You're very welcome!

Good catch, I was at first wondering why it starts with 0-0-2, and I agree that @jantrain1 did provide a very good explanation on it. Thx

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you. I’m also a newbie & appreciate the clear explanation.

You're very welcome!

Your Welcome! It's fastest growing sport! I am glad you are interested to learn about it. Do you plan to play pickleball?

I'd say it's a stupid scoring system that introduces unneeded complexity. No need to keep track of server's "number". Just alternate who serves, and alternate sides. Only keep track of each TEAM'S score. This was a game designed for seniors originally. We tend to have issues with short term memory. Why make this so darn complicated for what payoff?

@@chrisraymond6618ow I agree. I love tennis and finally looked up pickleball to see what all the hype was about. I was cool with the singles rules/scoring but this doubles scoring is completely unnecessary. They say the game was created by someone for their bored kids so maybe because the kids had young brains but this is still extra

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Yes! It does.

This sounds similar to tennis where you can swap sides during active play.

Yes! You get the point and then you serve again but to the other side. If you served from right and won point you would serve from left side next time. Does that answer?

1) Opposing team gets 2 serves 2) No! if your opposing team does fault the 2nd player is not required to serve from right side. He/She will serve from the side where he/she was standing before the serve

Agreed. If there were a justification for the complexity, I am sure it would've been provided here to help with the explanation. I can't see why it needs to be done this way.

Hi Tony They can't change sides in middle of game.

Yeah! It's a reserve

Yes! You are right. Whoever happens to be on the right side of the court will serve first. Detailed Explanation from official Rules: When the serving team makes its first fault, the serving team's players will stay in the same side of the court, and the second partner will then serve. When they make their second fault, they will stay in their same court positions, and turn the ball over to the other team. Players switch sides of the court only after scoring.

Thank you!

No player 2 serve side will depend on the serve side of player 1. If player 1 served from right and lost point then 2 will server from left. If player 1 served from left and lost point then player 2 will serve from right. Hope that clarify your dobut.

If I understand it, you are correct. The explanation is the the team who gets the first serve of the game, that team only gets to lose one point before the serve switches sides. This counts only for the very first server. Once the serve goes to team XY (and for any serves thereafter) the each player on the team gets to serve and lose the point before it goes back to the other side. In other words, there is a special rule for the first serve team. It makes sense. Otherwise, the team serving first gets too much of an advantage.

Yes! That's is correct!

I have wondered about this question and I do have understanding of it. This is done very thoughtfully! This is to keep the game fair to both the teams. Let me attempt to explain. Let's say every time when player does a serve player win a point and loose next one. Score start 0-0-2 and team to serve first wins 1 point and then loose next so the score is 1-0 now the second team wins 2 points and score becomes 1-2.....then first team wins two points score becomes 3-2 .....and then 3-4......the gap between points would be 1 always In this scenario the game will never end if we start with 0-0-1 it will keep on going indefinitely. Team serving first will win a point and then sereve changes and then each team will win 2 points when it's their turn. In this way the difference of points would be always 1 and therefore game is fair and it goes on. Consider alternative scenario where game start by 0-0-1 then in that case team to serve first gets 2 points and then opponent gets 2 points it becomes 2-2 then first team gets 2 more points and score become 4-2...........as you can see the point difference is 2 so team to serve first will reach 16-14 at some point and they will win. It's little tricky to explain by message, I hope you got it. Basically it's designed to keep game fair and not to give huge advantage to the team that severs first. This concept exists in lot of spots.

Only for the first serve of the game - you get one server. This is why the score starts as 0-0-2 to show that.

yes!!

I believe that the point continues as normal as long as it lands in the appropriate area after hitting the net.

Right he worded it wrong...but the points on each time are still correct

Yes this was very confusing

Yes!

I asked the question a little bit wrong. The sentence on line 3 should read: It seems that after white loses the serve and later regains the serve, then the server on the right side is 1.

Basically after serve, first two shots can only be played after bounce. For first two shots players can't hit the ball directly. I said that so that it would make sense to beginner. Hope that helps.

Score is Server Score : Receiver Score : Service(1/2) Whoever is serving their score will be called out first. In the above example after the change of serve score would be 2-4-1. You only get a score/point if you win a point when you are serving so that's why the score would be 2-4-1 and not 2-5-1. Does that clarify your doubt?

