For all those on the fence, just play with a friend for an hour to give it a try. It is much more fun than it looks, and has a much higher fun/frustration ratio than tennis
THIS GAME IS , badminton and tennis combined , with ping pong bats and a Wiffle ball, and was invented by a bunch of kids just making up a game with all the leftover crap in the garage .
No volley in the kitchen was a laughable rule, makes this slow game even slower...I'll stick to badminton and play really aggressive rallies thanks haha
😂 actually it was invented a long time ago , 1965, pickleball was founded by Joel Pritchard, Bill Bell and Barney McCallum on Bainbridge Island, Washington
Who asked? like actually try hating on table tennis just because it came from lawn tennis (modern popular tennis) which btw isn't even the original and real tennis@@kelvinwong829
Did leave out the most important information for the transferee from other racket/paddle sports..."This ball doesn't bounce worth a darn!!!" would be about the second thing I would mention.😅
Calling the area around the net the "kitchen" makes it sound like pickleball was started by a couple of kids whose mother kept yelling at them to stay out of the kitchen, and they took their childhood antics of playing ball in the house and put it on a court.
I'm 74 and just started playing pickleball and LOVE it. Playing for an hour almost everyday with my daughter, it's the best exercise ever! I hike, walk my dog 2-4 miles/day and occasionally ride my bike but pickleball is by far the most fun. I do have a question: are there rules regarding where players must stand during a serve?
Volley = hitting ball before it bounces. She's saying you CAN stand in the kitchen, however you can only touch the ball after a bounce, that's why it's not recommended.
Great video showing some of the basic rules to help a newbie thinking about playing know what the game is about. However, the part where ALW poaches in front of MomW causing an I formation, then MomW moving behind and to the other court can cause confusion for someone seeing it for the first time. It's too advanced for beginners. I would suggest an edit to take that out!
Especially in close-up...hard to tell where they were in the court; but not the worst thing in the world. This is one of the better "intro to Pball" videos I've seen...no pickles, no dog stories, etc ;)
In doubles, are there restrictions on a receiving team's player position beyond not changing sides during a serve sequence? Do they have to be on a particular side based on score, such as at the beginning of the game the starting server for receiving team would have to return from the even side?
I just read in, "Pickleball Rules and Fundamentals.." by Dennis Hall, that "The players serve the ball underhand and it must be served without first bouncing it on the court." Here in the video, you state that it can be served underhand OR as a drop serve and show the server bouncing it first on the court. Seems like a minor clarification, but I'm new so I don't know which is correct, or how important this might be to the gameplay.
Yes it's essentially poor man's tennis and that's okay. You can play on any hard surface, no restringing rackets, paddles are cheaper, and it's easier on the shoulders and wrists. It makes for a great pick up game and most people can play enjoyably in a few minutes unlike tennis.
I'm not an official (I'm just a player), but I believe that even if the ball touches the net as it goes across in a serve, as long as in lands in the opposite court, it's GOOD (and is often hard to return, which actually makes it a great serve!). I know in tennis a serve that touches the net is a let/do-over, so that's another difference between tennis and PB.
Most people play pickleball for two reasons. More social interaction and they are looking for a sport requiring less impact on joints from lots of court coverage. So doubles fits that bill better.
Exactly I don’t understand why so many un athletic and old people are so interested and want to play this so bad, but have zero interest and want nothing to do with tennis. I’m not hating, I’m glad they’re interesting and getting active I just don’t understand the craz over the sport
thanks, very clear. 2 serve fails allowed per side in doubles is unique. also the return must bounce. i must say though that with 2 serve chances, and can only score on your serve, scoring can stagnate and take forever to get to 11. so i think it could get boring for an audience. why not do it like ping pong where someone scores every rally, and play to 21 instead of 11.
@@fredsmith6324 Side out scoring is like the old days of volleyball...only the serving team can score. In Pball, the serving team will lose the serve if they lose the rallies started by both partners(OR the one partner at the beginning of the game). That's called 'side out' and the opponents now get to serve and have the opportunity to score. "Rally scoring" generally refers to the ability to score on any exchange(rally) by winning that exchange...independent of the serve. IF Pickleball had 'rally scoring' when I started, I would still be playing; but I can see the interest it brings in terms of strategy.
@@racketrick ah i see, i.e. only server can score vs scoring on every rally. tennis and ping pong are score on every rally. i am just afraid that it can take forever to get a game over with when only server can score. some games will go quickly, some will take forever. game times will vary by a lot.
