Subj : Re: Pickleball weather
To   : Mike Dippel
From : Gamgee
Date : Thu May 27 2021 21:38:00

-=> Mike Dippel wrote to Gamgee <=-

 -> I could google it, but in the spirit of BBS'ing, could you give a basic
 -> description of what Pickleball is and how it's played?  Honestly I've
 -> never heard of it.

 MD> Think of a tennis court, but on a smaller scale.  Also, the net
 MD> is a bit lower.  Instead of rackets, you use composite paddles to
 MD> hit a plastic whiffle ball.

 MD> Serving is done underhanded. Keeping the score is a bit tricky.
 MD> My score first, your score second, and which person is serving
 MD> will determine how you call the score.  If I the first server and
 MD> my team has 2 and the other team has 1, the score would be 2-1-1
 MD> (1 because I am the first server).  You can only score a point on
 MD> your team's serve.  Once both team members don't score a point,
 MD> the serve reverts to the other team.

 MD> There is a lined area on either side of the net nicknamed the
 MD> "kitchen" (non-volley zone).  You can't volley the ball (strike
 MD> it without it bouncing first) while standing in the kitchen.
 MD> This is meant to prevent players standing near the net to slam
 MD> the ball back.

 MD> You play to 11 and you have to win by 2.

 MD> Because the court is smaller than a tennis court, you don't have
 MD> to work quite as hard to get to the ball.

 MD> There's a lot more. Perhaps Jan can continue, but I recommend
 MD> watching play on YouTube.

Excellent explanation, thank you!  I did watch a couple of Youtube 
videos on it and it looks great.  Not sure how I didn't know about 
this...  Appreciate the info.



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