Pickleball Basics 1

What is the area between the net and the back court called?

Can you bounce the ball before serving?

• Not sure

• Yes

• Only if you are preparing to serve, not with the serve itself.

Which technique to serve in pickleball is most correct below?

• stand anywhere you want, and place the ball strategically anywhere

• stand behind the line on the correct serving court, serve underhand to the back court diagonally across the net

• stand behind the line and serve overhead like tennis

When you receive a serve, what must you do before you return it?

• let it bounce first

• hit it while it is in the air before the bounce

• let it bounce twice

What must the serving side do to a ball returned from a serve?

• let it bounce before hitting it back over

• watch it

• hit it before the bounce

What is the scoring protocol?

• serving side only scores

• non-serving side gets score

When does the game end?

• when a team quits

• when the score reaches 11 points and is 2 points minimum above the other team

• when a team reaches 25 points