@@fredsmith6324 It's true that games can vary quite a bit in duration; but so can tennis with deuce/ad, deuce/ad... Adds a bit to the intrigue in Pickleball, IMO. Fortunately, it's not all about getting the games finished quickly! Also, I've had "win by two" games to 11 finally end at 21-19 ! THAT was a LONG game!!! (I've also served all 11 points to win a Golden Pickle...other team never got a chance to serve!!!). That took about eight minutes!!!
correct, so the non athletic and uncoordinated dont feel left out...... athletes play Paddleball opportunity for some people im sure....think of all the pickleball charity scams that can be manifested now🤷♂
FIRST serve and return has to bounce( LATER NO) After that no bounce needed Can only score if you are the server -Win means switch side and the winner serves again kinda think like challenging the different person caz the first person u gave couldnt win - if u lose the serve u give it to ur partner -if your partner also loses i goes to other team on right
Helo, this is Masoom Abbas here from Pakistan, an international player of Basketball nd Netball player. I want to make a federation in pakistan. How I can do this....?
If I'm serving first I say 0-0-2 and get 1 serve its then their turn where they say 0-1-2 (assuming ive scored after that no need for the 3rd # just the score...1-1 service?? Then my partner serves and if scores we switch sides??? If no score we stay put? either way score or not It's my serve??
Why are people so pretentious, like I've played tennis for seven years and I still can't consistently hit the ball in when serving and my friend who has played for over a decade also may sometimes screw up on his serves as well. Tennis takes a huge amount of skill and that's why we respect good players cause I know just how hard tennis is to be good at. Pickleball is a fun new game that is more open to the public and meant for fun rather then skill, let people have fun and stop being pretentious about it.
OK, this game doesn’t need skill and is like playing ping pong on a smaller tennis court with a bigger ball using racquet that cost double the price of tennis rackets. Got it 😎. Looks fun though. I am going to give up my golf (which cost a bomb ) and play this. The club apparently have lots of open bars and lazy chicks…..as compared to sweaty chicks in tennis courts. ❤
After seeing this controversy , I will never attempt to start something new with so many haters. Not worth the BS. Looking for something fun but for five years all I hear is bickering non stop from Tennis people . Not worth the constant hassle and bickering.
I think it would be better if you talk about singles Pickleball separate from doubles pickle ball otherwise it can get confusing very quickly. I need to go back and review the video if I just wanna know about singles or find a better video Not an explanation of singles then doubles then singles then doubles and singles.
a fad called local town councils grabbing government funding to divy out to their construction buddy friends for the building of pickle ball courts everywhere, just like they did with useless soccer fields and other bs collectivist 15 minute city/sustainability/community development/"public health" projects its a clandestine money grab inolving the clandestine fleecing of the American tax payer via government health, sustainability, community development etc etc etc grants .... scumbags are everywhere now
I have played both and Pickleball is just more fun for the average person. Tennis requires athleticism that the average person won’t necessarily do because you usually need a trainer and a lot of intense cardio to play properly. Pickleball is still a game where you are on a court hitting a ball so it is fun in a very similar way, but just a little more accessible by the average person, think about how many people you know that play tennis casually, I’m sure it’s not many.
For all those on the fence, just play with a friend for an hour to give it a try. It is much more fun than it looks, and has a much higher fun/frustration ratio than tennis
Thats a matter of opinion. Some people like the challenge tennis provides.....
Never played pickelball before but it looks like fun. Tennis I've tried but it's kind of hard to do without any formal training lol
@@brendan638 Correct, its best for anyone that wants to be challenged :)
So it's like playing ping pong on a tennis court.
with a tennis ball
@@Ulieq wiffleball
😂 That’s what I am saying, so ping pong without the table
Ping pong is literally just table tennis it's official name so ping pong on a tennis court would just be tennis
THIS GAME IS , badminton and tennis combined , with ping pong bats and a Wiffle ball, and was invented by a bunch of kids just making up a game with all the leftover crap in the garage .
No volley in the kitchen was a laughable rule, makes this slow game even slower...I'll stick to badminton and play really aggressive rallies thanks haha
😂 actually it was invented a long time ago , 1965, pickleball was founded by Joel Pritchard, Bill Bell and Barney McCallum on Bainbridge Island, Washington
@@sandcastlesp Badminton 1873, Tennis was traced back to the 12th century. You just made my point, thank you very much lmao!