Typically score goes up to 15 points and best of 3 sets, but it can vary depending upon tournamen.

@@TheSchoolOfSports thanks

@@benkannan2777 Welcome! Good Luck & enjoy the game!

Yes! You are correct my friend! Serve needs to be outside kitchen, apart from serve you can hit any shot into the kitchen.

Yes! Every 1st point of every set is started by player 2 followed by player 1 of other team.

Ahhh okay, that was the only confusing part of the video. Basically serving order: Team A server 2 Team B server 1 Team B server 2 Team A server 1 Team A server 2 Team B server 1 Team B server 2 Right?

@@NickL0VIN YES! That is correct!

You are correct! If you are wondering why is it the way it is? I have wondered about this question and I do have understanding of it. This is done very thoughtfully! This is to keep the game fair to both the teams. Let me attempt to explain. Let's say every time when player does a serve player win a point and loose next one. Score start 0-0-2 and team to serve first wins 1 point and then loose next so the score is 1-0 now the second team wins 2 points and score becomes 1-2.....then first team wins two points score becomes 3-2 .....and then 3-4......the gap between points would be 1 always In this scenario the game will never end if we start with 0-0-1 it will keep on going indefinitely. Team serving first will win a point and then sereve changes and then each team will win 2 points when it's their turn. In this way the difference of points would be always 1 and therefore game is fair and it goes on. Consider alternative scenario where game start by 0-0-1 then in that case team to serve first gets 2 points and then opponent gets 2 points it becomes 2-2 then first team gets 2 more points and score become 4-2...........as you can see the point difference is 2 so team to serve first will reach 16-14 at some point and they will win. It's little tricky to explain by message, I hope you got it. Basically it's designed to keep game fair and not to give huge advantage to the team that severs first. This concept exists in lot of spots.

When serve changes from one team to another team, other team will always start from right side of the court. In your question white #1 player will serve from right side. Does that answer your question?

Score doesn’t matter. Service starts on the right each time.

This is my question too and I don’t see the answer to this question.

I’m guessing he because he is on the right side becomes player One, is this not correct?

My question as well…someone please answer this.

@@jibbyleo I think that is correct. whoever is on the right side is player one when server (unless they have just moved because they won the shot)

Yes, you are allowed to hit within the kitchen if the ball first bounces in the kitchen

I totally understand that it could be confusing because of inconsistency. Let me tell you that you paid full attention and asked correct question! Let me elaborate the answer. As I said in the beginning of video, when the score is 0-0 and game starts player 2 will serve. In beginning score is 0-0-2 that's why second player will serve. If score would have been 0-0-1 (which is not the case) then player 1 would have served from right side, but the rules are such that game starts with 0-0-2 and that's why player 2 will serve. After first change of serve and for rest of the game the score will be X-X -1 and it will be player 1 who will be serving always, when score becomes X-X-2 then player 2 will serve. Does that clarify if not let me know and I can try to explain in different way.

@@TheSchoolOfSports Yes, I understand. Thank you for your explanation. I am most curious as to why the game starts with player 2. Is there any specific reason why the game starts with player 2?

@@critindahouse4697 I have wondered about this question and I do have understanding of it. This is done very thoughtfully! This is to keep the game fair to both the teams. Let me attempt to explain. Let's say every time when player does a serve player win a point and loose next one. Score start 0-0-2 and team to serve first wins 1 point and then loose next so the score is 1-0 now the second team wins 2 points and score becomes 1-2.....then first team wins two points score becomes 3-2 .....and then 3-4......the gap between points would be 1 always In this scenario the game will never end if we start with 0-0-1 it will keep on going indefinitely. Team serving first will win a point and then sereve changes and then each team will win 2 points when it's their turn. In this way the difference of points would be always 1 and therefore game is fair and it goes on. Consider alternative scenario where game start by 0-0-1 then in that case team to serve first gets 2 points and then opponent gets 2 points it becomes 2-2 then first team gets 2 more points and score become 4-2...........as you can see the point difference is 2 so team to serve first will reach 16-14 at some point and they will win. It's little tricky to explain by message, I hope you got it. Basically it's designed to keep game fair and not to give huge advantage to the team that severs first. This concept exists in almost all the sports.

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Glad I could help