Pickleball

1. Pickleball

2. History • Year Originated 1965 • Inventor Joel Pritchard • Place of Origin Seattle,Washington

3. Objective • To score points by hitting the ball across the net into the opponents half of the court without the other player/team being able to return it.

4. Basic Skills • Serve • Forehand • Backhand • Smash

5. Positions • Server • Receiver

6. Court Dimensions

7. Basic Rules • Team 1 (singles) or 2 (doubles) players • Winner-first team who scores 11 points (win by 2) • Time-N/A • Start Game- with a serve from the right baseline (alternate sides of the court after every serve is good) diagonally cross court over net into the service box

8. Basic Rules • Server- 1 serve attempt (contact below waist in mid-air and clear non-volley zone) • Double Bounce Rule-both receiving and serving teams must let ball bounce once before returning it FOLLOWING the serve ONLY. • Offense-place ball away from the defense. • Defense-protect lines and net (rally and volley).

9. Basic Rules • Faults- volleying in the non-volley zone (must let the ball bounce once before lobbing if it hits the non-volley zone), not successfully returning the ball over the net, letting the ball bounce more than once before returning, hitting the net with body/paddle • Boundaries- stand anywhere between the sidelines. Ball hits the line is good.

10. Scoring • Unreturned ball on a serve=1 point • Only serving team can score • If the serving team fails to return the ball, the receiving team wins the serve

11. Unsportsmanlike Conduct • Automatic point for the other team.

12. Etiquette • Call score • Call faults • Serve when receiver is ready • Walk around net • Don’t touch net • Compliment play

13. Terms • Baseline, Center Line, Cross Court, Dink, Double Bounce, Fault, Lobb, Let Serve, Non-Volley, Zone, Poach, Rally, Serve, Sideline, Volley.

14. Safety • Swinging paddle, balls, from the other courts, body with net, hold paddle.

15. Facilities/Space • Indoors/Outdoors- Both Gym and concrete court.

16. Equipment • Paddle, Ball, Net, standard.

17. Other Info • Olympic sport – no • Lifetime sport- yes • Special Notes – Named after a dog named Pickles • Linked to badminton

18. *Badminton

19. Governing Body IBF and BWF

20. Year originated --1873

21. Inventor • Duke of Beaufort

22. Place of origin -England

23. Objective To score points by hitting the shuttle cock across the net into the opponent’s half of the court without the other player/team being able to return.

24. Basic Skills -Serve -Forehand -Backhand -Smash

25. Positions -Server and receiver &

26. Basic Rules • Team-1 (singles) • Team-2 (doubles) • Winner-player/team who scores 15 or 21 points, wins the best out of 2 games • Time- n/a • Start game- with a serve right baseline diagonally cross court over the net into the service box • Server 1- attempt (birdie must be contacted below the waist) • When serving side loses a rally, the serve passes to the opponent • The only time you score is if you served AND won the rally; otherwise, no points are awarded and the serve turns over to the opponent • Service- the server stands in his right service court when the score is even and in his left service court when the score is odd • Doubles- if the serving team wins the rally, the same player continues to serve, but he/she changes service courts, so that he/she serves to each opponent in turn. If the opponent wins the rally and their new score is even, the player in the right service court serves; if odd the player in the left service court serves. The players service courts are determined by their points at the start of the rally, not by where they were standing at the end of the rally. Each time a side regains service the server will be the player that did not serve last time. • Faults- racket not below waist level on serve (underhand), shuttle hits net on serve, or serve does not land in service box, miss shuttle, body/racket hits net, shuttle lands out of bounds • Boundaries- stand anywhere within and around the sidelines and end lines • Shuttle hits line - good • Shuttle hits outside line- loss of service • Player cannot touch or crossover/under net with body

27. Scoring • Unsuccessful returned shuttle: 1 point if you served, no points and turn over of serve if you were the receiver

28. Unsportsmanlike conduct • Automatic 1 point for the other team

29. Etiquette • Call score, serve when receiver is ready, walk around net, don’t touch net, compliment shots

30. Terms • back court, base position, baseline, carry, centerline, clear, court, endline, fault, frontcourt, net, passwing shot, push shot, rally receiver, server, sideline, smash

31. Safety • Swing racket, eyes with shuttle, body with net, hold on to racket, call for the shuttle

32. Facilities/space (court/field dimensions ) • Court 44x20 feet with net at 5 feet

33. Indoor/outdoors • Yes - gym, backyard, beach

34. Equipment • Racket, shuttle cock, net, standards

35. Olympic sport • yes, - 1992 Barcelona

36. Lifetime sport • Yes, all ages and genders

37. Special notes • Oldest existing club- New York badminton club. • Played all over the world • Thomas cup- men 1948 every 3 years • Uber cup- women 1957 every 3 years • Equal footing- skill and finesse not strength