PICKLEBALL STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027 QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Who do you serve the ball? - ✔✔underhand without bouncing it off court; diagonally
toward to opponents service court
✔✔How are points scored? - ✔✔1) by the serving side only; 2) when opponent fails to
return ball or hits ball outside of bound
✔✔When can the server continue to serve the ball? - ✔✔by alternative service courts
until the opponent fails
✔✔Who wins the game? - ✔✔The first side scoring 11 points AND leading by a 2 point
margin wins.
✔✔what happens for example if both sides are tied with 10 points? - ✔✔they continue
playing until one side scores 2 points
✔✔When was pickleball created? - ✔✔in summer of 1965 on Bainbridge Island (Seattle,
Washington)
✔✔Who invented it? - ✔✔Joel Prichard, William Bell and Barney McCallum
✔✔Why did they invent the game? - ✔✔as a sport for the entire family to play
✔✔Where did the families play the game at the beginning when it was invented? -
✔✔backyard, driveways, dead end streets
✔✔What happened in mid-1970's? - ✔✔the game became a sport with formalized rules
and played on a net court. it is now played all around the world.
✔✔Double bounce rule - ✔✔following serve, each side must make at least one
groundstroke, prior to volleying the ball (hitting it before it has bounced)
✔✔Non Volley zone - ✔✔a player cannot volley a ball while standing in the non-volley
zone
✔✔Faults - ✔✔hitting the ball into the net on the serve or any return, hitting the ball out
of bounds, failure to hit the ball before it bounces twice on the player's court, violation of
the service rule or player touches the net/net posts
✔✔Who can score a point - ✔✔ONLY the serving team
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Who do you serve the ball? - ✔✔underhand without bouncing it off court; diagonally
toward to opponents service court
✔✔How are points scored? - ✔✔1) by the serving side only; 2) when opponent fails to
return ball or hits ball outside of bound
✔✔When can the server continue to serve the ball? - ✔✔by alternative service courts
until the opponent fails
✔✔Who wins the game? - ✔✔The first side scoring 11 points AND leading by a 2 point
margin wins.
✔✔what happens for example if both sides are tied with 10 points? - ✔✔they continue
playing until one side scores 2 points
✔✔When was pickleball created? - ✔✔in summer of 1965 on Bainbridge Island (Seattle,
Washington)
✔✔Who invented it? - ✔✔Joel Prichard, William Bell and Barney McCallum
✔✔Why did they invent the game? - ✔✔as a sport for the entire family to play
✔✔Where did the families play the game at the beginning when it was invented? -
✔✔backyard, driveways, dead end streets
✔✔What happened in mid-1970's? - ✔✔the game became a sport with formalized rules
and played on a net court. it is now played all around the world.
✔✔Double bounce rule - ✔✔following serve, each side must make at least one
groundstroke, prior to volleying the ball (hitting it before it has bounced)
✔✔Non Volley zone - ✔✔a player cannot volley a ball while standing in the non-volley
zone
✔✔Faults - ✔✔hitting the ball into the net on the serve or any return, hitting the ball out
of bounds, failure to hit the ball before it bounces twice on the player's court, violation of
the service rule or player touches the net/net posts
✔✔Who can score a point - ✔✔ONLY the serving team
