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For the Beginner

What Is Pickleball?
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Learning To Play Pickleball

By cliCking on the Link https://youtu.be/6kPJDi4LF1o Watch “The Origins of How the game was founded On Bainbridge Island Wa. Pickleball is the states sport!


Lessons in patience: watch this amazing pickleball point


Links to Pickleball Sites

PTPC Club Facebook PTPC Page: Pickleball Club
 https://www.facebook.com/groups/688628244895232/ 
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Jack Olmstead's Facebook Page: Pickleball Group
(Filled with pictures, videos, links, commentary)
Hats off to Jack!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ptpickleball/

Jack's Port Townsend Pickleball Network
(Full of fabulous Pickleball Information and History)
Hat's off to Jack!
http://pttennis.blogspot.com/

Chelan Valley Pickleball 
https://www.facebook.com/chelanpickleball/

Green Valley Pickleball Club 
https://www.gvrpickleball.org/

Pickleball Tournaments 
https://www.pickleballtournaments.com/pbt_main.pl

Santa Cruz Pickleball Club
santacruzpickleballclub.org/

Seattle Metro Pickleball Association
timeforpickleball.com

Seattle Pickleball Calendar
seattlemetropickleball.com
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Sequim Picklers 
​https://www.sequimpicklers.net/

USAPA 
​https://www.usapa.org/

Voyager Pickleball Club 
https://www.voyagerpickleball.com/

Strategy Guide for Everyone
More than you can digest!

Ground Stroke - A ball that is hit after it bounces.

Volley - A ball that is hit before it touches the ground.

Lob - A ball that is hit over your opponents head and bounces inside the baseline.

Unforced Error - When a player misses a shot that is not very difficult.

No Volley Zone - (NVZ or Kitchen) - The area of the court between the net and the front line of the serving boxes.

Backhand - When hitting the ball on your left side of your body for right handed players and the opposite for left hand players.

Forehand - When hitting the ball on your right side of your body for right handed players and the opposite for left hand players.

3/4 Winner - Not hitting a shot the fastest that you are capable of hitting so you will not sacrifice placement for power.

Split Step - When both feet are parallel to each other and ready to cross in either direction.

Cross Step - From a split step position moving your right foot toward the left post or left foot toward the right post without moving your other foot at all.

Pure Winner - When your opponent never even touches your shot.

Top Spin - When a player makes the ball spin away from him low to high, the ball tends to drop because the contact of paddle of the ball is up and over the ball.

Underspin - A player makes the ball spin toward his body high to low; the ball tends to rise because the contact point of paddle is high to low.

Overhead - A ball hit at center of paddle from a point as high as you can reach over your head.

Drop Volley - A soft hit ball that is placed just over the net with an under spin on the ball so it won't bounce high.

Poach - When a player cuts in front of his partner to take his shot.
Pickleball Strategy Guide

Pball Definitions


USApa Rule Book

2021-rulebook-indexed-final-12-17-20.pdf
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Hello, Pickleball Players,

Greetings! It has been an interesting year, challenging, depressing, hopeful. With any luck and a lot of skill, pickleball will be able to return to its normal, social, fun activity sometime in the next few months.
 
As many of you know, USAPA - the United States of America Pickleball Association - renamed itself to USA Pickleball in order to be more in alignment with other pro-am sports. They also changed the name of the rules document to “OFFICIAL RULEBOOK.” Whereas it used to read “Tournament Rulebook,” that was a bit of a misnomer that some players took as meaning the rules for recreational play were different from tournament play. Although there are some additional stipulations for sanctioned play, the RULES in general are for the game of pickleball, whether played in a social setting or in a tournament setting.
 
In 2021, USA Pickleball produced the 2021 Change Document, modifying and explaining the rulebook from January 2020. I have gone through the new changes and made notes about those that seem most crucial to pickleball play for us. These are listed below.
 
1. There are no longer “SERVICE LETS.” If a ball hits the net and lands in the correct court, it is a ball in play. No do-overs.
 
2. The entire score must be called (all three numbers) before the ball is served.
 
3. The striking of the ball constitutes the beginning of the service motion. At that time, at least one foot must be on the playing service behind the baseline. Neither foot may touch the court on or inside the baseline. Neither foot may touch outside the imaginary extensions of the sideline or centerline.
 
4. A DROP SERVE may now be used, meaning the ball may be dropped by the server, with the service taking place when the paddle hits the ball AFTER it has bounced. Serves are still to be underhand, with the paddle contacting the ball below the wrist and below the navel. (Note: the Drop Serve is a provisional rule which will be evaluated over the course of the year. For now, 2021, it is in place.)
 
5. Before the serve occurs, the serving team may ask the referee for the score, correct server, correct position, and may challenge/confirm the called score. The “correct position” request was disallowed in 2020, but is now reinstated.
 
6. In non-officiated play, a server’s partner may now call the score if the server is unable to do so with sufficient volume. If the person calling the score changes during the game, the new caller shall not change back during the game.
 
7. If a wrong score is called, ANY PLAYER may stop play BEFORE the THIRD SHOT, and ask for a correction. It used to be before the return of serve. If the correct score was called, a fault will be awarded to the side of the player stopping play.

8. A fault occurs when the server hits the ball WHILE THE SCORE IS BEING CALLED. Call the full score, then hit the ball.
 
9. Players may not claim a replay because a ball was not seen or there is uncertainty about whether the ball was in or out. The opponent gets the benefit of doubt on line calls, and any ball not called out is “IN.” A player who equivocates, or says “I think the ball was out,” has not made a clear call, and the ball is IN. An opposing player may be asked what she or he saw, and if that player had a clear view, then whatever s/he calls stands. An opposing player should not make a call without its being requested.
 
10. AFTER the completion of a rally, players may overrule a partner’s line call, an officiating team’s line call, or an opponent’s “in” call WHEN the call is to their own disadvantage.
 
11. During the act of volleying, it is a fault if the volleying partner’s momentum causes the player to contact ANYTHING that is touching the NVZ, INCLUDING THE PLAYER’S PARTNER.
 
The 2021 CHANGE DOCUMENT to USA Pickleball Rules is 81 pages long. It becomes effective January 25, 2021. If you plan to play tournaments, it is recommended that you purchase or download a copy of the changes along with their explanations for why the change was made, and examples of how the new rules would be applied.
 
Please go to the USA Pickleball website for more information (www.usapickleball.org).
 
Happy pickling!
Kathryn Thomas
USA Pickleball
District Ambassador
Olympic Peninsula and PNW Coast
olympicpnpb@gmail.com
January, 2021

How to Lose at Pickleball 
Compliments of picleballcoach.com

1. FREQUENTLY miss your serve. 
2. FREQUENTLY miss your return of serve. 
3. HELP your opponents by keeping their OUT balls in play. 
4. When your opponent hits a very difficult FAST shot at you, try and hit a low percentage sharp angled shot for a winner rather than a DEFENSIVE shot.
5. Take away your PARTNER’S easy forehand shots, with your weaker backhand shots. 
6. Get upset with your Excellent Pickleball partner who has SUCCESSFULLY jumped in front of you to win the point! 
7. Do NOT keep the ball at your opponents feet as much as possible. 
8. Do NOT play up to the No Volley Zone line. 
9. Hit the ball TOO FAST for good placement, and do NOT give yourself enough leeway for error. 
10. Take TOO MANY sharp angle shots rather than high percentage shots down the middle of the court that bounces between your opponents.

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