I knew NOTHING about pickleball before watching your video and I cannot imagine anyone explaining it any better than you have in this video. Thank you. Mike g

I've watched a few beginner videos to pickleball and yours is the best. It covers all the necessary topics to begin. Thanks!

Excellent explanatory video on the basics. It is logical and concise with great graphics. Thank you.

Just took my first pickleball class today. About a half hour of instruction then onto the court. Within two minutes of playing I pulled my right leg hamstring. I had to sit out the rest of the training. What a way to start learning the game, but it was fun.

Great video. Simple, easy to follow, and excellent examples. Many thanks!

Excellent overview!!! The scoring was so confusing to me after a 3 hr clinic yesterday, and your video cleared it all up for me!!! Thanks!!

Thank you! I am headed to my first lesson and I feel comfortable that I understand the basics.

I appreciate the way in which you explain the game. I finally got it..,, the scoring. Thank you.

The best video ever produced to go over the rules and play. I send this video to all my newbies after their first lesson. Thank you.

Best Intro to Pickleball video I’ve seen. Great info!

I just began to learn how to play pickleball and this is the best video I've seen. Thank you so much for the clear explanations and examples.

I'm going to play my first pickleball game soon and really appreciated your helpful video! Great job. Thanks for this!

Superb, detailed explanation for everyone's role ..Bravo!!!!

Hi Nicole! Great video for beginners with clear rules and examples. Fun, thanks!!👍😉🌴

Thank you for your video. Never played& wanted to find out whether or not the sport might be doable for me, since there's a pickleball court near where I just moved. Thanks to your very comprehensive video, I am now aware that my former knee injuries would impede my enjoyment due to the lateral movement involved. Thank you for saving me so much time!

Great Beginner Video - appreciate your precise coaching!

Excellent video, well-versed and to the point.

Nice video. Will be sharing with a lot of new players. Suggestion for a future video, run through rally scoring. We use it on really crowded days and a lot of folks come away liking it.

Best instruction ever! You’re succinct, articulate and thorough. Thank you. I’ll be watching this and more of your videos again and again.

very nicely explained!!! thank you

The best video for beginners at the moment. A clear explanation and, most importantly, clear examples. I've played a few games in the past, but mostly relied on a partner to keep score. After watching your video - I feel really confident to step on the court. Thank you very much.

Very helpful, clear examples!

Very clear explanation! Thank you!

Great video and easy to follow!!

Brand new to the game and your video was exactly what I was looking for. Great job and thanks

Very good instructions, I have to go back several times. Thank you so much for helping beginners out.🍁

Your presentation was very informative. The videos were great. Thank you.

Absolutely loved this Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Pickleball! 🌟 It's such a comprehensive and easy-to-understand breakdown of pickleball rules, scoring, and gameplay essentials for newcomers. As someone passionate about introducing more people to this amazing sport, I've created content focused on 'Pickleball Tips for Beginners' on my channel, aiming to build confidence in those just starting out. Your guide is a fantastic resource for anyone looking to grasp the basics and beyond. I believe combining our insights could really empower beginners. Keep up the great work!

Very comprehensive, thank you! Tomorrows my first day of Pickleball

Amazing job with this video!

Very much appreciated ❤❤❤❤❤from MN

Great reference! Thank you.

Great info. Wish I had this when I started. All of this was so confusing back then….

I am a newbie. Thanks for the video. Just what I needed to get started.

Great video. Well done. Good explanation of the court positioning and scoring. This seems the biggest challenge for novices.

Great video, thank you! Played my first game yesterday and got coached through the rules during the game. I must say, to my wife's pleasure, I'm hooked! After watching this video, I truly understand scoring, the rules, and rotating now. Phenomenal job!

Nicely done and greatly needed.

Great video ! Thank you

That was super educational. Curious what was that strip hanging off Miriam's clothing.

Very clear explanation.because im a tennis player.thanks

Thank you for providing such a comprehensive, clear and simple video for a new pickleball player.