Who asked? like actually try hating on table tennis just because it came from lawn tennis (modern popular tennis) which btw isn't even the original and real tennis@@kelvinwong829
@@kelvinwong829it ain't your style
Anybody else want to see the players decide who goes first with rock paper scissors on Wimbledon?
🤣🤣🤣
Great video! The only confusing thing was understanding when a side out occurred.
After googling it, it occurs when the second server loses a point
Thnx it helped
Did leave out the most important information for the transferee from other racket/paddle sports..."This ball doesn't bounce worth a darn!!!" would be about the second thing I would mention.😅
Yes! Lol!
Can you throw the paddle into the kitchen and volley with the paddle mid-air?
Anime rules 😂
Now I want to play pickleball because of you thank
you
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Calling the area around the net the "kitchen" makes it sound like pickleball was started by a couple of kids whose mother kept yelling at them to stay out of the kitchen, and they took their childhood antics of playing ball in the house and put it on a court.
You are so funny!
I thought cuz that’s where playas be cookin 😎
“The serve goes to the next person.” Which person,
which team?
I'm confused by this too. Poor wording.
I’m confused here too!
I understood it as the next person on your team , which could only be one person lol
She could have just said teammate.😂
So basically like the old scoring system in badminton doubles?
Why didn't the inventors just use tennis scoring instead of confusing people?
the irony here lol
Tennis scoring is dumb as hell
@@drew4317yeah, bad example haha. Tennis not the most intuitive scoring system either.
Is this sarcasm?
I'm 74 and just started playing pickleball and LOVE it. Playing for an hour almost everyday with my daughter, it's the best exercise ever! I hike, walk my dog 2-4 miles/day and occasionally ride my bike but pickleball is by far the most fun. I do have a question: are there rules regarding where players must stand during a serve?
I like this game keeps me out of trouble I play with friends and we also hear music is relaxing
I can play tennis, cricket, badminton but none of them come remotely close to pickle ball. Pickle ball = fun overload. Sport for all ages.
If there are no Volleys in the Kitchen, why would she say you can choose to play/stand in the Kitchen? Just curious
This is what I was wondering
Volley = hitting ball before it bounces.
She's saying you CAN stand in the kitchen, however you can only touch the ball after a bounce, that's why it's not recommended.
@@Iautocorrect thankyou for the explanation - makes total sense 🤘
Great video showing some of the basic rules to help a newbie thinking about playing know what the game is about. However, the part where ALW poaches in front of MomW causing an I formation, then MomW moving behind and to the other court can cause confusion for someone seeing it for the first time. It's too advanced for beginners. I would suggest an edit to take that out!
Especially in close-up...hard to tell where they were in the court; but not the worst thing in the world. This is one of the better "intro to Pball" videos I've seen...no pickles, no dog stories, etc ;)
In doubles, are there restrictions on a receiving team's player position beyond not changing sides during a serve sequence? Do they have to be on a particular side based on score, such as at the beginning of the game the starting server for receiving team would have to return from the even side?
I don't like pickles, but I think I would like pickleball!
My God is this not just tennis with a shorter paddle/racket. Lord have mercy
You just read out loud what I thought. I....will just go play tennis....
Glorified ping pong if the table was bigger and you were standing on it
And a shorter racket and different rules a smaller field etc.etc
To me, it looks like ping pong, with the players standing on the table😂
Well it's a cross between Ping Pong and Tennis!!😊
I am going to try it for the first time .
Do the workers there usually give you the equipment and stuff?
Or you should get your own ?
I love pickleball
Well said!! Thankyou so much!!
I just read in, "Pickleball Rules and Fundamentals.." by Dennis Hall, that "The players serve the ball underhand and it must be served without first bouncing it on the court." Here in the video, you state that it can be served underhand OR as a drop serve and show the server bouncing it first on the court.
Seems like a minor clarification, but I'm new so I don't know which is correct, or how important this might be to the gameplay.
The rules changed in 2022. They allow bounce serves now as it's easier for beginners.
Yes it's essentially poor man's tennis and that's okay.
You can play on any hard surface, no restringing rackets, paddles are cheaper, and it's easier on the shoulders and wrists. It makes for a great pick up game and most people can play enjoyably in a few minutes unlike tennis.
Is there a "LET" like in Tennis? Im not as mobile as i used to be but used to be very good at tennis and want to give this a try.
