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Reglas básicas

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THE GAME OF PICKLEBALL

BASIC RULES
THE DOUBLES GAME DOUBLE BOUNCE RULE
Each team must play their first shot
COURT
off the bounce. That is, the receiving
Pickleball is played on a court with the same dimensions
team must let the serve bounce and the serving team
as a badminton court. The central net height is 36”(.914m)
must let the return of the serve bounce before playing it.
at both ends and 34”(.86m) in the middle.
Once these two bounces have occurred, the ball can
THE GAME, HOW PLAYED either be volleyed or played off the bounce.
Played by 2 pairs using pickleball paddles and a pickleball
GENERAL OPEN PLAY
ball over a central net.
The struck ball, whether volleyed or hit after a single
SCORE bounce, must cross to the opponents side of the court in the
A game is usually played up to 11 points win by 2 clear same manner as a tennis shot (i.e. without bouncing on the
points. If time constraints win by 1. strikers side of the net or hitting a ceiling etc).
POINTS, HOW SCORED VOLLEYS
A point can only be won by the serving player/team. Volleys are only allowed when both of the player’s feet are
A ball that hits a line is ‘in’, unlike in squash when a ball behind the non-volley zone line. Also, the point is lost if
hitting a line is ‘out’. the volleyer’s momentum carries the player into the
SERVICE NON-VOLLEY ZONE after volleying (like running into the
Serves are diagonal, like tennis, starting on the right-hand tennis net).
side and alternating. WHEELCHAIR USERS
The serve must A sports wheelchair should be used for play. The ball can
• clear the NON-VOLLEY ZONE (including the bounce twice before being hit, a third bounce is a fault.
non-volley line The smaller front wheels of the chair can be in the NVZ
• be played underhand with the paddle below the wrist when a volley is played. If the larger rear wheels have
and below the waist touched the NVZ, a volley cannot be played until both rear
wheels have made contact with the playing area outside
the NVZ. (These rules also apply to the singles game).

44ft
(13.41m)

7ft
(2.13m)

NON-VOLLEY
20ft
(6.10m) ZONE

15ft
(4.57m)

The server must:


• keep both feet behind the back line when serving THE SINGLES GAME
• serve the ball from the air without being bounced
unless using a drop serve THE GAME, HOW PLAYED
• a drop serve is allowed. Server releases the ball from a Played by 2 players.
height and strikes the ball with either a forehand or SERVER
backhand motion after the ball bounces. The ball can Before serving the server calls out the score, the
bounce more than once before being struck. The release server’s score first and then the receiver’s score.
of the ball must be visible to the receiver (and referee if
there is one) THE SERVICE
• announce the score before serving, 3 numbers: The server’s score determines the side from which
server’s score; receiver’s score; server number (1 or 2) to serve. Serves are executed on the right side of
the court when the server’s score is an even number
A server gets 1 service attempt. (0, 2, 4, …), the left side when the server’s score is
At the start of a new game only 1 player in a team serves, odd (1, 3, 5, …).
initially after saying the score 0-0-2. When the service is
lost and ‘Side Out’ occurs, then both players in the
opposing pair get to be the server. https://www.pickleballengland.org

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