How to Play Pickleball

[@tonyhill3786]

So it's like playing ping pong on a tennis court.

[@Ulieq]

with a tennis ball

[@richardmerrick4175]

@@Ulieq wiffleball

[@femrem1047]

Now I want to play pickleball because of you thank you ❤

[@cromcccxvi3787]

Don't u love when new terms are created for things that already exist?

[@marlowharris-id3rg]

I'm looking forward to playing pickleball I used to play racquetball but I'm not interested in it no more.

[@hexchad765]

Can you throw the paddle into the kitchen and volley with the paddle mid-air?

[@Kay-po4pl]

Great video! The only confusing thing was understanding when a side out occurred.

[@Kay-po4pl]

After googling it, it occurs when the second server loses a point

[@ghostofday5025]

Thnx it helped

[@360pickleball]

Great video! Thanks for making it. Forwarding to some friends who are playing their first game toniight.

[@DyrianLightbringer]

Calling the area around the net the "kitchen" makes it sound like pickleball was started by a couple of kids whose mother kept yelling at them to stay out of the kitchen, and they took their childhood antics of playing ball in the house and put it on a court.

[@justinho6692]

You are so funny!

[@scot_smith]

In doubles, are there restrictions on a receiving team's player position beyond not changing sides during a serve sequence? Do they have to be on a particular side based on score, such as at the beginning of the game the starting server for receiving team would have to return from the even side?

[@racketrick]

Did leave out the most important information for the transferee from other racket/paddle sports..."This ball doesn't bounce worth a darn!!!" would be about the second thing I would mention.😅

[@herbalnedtv]

Yes! Lol!

[@betsykenniston6877]

Great video showing some of the basic rules to help a newbie thinking about playing know what the game is about. However, the part where ALW poaches in front of MomW causing an I formation, then MomW moving behind and to the other court can cause confusion for someone seeing it for the first time. It's too advanced for beginners. I would suggest an edit to take that out!

[@racketrick]

Especially in close-up...hard to tell where they were in the court; but not the worst thing in the world. This is one of the better "intro to Pball" videos I've seen...no pickles, no dog stories, etc ;)

[@paultannahill5043]

I don't like pickles, but I think I would like pickleball!

[@LISA75_]

THIS GAME IS , badminton and tennis combined , with ping pong bats and a Wiffle ball, and was invented by a bunch of kids just making up a game with all the leftover crap in the garage .

[@mudbrats]

If there are no Volleys in the Kitchen, why would she say you can choose to play/stand in the Kitchen? Just curious

[@nicolechkw]

This is what I was wondering

[@Iautocorrect]

Volley = hitting ball before it bounces. She's saying you CAN stand in the kitchen, however you can only touch the ball after a bounce, that's why it's not recommended.

[@mudbrats]

@@Iautocorrect thankyou for the explanation - makes total sense 🤘

[@miatafunrun3078]

Why didn't the inventors just use tennis scoring instead of confusing people?

[@drew4317]

the irony here lol

[@KING_B00]

Tennis scoring is dumb as hell

[@bestill365]

You want a four 2 match, be my guest.

[@trevarsizemore2726]

@@drew4317yeah, bad example haha. Tennis not the most intuitive scoring system either.

[@daviewavie112]

Why is singles pickle ball less popular?

[@cuteek]

Barbie just announced a collab with Nettie so now I have to learn how to play 😂💖💃

[@user-rq9dh4gi4f]

I love pickleball

[@nofurtherwest3474]

Good for building hand-eye coordination

[@JonathanPerezAll]

So even if you hit the ball “then” a foot lands on the kitchen, it doesn’t count?

[@Saadi_Lyfe]

Serve rules and points system are like old badminton rules.. Couldve just said that.. Is this tennis, badminton and table tennis combined.. Seems fun

[@aronjones1821]

Is there a "LET" like in Tennis? Im not as mobile as i used to be but used to be very good at tennis and want to give this a try.

[@nancytorkewitz5425]

I'm not an official (I'm just a player), but I believe that even if the ball touches the net as it goes across in a serve, as long as in lands in the opposite court, it's GOOD (and is often hard to return, which actually makes it a great serve!). I know in tennis a serve that touches the net is a let/do-over, so that's another difference between tennis and PB.

[@ToddShearer4life]

I just read in, "Pickleball Rules and Fundamentals.." by Dennis Hall, that "The players serve the ball underhand and it must be served without first bouncing it on the court." Here in the video, you state that it can be served underhand OR as a drop serve and show the server bouncing it first on the court. Seems like a minor clarification, but I'm new so I don't know which is correct, or how important this might be to the gameplay.

[@susanhorton2921]

The rules changed in 2022. They allow bounce serves now as it's easier for beginners.

[@Dee-vs4hb]

A game for people who are unable to cover a tennis court and lack the skill and control to hit with a proper racquet!

[@jimjedeikin6494]

“The serve goes to the next person.” Which person, which team?

[@timwoodward8768]

I'm confused by this too. Poor wording.

[@mscarolyn1]

I’m confused here too!

[@bestill365]

If your team wins the point, you give the ball to your team mate to serve.

[@theMELEEkidYT]

you had me like halfway. what the

[@NeosGoogle]

yup i guess you could say that but it remands me of tennis its self but pickleball and tennis are 2 different sports.

[@jamesbyrne706]

So if the first server loses the rally.. the serve goes to their teammate? Then if you lose that round the serve goes to the other team?