I'm not an official (I'm just a player), but I believe that even if the ball touches the net as it goes across in a serve, as long as in lands in the opposite court, it's GOOD (and is often hard to return, which actually makes it a great serve!). I know in tennis a serve that touches the net is a let/do-over, so that's another difference between tennis and PB.
Yes there is if the ball hits the net and goes over you get another chance to serve and it doesn't count against you.
Why is singles pickle ball less popular?
Most people play pickleball for two reasons. More social interaction and they are looking for a sport requiring less impact on joints from lots of court coverage. So doubles fits that bill better.
So pickleball is the child of tennis and ping pong.
Not sure about scoring and how serves go, as in who serves when, but looks a fun game
Good for building hand-eye coordination
Amazing!
Great video! Thanks for making it. Forwarding to some friends who are playing their first game toniight.
I'm looking forward to playing pickleball I used to play racquetball but I'm not interested in it no more.
Exactly I don’t understand why so many un athletic and old people are so interested and want to play this so bad, but have zero interest and want nothing to do with tennis. I’m not hating, I’m glad they’re interesting and getting active I just don’t understand the craz over the sport
So if the first server loses the rally.. the serve goes to their teammate? Then if you lose that round the serve goes to the other team?
So even if you hit the ball “then” a foot lands on the kitchen, it doesn’t count?
yup i guess you could say that but it remands me of tennis its self but pickleball and tennis are 2 different sports.
thanks, very clear. 2 serve fails allowed per side in doubles is unique. also the return must bounce. i must say though that with 2 serve chances, and can only score on your serve, scoring can stagnate and take forever to get to 11. so i think it could get boring for an audience. why not do it like ping pong where someone scores every rally, and play to 21 instead of 11.
Side-out scoring adds significantly to the strategy and interest of the game, IMO. I don't care for "rally" scoring at all.
@@racketrick what does side out mean and rally scoring mean?
@@fredsmith6324 Side out scoring is like the old days of volleyball...only the serving team can score.
In Pball, the serving team will lose the serve if they lose the rallies started by both partners(OR the one partner at the beginning of the game). That's called 'side out' and the opponents now get to serve and have the opportunity to score.
"Rally scoring" generally refers to the ability to score on any exchange(rally) by winning that exchange...independent of the serve.
IF Pickleball had 'rally scoring' when I started, I would still be playing; but I can see the interest it brings in terms of strategy.
@@racketrick ah i see, i.e. only server can score vs scoring on every rally. tennis and ping pong are score on every rally. i am just afraid that it can take forever to get a game over with when only server can score. some games will go quickly, some will take forever. game times will vary by a lot.
@@fredsmith6324 It's true that games can vary quite a bit in duration; but so can tennis with deuce/ad, deuce/ad...
Adds a bit to the intrigue in Pickleball, IMO. Fortunately, it's not all about getting the games finished quickly!
Also, I've had "win by two" games to 11 finally end at 21-19 ! THAT was a LONG game!!! (I've also served all 11 points to win a Golden Pickle...other team never got a chance to serve!!!). That took about eight minutes!!!
So an easier version of 🎾 tennis, nice!
correct, so the non athletic and uncoordinated dont feel left out...... athletes play Paddleball
opportunity for some people im sure....think of all the pickleball charity scams that can be manifested now🤷♂
Come on, tennis is for the unathletic kids to begin with.
No it’s not compared to tennis. This is ping pong without the table!
okay, so you can hit the ball if it bounces in the kitchen even if your feet are inside the kitchen right?
FIRST serve and return has to bounce( LATER NO)
After that no bounce needed
Can only score if you are the server
-Win means switch side and the winner serves again kinda think like challenging the different person caz the first person u gave couldnt win
- if u lose the serve u give it to ur partner
-if your partner also loses i goes to other team on right
Its Ping pong/tennis/volleyball hybrid. 😂
Helo, this is Masoom Abbas here from Pakistan, an international player of Basketball nd Netball player. I want to make a federation in pakistan. How I can do this....?
So one tiny thing that confused me is if you run into the kitchen after you've hit the ball due to your momentum, that's a no no?
Barbie just announced a collab with Nettie so now I have to learn how to play 😂💖💃
If I'm serving first I say 0-0-2 and get 1 serve
its then their turn where they say 0-1-2 (assuming ive scored
after that no need for the 3rd # just the score...1-1 service??
Then my partner serves and if scores we switch sides???
If no score we stay put?
either way score or not It's my serve??
Looks like tennis for people who aren’t particularly athletic. Kind of like croquet at a lawn party.
