Thanks for the tips. Especially useful was the tip on holding off to go to net if really far back behind baseline! Especially with former tennis players who hit fast drives.

Spectator line calls are going to add an interesting dynamic to the game. I’m curious to see how this impacts tournaments. 🧐

With the new volley rule, can you step into the kitchen and set yourself outside the sideline on an Ernie now?

If Server 1 faults I assume Server 2 starts from the left side? What if Server 1 scores on his 1st serve but faults on his 2nd? Does Server 2 start on the right side?

lol, i do love that at the end you said "let's play pickleball" then didnt call the score :D

Personally, I'd classify it as a "leisure sport" for the unfit and seniors.

Sweet pickleball is way better..

What is this? Tennis for ants?

Looks shite

Good info.

Pickle ball sports is unique and conventional for any age and I'm a swifty 😊❤

Better than having your opponent claim you did a foot fault and having no say in it.

I am very surprised that you have not either edited or removed this video since your point #4 is so demonstrably wrong. And a couple other flaws... In point #1, you say that "both feet must be established outside the kitchen" and demonstrate with both feet firmly planted. The actual rule 9.D. says "you cannot volley a return until both feet have made contact with the playing surface completely outside the NVZ." Your feet do not ned to be planted simultaneously as your words and actions suggest. You can get one foot down then the other and comply with the rule. And, any scrape of a toe or heel suffices as "made contact", your feet do not have to be planted on the sole. And, please, please, please stop calling it "the kitchen"! You will find that word nowhere in the Official Rulebook. It is the NON-VOLLEY ZONE. If you are going to comment on rules, please use the correct verbiage.

With no referee, yes, foot faults are an immediate call. But if your opponent disagrees, it's a replay. Otherwise, cheaters will call phantom foot faults. It relies on honesty and sportsmanship all around.

Please clarify your explanation of Rule #2. You said you cannot add height to the ball when you toss on a drop serve and then you add height on the ball using the paddle to toss the ball.

What an unnecessarily complicated game.

ROFL #4. Integrity in foot faults... Get the line calls first

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Very easy to get

"It's like a chess match on a court"

👍Happy to help.

I looked up USAP rules from earlier in 2024 and it said spectators can't make a call, what part about #5 is different from before? I guess rule #2 is for disabled persons with one arm to clarify their ability to hold and ball before serving because I can't possibly imagine a toss being more accurate from a paddle than someone's hand for a two-handed person

A NOTE ON RULE #4 from the USA Pickleball official website: 2025 Rule: 13.D.1.c. Players may call non-volley zone faults and service foot faults on the opponent's end of the court. Claims of non-volley zone faults and service foot faults on opponents must be called as soon as the claimed fault is detected. If there is any disagreement between teams about the called fault, a replay shall occur. 13.D.1.d. For non-officiated matches, if a player believes an opponent has committed any type of fault other than a service or non-volley zone fault as noted in Section 7 - Fault Rules, they may mention the specific fault to the opponents) but they have no authority to enforce the fault. The final decision on fault resolution belongs to the player that allegedly committed the fault. (New) Rule 7.0. Any disagreement between partners on a fault call will be decided to the benefit of their opponents.

I thought the rule was that a player could not propel the ball up or down

Hi, thanks but no, that's not what I'm saying. I, with or without my partner's involvement, can immediately stop play and call a service foot fault or a NVZ fault on you. You, with or without your partner's involvement, will either agree or disagree. If you agree, the fault stands. If you disagree, that means there is disagreement between our teams and it's a replay. I think "BETWEEN TEAMS" is being misread. TEAMS does not mean it has to be all four players. I represent my team, you represent your team. It used to say "disagreement AMONG PLAYERS". The old rule appeared to say that disagreement between partners (same team) results in a replay. The change clarifies that intent. Hope this helps!

If its an out ball do both partners have to see that it was out or can i ask my partner if they saw it go out?

I agree with all rule changes. My only point is number 4 is simply edict and theres no way to prove or enforce it…so really why add it. I guess to play on the conscience of players. Personally if I fault I call it but I mind my own business on teammates. Thats on them and I trust them to be honest.

Both this video AND the linked website need to be updated and improved - both are way more complicated (non straight forward) than it needs to be.

#4 is wrong get rid of this video before the mis information spreads

So it is legal to toss the ball?

What a stupid game for losers, no difference to play a tv tennis game

Is Rule #5 new? I thought it always said that the call has to be made by the players on the court (and not spectators). Am I missing something?

3:35. Dude if you slow mo it you're actually making contact parallel with your crotch. Legal

I understand the volley as when you hit a high shot and you know the player is going to hit down at your feet, your paddle is usually touching the ground. Now you can lunge forward to pick it up instead of trying to take the ultra-short hop. The paddle serve may have been put in for people with one arm. That's how I've seen a woman serve anyway as she has no part of the missing arm, it's just shoulder. What's funny is we sometimes ask the 'spectator' which is really a player waiting for a game to finish and it's their turn, if a close ball was in or out. When I'm playing with a new partner I always tell them when I'm focusing on hitting ball, many times I don't really see if its out or in so I ask them to make the out call if that what it is. BTW, to me, it's a social game, so I just go what is called even if I know it to be wrong. If I have to argue or stress out I'll find another group to play with or I just don't have to play, it really isn't important. Thanks for the video.

Delete this video immediately! Dead wrong info at 3:20.

How to fight against Rule 4? Not all opponents look at their own feet nor their partner’s.. what then?

#4 is absolutely wrong! Please remove this video and correct that. If you don't, this confusion will confound players for many months! The teammates do NOT both have to agree that their opponent committed an NVZ fault in order to call it. Please fix this!

This is Ken S., Chair of the USAP Rules Committee. Nice job on explaining those rule changes!! ... uhh, except for #4. It is not required that both partners have to have seen the fault. If you saw it and your partner did not see it, you can call the fault. The rule says "if there is a disagreement " about the fault call, it's a replay. Meaning if your team (either or both players) calls the fault and their team (either or both players) disagrees, it's a replay. Of course, if your partner DID see it and disagrees with your fault call, then it goes in favor of your opponent and you'll have lost the rally for stopping play.

#1 - Can you use your paddle touching the kitchen to balance yourself BEFORE you hit a volley? #5 - Can you ask a spectator if a ball was in or out?

Vomit

And yet 7 years later nobody knows what pickle ball is.

Both of these people have _really_ annoying voices.

How do I contact it front of my body and also NOT moving to the side?

It's growing because America as a whole is a bunch of fat asses.

This one guy i go to Bible study with on tuesday nights told me about this. His names dan. He's 84 and he stopped playing a few years ago

I was playing rec with friends and my serve grace the top of the net. Do i replay the ball like tennis or how?

Very well explained. I watched it three times. Yeah, it’s a bit different, and confusing at first, but this short video was helpful to me. Happy playing, everyone!

Great tips! We were just discussing the bangers last night, so can't wait to try this technique and all of your others. Thanks so much!

Tennis dwarf 😊

3:45 that serve was legal, you made contact below your hips... I understand the point but don't us a legal serve as an example of an illegal serve.