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4 Square PickleBall Is Not Just For Kids
4 Square Pickleball is an indoor or outdoor racket/paddle sport where players hit a perforated hollow polymer ball over a 36-inch-high net using solid-faced paddles. The objective of the game is to get player 4 "the server" out. Opponents on either side of the net hit the ball back and forth until one side commits a rule infraction.
PICKLEBALL
ABOUT PICKLEBALL
GAME RULES:
- Server (King/Queen) must put one foot behind the service line
- Everyone must Hit UNDERHAND
- Ball must bounce ONCE and only ONCE in your square before your strike it (including on the serve)
- If someone makes a mistake you rotate up and that person goes to the back of the line (outside the #1 square)
- Referee takes care of any arguments
- Inside lines are out, Outside lines are in
- Why? Because inside lines are shared, while outside lines are not shared so you know who’s square it bounced in.
- You can move anywhere outside the square or in your section of the square
- If it bounces in your square you MUST strike it
- Server Must Ask “Are you Ready” before serving
- No Carrying, Stalling or Holding – you must Strike or Hit the ball
FAQ's Everything you need to know
4 Square Pickleball is an indoor or outdoor racket/paddle sport where players hit a perforated hollow polymer ball over a 36-inch-high net using solid-faced paddles. The objective of the game is to get player 4 "the server" out. Opponents on either side of the net hit the ball back and forth until one side commits a rule infraction.
Player 4, in square 4, is the server. Player 4 serves the ball to Player 2 who is diagonally across also in square 2
Player 2 must then let the ball bounce before returning it back over the net, to either player 3 or 4.
After player 2 returns the ball, it is up to the receiver at that point to either let the ball bounce once or hit it before it hits the ground.
The objective of the game is to get player 4, the server out. One can do this by getting player 4 to mess up. Players 1 and 2 are the only ones who can get player 4 out.
Once anyone messes up they leave the square they are in, and go to the end of the line. Everyone remaining rotates up to the next square. Only the player in square 4 gets points for every round he or she remains in square 4.
GAME RULES:
- Server (King/Queen) must put one foot behind the service line
- Everyone must Hit UNDERHAND
- Ball must bounce ONCE and only ONCE in your square before your strike it (including on the serve)
- If someone makes a mistake you rotate up and that person goes to the back of the line (outside the #1 square)
- Referee takes care of any arguments
- Inside lines are out, Outside lines are in
- Why? Because inside lines are shared, while outside lines are not shared so you know who’s square it bounced in.
- You can move anywhere outside the square or in your section of the square
- If it bounces in your square you MUST strike it
- Server Must Ask “Are you Ready” before serving
- No Carrying, Stalling or Holding – you must Strike or Hit the ball
Just to Clarify… You are out if…
- The ball in your square bounces 2 times or you hit it before it bounces
- You hit the ball out of bounds
- You hit the ball to an inside line
- You hit the ball Overhand
- You hit a ball that was another players ball (it bounced in their square and you hit it before it bounced a 2nd time)
- A ball bounces in your square an you are unable to get to it before it bounces a second time