[@IHaveNo_Name]

Table ping pong!!

[@s.j.8382]

Looks like tennis for people who aren’t particularly athletic. Kind of like croquet at a lawn party.

[@ghostofday5025]

FIRST serve and return has to bounce( LATER NO) After that no bounce needed Can only score if you are the server -Win means switch side and the winner serves again kinda think like challenging the different person caz the first person u gave couldnt win - if u lose the serve u give it to ur partner -if your partner also loses i goes to other team on right

[@Rebecca-1111]

Its Ping pong/tennis/volleyball hybrid. 😂

[@danielcao606]

I still think the explanations on scoring and service turn are confusing.

[@fredsmith6324]

thanks, very clear. 2 serve fails allowed per side in doubles is unique. also the return must bounce. i must say though that with 2 serve chances, and can only score on your serve, scoring can stagnate and take forever to get to 11. so i think it could get boring for an audience. why not do it like ping pong where someone scores every rally, and play to 21 instead of 11.

[@racketrick]

Side-out scoring adds significantly to the strategy and interest of the game, IMO. I don't care for "rally" scoring at all.

[@fredsmith6324]

@@racketrick what does side out mean and rally scoring mean?

[@racketrick]

@@fredsmith6324 Side out scoring is like the old days of volleyball...only the serving team can score. In Pball, the serving team will lose the serve if they lose the rallies started by both partners(OR the one partner at the beginning of the game). That's called 'side out' and the opponents now get to serve and have the opportunity to score. "Rally scoring" generally refers to the ability to score on any exchange(rally) by winning that exchange...independent of the serve. IF Pickleball had 'rally scoring' when I started, I would still be playing; but I can see the interest it brings in terms of strategy.

[@fredsmith6324]

@@racketrick ah i see, i.e. only server can score vs scoring on every rally. tennis and ping pong are score on every rally. i am just afraid that it can take forever to get a game over with when only server can score. some games will go quickly, some will take forever. game times will vary by a lot.

[@racketrick]

@@fredsmith6324 It's true that games can vary quite a bit in duration; but so can tennis with deuce/ad, deuce/ad... Adds a bit to the intrigue in Pickleball, IMO. Fortunately, it's not all about getting the games finished quickly! Also, I've had "win by two" games to 11 finally end at 21-19 ! THAT was a LONG game!!! (I've also served all 11 points to win a Golden Pickle...other team never got a chance to serve!!!). That took about eight minutes!!!

[@clintluna6884]

So an easier version of 🎾 tennis, nice!

[@jonnygrowlately]

correct, so the non athletic and uncoordinated dont feel left out...... athletes play Paddleball opportunity for some people im sure....think of all the pickleball charity scams that can be manifested now🤷‍♂

[@user-ze2pm3pe2e]

Come on, tennis is for the unathletic kids to begin with.

[@KINGS0FA1]

damn i thought they would eat each other

[@kashking2276]

Sooooo…. Tennis? (With different paddles)

[@hartsy50]

Ping Pong

[@Nicholsbk12]

❤🎉

[@sbdesignexcellence2966]

My God is this not just tennis with a shorter paddle/racket. Lord have mercy

[@user-xk5if6ht9p]

You just read out loud what I thought. I....will just go play tennis....

[@christopherwall444]

Glorified ping pong if the table was bigger and you were standing on it

[@iedermensisanders]

And a shorter racket and different rules a smaller field etc.etc

[@karenremus9681]

To me, it looks like ping pong, with the players standing on the table😂

[@dianerusso8837]

Well it's a cross between Ping Pong and Tennis!!😊

[@Broken_Arrow58]

Good explanation. Appears as nothing much beyond badminton or super-sized ping pong. Suspect it's just a fad. Females in skirts is sexist.

[@jonnygrowlately]

a fad called local town councils grabbing government funding to divy out to their construction buddy friends for the building of pickle ball courts everywhere, just like they did with useless soccer fields and other bs collectivist 15 minute city/sustainability/community development/"public health" projects its a clandestine money grab inolving the clandestine fleecing of the American tax payer via government health, sustainability, community development etc etc etc grants .... scumbags are everywhere now

[@Haplo-san]

So it is soft tennis with oversized ping pong racket.

[@Raj-Sahu157]

Why not play good ole tennis instead huh, rather than ruining it 🎾

[@dryciderz]

Was that a Midwestern accent I heard 😉

[@BandClarinet3]

I think it would be better if you talk about singles Pickleball separate from doubles pickle ball otherwise it can get confusing very quickly. I need to go back and review the video if I just wanna know about singles or find a better video Not an explanation of singles then doubles then singles then doubles and singles.

[@kautsyakanu7306]

So.. you just mixed TT with Tenis.. 🤦🏻

[@julietslay]

who's here from mms

[@besoart]

Lots of confusing rules!! I would enjoy playing it with less restrictions

[@keltiquewood]

Just go learn tennis!

[@mattyjay1711]

Just shutup

[@jadamane]

Lazy tennis

[@garywoodams8332]

Confusing

[@sickofthestupid1067]

so basically its dumbed down tennis .....................for people that couldn't master the serve in tennis.

[@andystagger2906]

Oh ok it’s a crappy version of tennis.😂 I’d rather play racquet ball! It’s more fun😉

[@mattyjay1711]

Cool dude, have fun playing racquetball

[@Kevin-mk6jo]

So.... tennis but with a funny racket and ball. Ehhh boring.