1. Pickleball is played as singles (1 vs 1) or doubles (2 vs 2)

2. To start a pickleball point, the serve must be underhand, and it must land diagonally cross-court past the kitchen line.

• Games are normally played to 11, 15, or 21 win by 2 points.

• A team can only score if they are serving.

• Each player on a team will serve until they lose a point except for the first team to serve, they only have one chance.

• If you make an incorrect serve or a fault, the next serve either goes to your teammate if you're playing doubles or it goes directly to your opponent.

This is where pickleball differentiates itself from other racquet games.

2- Bounce Rule
This is potentially the most unique and important rule to the game. (also the one that beginners forget the most)

• When the ball is served, the receiving team must let it bounce before returning, and then the serving team must let it bounce before returning, hence two bounces.

• After the ball has bounced once in each team’s court, it’s anything goes! Players can then hit the ball out of the air or off the bounce.

• The Kitchen as it is referred to (hence the name Courtside Kitchen) is a 7 foot area on either side of the net.

• To prevent players smashing, volleying (hitting the ball out of the air) is prohibited within the non-volley zone!

• When volleying a ball, the team automatically loses the point if the player steps onto the non-volley zone.

• It is also a fault if their momentum carries them into the kitchen even after a volley is struck.

• A player can step enter the kitchen at any point so long as the ball is bouncing, and they are not volleying.