and will be replayed if: [Rules 4.A.9. & 4.O.1.] - ✔✔A. The serve
strikes the top of the net and is otherwise good.
✔✔You hit a ball at a sharp angle toward the sideline; it bounces in your opponent's
court and travels beyond the sideline. Your opponent manages to return the ball, hitting
a low shot (below net level) outside and around the post that lands in your court, and
you are unable to return it. This is a legal shot and ruled in your opponent's favor. [Rule
11.M.] - ✔✔True
✔✔You make a line call, but your partner disagrees. The ball should be declared "out"
because you were closer to the ball. [Rule 6.D.9.] - ✔✔False
✔✔You legally volley the ball, then begin to lose your balance. To avoid stepping into
the non-volley zone (NVZ), you jump up and over the corner and into the out-of-bounds
area adjacent to the NVZ. While the ball is still in play, your momentum then carries you
into the net post, which is also out of bounds. [Rule 7.F.] - ✔✔This is a fault because
you cannot touch the net or net post while the ball is in play.
✔✔The correct receiver is the only player who may return a served ball. If the wrong
player returns the ball, it is a point for the serving team. [Rule 4.N.1.] - ✔✔True
✔✔If a served ball hits the net and strikes the receiver or the receiver's partner before
hitting the court surface, it is a point for the serving team. [Rule 4.A.9.] - ✔✔True
✔✔If your paddle touches the non-volley zone during a volley swing, it is a fault
regardless of whether the touch occurred before or after contacting the ball. [Rule
9.B.2.] - ✔✔True
✔✔A ball can be hit twice, but only during an unintentional, continuous, single-direction
stroke. If the stroke is not continuous, not single-direction, or if it is a definite second
push, the hit is illegal. [Rule 11.A.] - ✔✔True
✔✔If you ask your opponent's opinion about whether a ball was "in" or "out," you must
accept their opinion. [Rule 6.D.6.] - ✔✔True
, ✔✔Yelling, "It's going to be out!," when your opponent is about to return your lob, could
be considered a distraction and a fault could be called on you. [Rule 11.J.] - ✔✔True
✔✔During an extended exchange of crosscourt dinks, your opponent suddenly steps in
the non-volley zone and then onto the adjacent out-of-bounds area so he can get closer
to the net to smash a volley return. Is this legal? [Rule 9.D.] - ✔✔Yes, as long as both
feet make contact with the area outside the non-volley zone before the ball is struck.
✔✔Your partner notices that your opponent has committed a non-volley zone fault, so
he calls it. This is permissible. [Rule 9.I.]. - ✔✔True
✔✔Team B's 2nd server, serves into the net. The referee says, "Side Out". Team A is
now about to serve at 9-8-1. The starting server for Team A (the player wearing the
visible form of identification) should be serving from the right court. [Rule 4.B.6.b.]. -
✔✔False
✔✔Your opponent hits a powerful overhead to the sideline. You suspect that it might
have been "out," but you're not certain. What are your options? [Rule 6.D.3.] - ✔✔All of
the above are correct
✔✔When your right-handed partner serves from the left service court, he stands very
near the court center line. His feet are within the proper service area, but when his
paddle contacts the ball, the paddle is slightly across the imaginary extension of the
center line, above the playing surface of the right-hand court. Your opponents protest
that this is not allowed. This is allowed. [Rule 4.A.3.] - ✔✔True
✔✔Your opponent hits a shot low over the net. You are positioned just behind the non-
volley zone (NVZ) line and stretch to return the ball before it bounces. In the process
your paddle scrapes the NVZ court surface just before you volley the ball. This is a non-
volley zone fault because your paddle touched the non-volley zone during the act of
volleying swing. [Rule 9.B.] - ✔✔True
✔✔You volley a ball from just behind the non-volley zone (NVZ) line. During the follow-
through, your paddle strikes your partner's shoulder. This is a NVZ fault because your
partner's right foot was on the NVZ line when you struck him. [Rule 9.C.] - ✔✔True
✔✔The server is allowed 2 lets in a row; the third will be considered a fault. [Rule 4.O.] -
✔✔False
✔✔A receiver who attempts to return the serve is considered to have been ready. [Rule
4.E.3.] - ✔✔True
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔"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.] - ✔✔True
✔✔When making a close line call, you always give your opponent the benefit of the
doubt. [Rule 6.D.3.] - ✔✔True
✔✔The serve is a "let" and will be replayed if: [Rules 4.A.9. & 4.O.1.] - ✔✔A. The serve
strikes the top of the net and is otherwise good.