I almost fell asleep watching this, volleyball plx
How about if double bounce in the opponent’s kitchen?
Serve rules and points system are like old badminton rules.. Couldve just said that.. Is this tennis, badminton and table tennis combined.. Seems fun
I still think the explanations on scoring and service turn are confusing.
Don't u love when new terms are created for things that already exist?
Dude I have to do this for my PE class and I suck at calculating when to hit. The main reason I’m bad at the game 😭
Sooooo…. Tennis? (With different paddles)
Ping Pong
Do you play with actual pickles?
you had me like halfway. what the
It's like Tennis and Badminton made a baby
Noisy
Table ping pong!!
A game for people who are unable to cover a tennis court and lack the skill and control to hit with a proper racquet!
Why are people so pretentious, like I've played tennis for seven years and I still can't consistently hit the ball in when serving and my friend who has played for over a decade also may sometimes screw up on his serves as well. Tennis takes a huge amount of skill and that's why we respect good players cause I know just how hard tennis is to be good at. Pickleball is a fun new game that is more open to the public and meant for fun rather then skill, let people have fun and stop being pretentious about it.
Somebody.a tennis snob????
I got muscular dystrophy so I walk kinda funny etc, so tennis is P difficult, this looks a lil easier
@@speedy01247 You are absolutley right! Especially the first clause of your comment.
So it is soft tennis with oversized ping pong racket.
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NO VOLLEYS IN THE CHAMPAGNE ROOM!
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OK, this game doesn’t need skill and is like playing ping pong on a smaller tennis court with a bigger ball using racquet that cost double the price of tennis rackets.
Got it 😎.
Looks fun though.
I am going to give up my golf (which cost a bomb ) and play this.
The club apparently have lots of open bars and lazy chicks…..as compared to sweaty chicks in tennis courts. ❤
Seems like it's just tennis for people who aren't athletic enough to play actual tennis
damn i thought they would eat each other
After seeing this controversy , I will never attempt to start something new with so many haters. Not worth the BS. Looking for something fun but for five years all I hear is bickering non stop from Tennis people . Not worth the constant hassle and bickering.
Don’t let naysayers ruin your sense of fun and adventure!
Tennis!
I think it would be better if you talk about singles Pickleball separate from doubles pickle ball otherwise it can get confusing very quickly. I need to go back and review the video if I just wanna know about singles or find a better video Not an explanation of singles then doubles then singles then doubles and singles.
So.. you just mixed TT with Tenis.. 🤦🏻
who's here from mms
Just go learn tennis!
Just shutup
Am I the only one confused from this video?
I think I like Padel better.
Good explanation. Appears as nothing much beyond badminton or super-sized ping pong. Suspect it's just a fad. Females in skirts is sexist.
a fad called local town councils grabbing government funding to divy out to their construction buddy friends for the building of pickle ball courts everywhere, just like they did with useless soccer fields and other bs collectivist 15 minute city/sustainability/community development/"public health" projects
its a clandestine money grab inolving the clandestine fleecing of the American tax payer via government health, sustainability, community development etc etc etc grants .... scumbags are everywhere now
What are the rules
So it's tennis for the unable.
Why not play good ole tennis instead huh, rather than ruining it 🎾
I have played both and Pickleball is just more fun for the average person. Tennis requires athleticism that the average person won’t necessarily do because you usually need a trainer and a lot of intense cardio to play properly. Pickleball is still a game where you are on a court hitting a ball so it is fun in a very similar way, but just a little more accessible by the average person, think about how many people you know that play tennis casually, I’m sure it’s not many.
Nobody is ruining tennis jeez let people play what they want
Is it me or does this have a lot of rules
Lazy tennis
Dont play in the kitchen!😂
Lots of confusing rules!! I would enjoy playing it with less restrictions
Tennis for old age people
so basically its dumbed down tennis .....................for people that couldn't master the serve in tennis.
"its tennis with different rackets and an annoying sounding ball" would have sufficed
why was it called the kitchen? a lady invented this sport or what?
Confusing
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Finally something more lame than golf.
Oh ok it’s a crappy version of tennis.😂 I’d rather play racquet ball! It’s more fun😉
Cool dude, have fun playing racquetball
Sounds like too much yelling
More like sports for less talented people
This is a worst game every invented. Mmm may be sometime obvious is the one will take forward in the new age.
I’d rather watch paint dry after playing tennis most of my life!!!
Then don't play pickleball you dummy
So.... tennis but with a funny racket and ball. Ehhh boring.