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Pickleball

Pickleball
Pickleball Study Guide

Historical Facts about Pickleball


-Pickleball originated at the home of Joel Pritchard in the Seattle, Washington area in 1965.
         

-The game began as a family activity when U.S. Congressman Pritchard and his house guests, William Bell  and Barney McCallum, discovered that there wasn't enough good badminton equipment for all of the families to play.
         

-After modifying rules and replacing rackets with wooden paddles, they developed this new game.
         

-The name came from the Pritchard's cocker spaniel, Pickles, that kept running away with the ball whenever it landed off the court.
         

-The game was spread among neighbors and friends, and a corporation was formed in 1972 to protect the new game.
         

-Today it is played throughout the United States, Canada, Japan, Singapore, and Western Europe.


Equipment

          -Wooden paddles
          -Small plastic whiffle ball
          -Tennis height net

Boundaries

          -Main gym:  Red line in the back, cream on the side.  Serve from behind 
                             the cream line.
          -Small gym:  Black line in the back, colored tape on the side

Serve

         -The server must serve diagonally across the net from the right hand court.
         -The serve must not touch the net.  Point for the opponent if it does.
         -The serve must go beyond the neutral zone.

Players

          -There are usually 2 players on a team.
          -A player may hit the ball on the fly after the ball bounces once on each side.
          -Players may not hit the ball out of bounds.
          -Players may not hit the ball into the net.
          -Players may not hit the ball on the fly until it bounces once on each side.
          -Players advance to the next court if they win.  Players stay on the court if they 
           lose.
          -Players must let the ball bounce in the front court.

Scoring

          -Rally scoring (either team may score points)
          -10 points to win, must win by only 1
          -A ball landing on the line is good

 

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