Thanks for this informative video!!😀😀

BEST pickleball video!! Most videos only use terms and fancy words that a new new person would have NO idea what they're saying! But WOW! I've never played pickleball and now I'm exited and sure I have the information I needed to succeed and practice without being corrected every game. Great Video! Love that you used a live game with names, so I could really see how it works!

I’ve played pickleball four times now, and watched a number videos. This is the best explanation for beginners that I’ve seen. And the only thing I’ve seen that seems to contradict this video is a ball that hits the tape of the net and falls over. People count that as a point, although you say if it hits the net it’s a fault.

Thanks, excellent instruction.

Wonderful tutorial! Thank you

Love the videos❤❤❤

Hola! so happy to have found this video. We met in the Dominican Republic a few years ago. Say hello to Myriam. Liza from Puerto Rico!

Such great video for beginners!!

AYO WE MAKIN IT OUTTA THE GYM CLASS WITH THIS ONE

Wonderful tutorial. Thanks!

Thank you so much!!

Excellent presentation.

Can we do a service to the effect? Merci à l’avance

This is my first time I look into pickleball. This beginner video is great with details on this game. Thank you for sharing.

Very well done.

0:28 Equipment 3:15 The Court 3:49 The Lines 5:06 The Non-Volley Zone 6:53 Two Bounce Rule 7:15 False Faults 7:43 Scoring 8:07 Strategy Positioning 9:58 Non-Volley Zone Line 11:02 Starting Positions 11:56 Serving Team 13:30 Receiving Team 15:20 First Server Exceptions 18:18 Examples 21:07 Serve Rules

This video covers a lot but is more than is needed to get started. Fortunately, I had lessons from an USAPA Ambassador before watching Pickleball Channel's How to Play video. Now, one complaint I hear often hear from non-players is, "There's too many rules." This video tends to re-enforce that sentiment: progression of explanation, frequent 'More on this later.' asides, etiquette-as-rules segueways and, details on strategy to be off-putting for a true beginner. IMO, Kyle Koszuta's enthusiastic 'How to Play Pickleball' video is better - it hooks beginners with a concise explanation in under 10 minutes. Meanwhile, Pickleball Channel's 25 minute long 'How to Play' video makes a fine follow-up lesson once the beginner is hooked on what an enjoyable sport pickleball can be.

I can actually fully agree being an a novice tennis player and a inschool varsity ping pong player about the no volley zone because just as you said. It would only be strikes and not play. It would be like a one on on between two strikers only on each in volleyball trying to best eachother. Or Pele vs messi one on one

Very good video but I really wish for the scoring part, YOU had served to complete a full round of serving. In your case, I believe your score would have been 0-1-1 and winning a point could have shown the next steps and change of score, followed by a fault to show your partner then serving.

When performing a volley serve, is it legal to spin the ball with your hand before the serve?

What an original concept! There are no games like that anywhere, and never was! Absolutely unique! Oh, wait...

Thanks

That was an excellent video but I would like to have seen more instruction on scoring. I don’t know why it has to be so complicated. It’s a bit ridiculous. I think you should also talk about the injuries that are an occurring in Pickleball. It seems like it’s very easy to get injured and I’m not sure why ,I would like to have some more information on that matter.

Great Video Nicole! I’m a certified coach at a local facility. Many times when I’m scheduled to teach beginning Pickleball I have only 2 students. This makes it difficult to teach court positioning. With 3 or 4 students it’s easier I can walk them through the positioning and scoring, and we can play. Any tips on how to cover this topic with 2 students?

Not bad explanation, other than expecting us to learn the names of four people just to follow along with a couple game points. Also, since many people already know the rules of sports like tennis, where the pickleball rules are the same, it would be very effective to add that. eg: It seems like the doubles rules on who serves and who receives, and switching sides, are the same as tennis?

I wish I could play but I'm in a wheelchair and can only use one hand. I would certainly hope there could be some pickleball simulation games developed in the future which would be a great equaliser.

