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To score points by having the ball hit the floor in the other team's court and the other team not able to return the ball.

• 1 pickleball paddle per player.

• 1 tennis or volleyball net and one pickleball per game.

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• Use a tennis court outside or a volleyball court inside.

• Four to eight players position themselves in two rows on either side of the net.

• One player stands half ways between the back of the court and the net, holding the pickleball.
   

• On the leader's signal to begin, the server underhand serves the ball over the net into the other team's court. All serves must be underhand.

• The serving team must let the ball land in their court before striking the ball --every hit can only be made after the ball bounces off the floor--the only exception is the serve.

• Each team can hit the ball a maximum of three times per side before the ball must go over the net--blocking is not permitted because the ball must bounce off the floor before being hit.

• Points are scored when:

• The ball lands out of bounds.

  • Requires more than three hits to get the ball over the net.

  • The ball lands on the floor two times in a row.

  • The ball hits on a team's own side and goes over the net.

• The team that scores a point gets to serve next.

• Team's rotate one player clockwise if the other team served last.

• First team to score 21 points is the winner.
   

• Variations:

  • All touch: All players must hit the ball before it is sent over the net.
     

• Questions:

  • Offensively what are helpful strategies to score points?

  • Defensively what are helpful strategies to reduce points being scored against you?