Pickleball Rules: When is it a DEAD ball? - The Out Call Match

[@jimzimmerman5288]

Thanks Tony, great info.

[@BestPickleballCoach]

Appreciate it Jim

[@donreinholz8121]

Great point Tony.

[@BestPickleballCoach]

Ty Don

[@zaphodbeeblebrox2911]

Great info! Can you point to the rule where this is defined?

[@BestPickleballCoach]

Thanks. Here you go 6.C.11. An “out” call made after the ball bounces is a line call. The ball is dead and play shall stop. If, upon appeal, the referee overrules any type of “out” call, it is a fault against the player or team that made the “out” call. Exception: If the match has line judges, the baseline and sideline judges are responsible for the call. (See Rule 13.E.2)

[@zaphodbeeblebrox2911]

@@BestPickleballCoach Got it. I suspect a loud “Out” call prior to the ball bouncing could be considered a hindrance and not just “communication”?

[@nosneb1963]

This happened to my partner and me, but we weren't smart enough to know the rule (at the time) or to call for a tournament director. The opposing team said it was partner communication.

[@BestPickleballCoach]

It happens. Now you know :)

[@mgb554]

When you made an appeal to the ref... you stated the ref called the ball in... Rule:6.C.11. An “out” call made after the ball bounces is a line call. The ball is dead and play shall stop. If, upon appeal, the referee overrules any type of “out” call, it is a fault against the player or team that made the “out” call.

[@BestPickleballCoach]

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[@kaibabsunrifter9547]

Hold on. If a player calls the ball out but swings, doesn’t the swing override the out call?

[@nosneb1963]

No, it does not. Once the ball hits the court and the player makes a call that it's out, the play is over for that point.

[@BestPickleballCoach]

Dead ball once the ball lands and call is made.

[@BestPickleballCoach]

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[@hahaharobert]

So if it is a bad call, the callers side loses the point?

[@BestPickleballCoach]

Correct

[@dalevoigt8612]

Only if the ref saw it in. The ref and the players partner can overturn a bad call. Some videoed match at the pro level you can challenge line calls. If the ref was watch for a foot fault and the play was away from him not seeing it, then the bad call stands.