Regarding equipment choices, as a good tennis player who started playing pickleball, I wish, wish, wish someone had given me the following advice early on: "Bret, spend the money and buy a top end paddle that's designed for control first and foremost!" Here's why... Any good tennis player will have good ground strokes within hours or even minutes after first stepping on a pickleball court, pretty much regardless of what paddle is used. And the player's hard volleys will be ok though probably not brilliant fairly quickly as well. That's because tennis ground strokes and hand-eye coordination translate well from tennis to pickleball for those sorts of shots. On the other hand, the player transitioning from tennis to pickleball will likely suck miserably at drop shots and resets, because to the extent they exist at all in tennis, everything about those shots is much, much different in pickleball. And if you don't have a paddle that's conducive to learning how to hit drops and resets, it'll be a long frustrating time until you can hit them well enough for it to make sense to use those shots in a game. I think many tennis players give up learning how to hit those shots and become "bangers" because that's all they can hit. If you have great ground strokes and decent volleys but can't hit anything else very well, what else can you do besides be a banger? Not that there's anything wrong with being a banger, but it is limiting and the banger doesn't really get to experience all the nuances of the game. I had a really hard time trying to learn the soft game until I got a high-end paddle that was designed for control. Suddenly those drops and resets that were spraying all over the place started to drop in the kitchen and transition the point back to the soft game for a bit. Not that I was perfect or even consistent right away, but at least it became doable. So spend the money, get the great paddle for control. Would you play tennis with a mediocre tennis racquet? Assuming the answer is no, then why would you play pickleball with anything other than a top end paddle?

Thanks for the comprehensive guide, just one complaint, it's really hard to concentrate on listening to you while also reading the word-by-word gigantic text animations on screen. Eg 12:46 - now I know why it's the most replayed, probably once to read and another to listen. That aside, great intro to pickling, thank you.

I kick ass at tennis and ping pong. This looks like a sport for me.

I try to watch, but 41-minute advertisements keep hijacking the video

Pickle ball is like Paddle ball without the wall and rubber ball I’ve played Paddleball my whole life I’d like to Play Pickleball

Can you Spin the ball (using racket) while serving or Is there any rule that prevents you spinning the ball while serving? I tried first time last week and my opposition player said it’s not allowed. I’m just wondering if it is true.

I'm interested in the sport. Unfortunately, around here you only see tennis courts. I know that the court is smaller for pickleball. Are the nets the same height? Dicks Sporting Goods could not give me an answer.

I skipped pickleball today because i wanted to lift weights. Pickleball is fun but the gym is a more serious workout. I can tailor the gym to my specific needs. But ill still go to pickleball on the days im not lifting. The orange and blue joola paddle has more bounce on the ball than the green activator paddle!

Looks like a fun time, but I am busy enough with my Bowling addiction!

Pickleball is America's fastest-growing sport and we like it #Pickleball

What happens if your serve does not go in the designated service area?

Should the server ball touched the top net tape and still lands in the service box, is this a let ball?

I like to know if a person over 60 with back and neck surgery safe to play?

i'm going to chicken n pickle for the first time ever in a month and i'm determined to slay everybody

Min 2:15 dude that ball was going out ! 🤷🏻‍♂️

Have any of you people ever seen a pickle? Look, Get a pickle shaped ball That would be an impressive volley display and the name would make sense as well Just thinking out loud here

Foot faults from serving side?

To me it's like tennis

You remind me of Ms. Trunchbull from Matilda.

Average P.E. coach W

How is this not the same as tennis?

Dang do they got enough rules😂

Its almost a combination of table tennis and court tennis.

Why does the player have a tail?

I get it clicks can't a real handle

That was confusing!

So it's tennis with wooden paddles and slightly different rules.

I got distracted by the player wearing all black. Is that a tail? I don't understand.

It's tennis with very slight difference, with a paddle instead of racquet, why is this being made out to be a new thing?

singles?

I don't like the rule that Only the server can make the points, who made this rule, lol

it's like tennis for elderly and handicapped

Pickle ball 😂