Pickle Ball Study Guide
History:
1) Pickle-Ball was created during the summer of 1965.
2) Pickle-Ball was created on Bainbridge Island, WA.
3) Pickle-Ball had three inventors. Their names are Joel Pritchard, William Bell, and
Barney McCallum.
4) How did Pickle-Ball get its name?
Pickles was the family dog that would chase after the errant balls and then hide in
the bushes, thus it was named Pickle's ball, which was later shortened to the name
Pickle-Ball.
Scoring:
1. Only the serving team can score.
2. The player who is serving continues to serve until he/she or their team
commits a fault.
3. A game is played to 11 points, unless the score is 10-10, in which a team
must win by 2 points.
Rules:
1) The Serve:
a) Players must keep one foot behind the back line when serving.
b) The serve is made underhand. The paddle must pass below the waist.
c) The ball must be hit out of the server’s hand. It cannot be hit off of the
bounce on the serve.
d) The serve is made from the back right hand side of the court.
e) The serve is made diagonally cross-court.
f) The serve must clear the non-volley zone.
2) Serving in doubles play:
a) At the beginning of each new game, the team serving first may only fault
once before the other team serves.
b) During the rest of the game, both team members will serve before the
serve goes to the other team.
c) Whenever a team wins the right to serve, the player who is in the right
hand court will always serve first.
d) If the serving team commits a fault, the players remain in the same service
court, and the other team member serves.
e) the server will alternate sides and serve as long as his/her team is scoring
