USA Pickleball Official Rules: The Serve – What Every Player Needs to Know for the 2026 Season
I love how fast our sport is growing, but let’s be honest—it can be a bit of a challenge to keep up with all the changes! Every year, USA Pickleball…
🏓 Pickleball Rules Every Player Should Know (But Many Don’t)
Whether you’re brand new to pickleball or have been playing for a while, this guide covers everything you need to know about pickleball rules. From serving and scoring to the…
Pickleball Rules And Scoring-Out Calls, Dead Balls, Score Calling and MORE
 The 2021 rules change document was more than 85 pages long. We’re extremely fortunate to have rules guru Don Stanley walk us through the changes and understand how the…
Pickleball Rules 2021-The Rules Guru and the Drop Serve
We bet you’ve heard that effective January 2021, pickleball has a few new rules, including a drop serve. I believe other rule changes will likely impact your game more, the…
Pickleball Serving Rules-Are You Violating this ONE?
Despite this video having over 212,000 views, I’m continually asked questions about the differences between a legal and an illegal serve. It doesn’t surprise me because it can be challenging to see…
Pickleball Rules-When Can I Step In the Kitchen?
I smashed a volley, my opponents can’t return it, and we won the point, but I’m windmilling. Can I ever step into the Kitchen? I can? When? I recently did…
Pickleball Rules-CJ, Were Those Legal Serves?
 A couple of weeks ago, I posted a video titled, What’s the Best Pickleball Serve? Not long afterward, a few of you asked, CJ are those serves legal? You…
Pickleball Rule-Ever Forget Where You Should Be Standing?
Ever finish a point in a pickleball game and completely forget what side of the court you should be standing on? I’ll bet it’s happened to all of us! Do…
Rule Review: That’s Handy
Perhaps unique to pickleball, a ball can be hit twice, bounced on your paddle, or “carried,” as long as this occurs during a continuous motion in a single direction. The ball…
Rule Review: Still The Most Misunderstood Rule In Pickleball
During a recent referee training, I asked Mark Peifer, to shoot a rules video. It didn’t take him long to pick a topic, rule 6.D.12. As a certified referee who…
Pickleball Rule Review: A “Standing” Rule
There is only one rule that requires you to stand in a certain place during pickleball: when you are serving at the time the ball is struck, you must stand…
Rules Review: Too Excited in Pickleball?
When is Exuberance Illegal? In doubles play, it is important to communicate with your partner. You might call shots, yell warnings about balls that are likely out, call your partner…
Rule Review: What’s the Limit?
Everything has a limit, right? Well maybe…..but knowing the speed limit will certainly help you stay out of trouble. What about pickleball limits? Here are a few questions to test…
Playing Tip: Jeepers Creepers
One of the first rules we usually learn is that the serving team needs to let the ball bounce before hitting their next shot. Did you also know that it’s…
Rule Review: The Great Ball Controversy
Why do we have so many different balls at the pickleball courts? Ball preference is always a hot topic! Last summer, I was listening to Chris from the Pickleball Show…