✔✔You hit a ball at a sharp angle toward the sideline; it bounces in your opponent's
court and travels beyond the sideline. Your opponent manages to return the ball, hitting
a low shot (below net level) outside and around the post that lands in your court, and
you are unable to return it. This is a legal shot and ruled in your opponent's favor. [Rule
11.M.] - ✔✔True
✔✔You make a line call, but your partner disagrees. The ball should be declared "out"
because you were closer to the ball. [Rule 6.D.9.] - ✔✔False
✔✔You legally volley the ball, then begin to lose your balance. To avoid stepping into
the non-volley zone (NVZ), you jump up and over the corner and into the out-of-bounds
area adjacent to the NVZ. While the ball is still in play, your momentum then carries you
into the net post, which is also out of bounds. [Rule 7.F.] - ✔✔This is a fault because
you cannot touch the net or net post while the ball is in play.
✔✔The correct receiver is the only player who may return a served ball. If the wrong
player returns the ball, it is a point for the serving team. [Rule 4.N.1.] - ✔✔True
✔✔If a served ball hits the net and strikes the receiver or the receiver's partner before
hitting the court surface, it is a point for the serving team. [Rule 4.A.9.] - ✔✔True
✔✔If your paddle touches the non-volley zone during a volley swing, it is a fault
regardless of whether the touch occurred before or after contacting the ball. [Rule
9.B.2.] - ✔✔True
✔✔A ball can be hit twice, but only during an unintentional, continuous, single-direction
stroke. If the stroke is not continuous, not single-direction, or if it is a definite second
push, the hit is illegal. [Rule 11.A.] - ✔✔True
✔✔If you ask your opponent's opinion about whether a ball was "in" or "out," you must
accept their opinion. [Rule 6.D.6.] - ✔✔True
, ✔✔Yelling, "It's going to be out!," when your opponent is about to return your lob, could
be considered a distraction and a fault could be called on you. [Rule 11.J.] - ✔✔True
✔✔During an extended exchange of crosscourt dinks, your opponent suddenly steps in
the non-volley zone and then onto the adjacent out-of-bounds area so he can get closer
to the net to smash a volley return. Is this legal? [Rule 9.D.] - ✔✔Yes, as long as both
feet make contact with the area outside the non-volley zone before the ball is struck.
✔✔Your partner notices that your opponent has committed a non-volley zone fault, so
he calls it. This is permissible. [Rule 9.I.]. - ✔✔True
✔✔Team B's 2nd server, serves into the net. The referee says, "Side Out". Team A is
now about to serve at 9-8-1. The starting server for Team A (the player wearing the
visible form of identification) should be serving from the right court. [Rule 4.B.6.b.]. -
✔✔False
✔✔Your opponent hits a powerful overhead to the sideline. You suspect that it might
have been "out," but you're not certain. What are your options? [Rule 6.D.3.] - ✔✔All of
the above are correct
✔✔When your right-handed partner serves from the left service court, he stands very
near the court center line. His feet are within the proper service area, but when his
paddle contacts the ball, the paddle is slightly across the imaginary extension of the
center line, above the playing surface of the right-hand court. Your opponents protest
that this is not allowed. This is allowed. [Rule 4.A.3.] - ✔✔True
✔✔Your opponent hits a shot low over the net. You are positioned just behind the non-
volley zone (NVZ) line and stretch to return the ball before it bounces. In the process
your paddle scrapes the NVZ court surface just before you volley the ball. This is a non-
volley zone fault because your paddle touched the non-volley zone during the act of
volleying swing. [Rule 9.B.] - ✔✔True
✔✔You volley a ball from just behind the non-volley zone (NVZ) line. During the follow-
through, your paddle strikes your partner's shoulder. This is a NVZ fault because your
partner's right foot was on the NVZ line when you struck him. [Rule 9.C.] - ✔✔True
✔✔The server is allowed 2 lets in a row; the third will be considered a fault. [Rule 4.O.] -
✔✔False
✔✔A receiver who attempts to return the serve is considered to have been ready. [Rule
4.E.3.] - ✔✔True
