Wow - this is great! Just two faults you forgot to cover - if your shadow or your perspiration falls into the kitchen. Just kidding... (I am just kidding, right??) Thanks for the help! :)

Excellent instruction. Thanks! Will rewatch several times to learn the rules.

I loved being a part of this video, for I share it often with my students. A great resource, thanks Pickleball Channel!

This is the best and most complete non volley zone video I have watched. Thanks!

Really a great video, NVZ is explained very clear thanks to Rusty and team..👍 good going great work.

This was EXCELLENT. I've heard so many different versions of this rule and it is now clear! Gracias...

Thanks you so much! Where I play, there is often confusion re the NVZ. You have answered most of the questions here. :)

I was so confused in the kitchen I’ve watched so many but this video was the only one that was helpful and I loved the demonstrations too

VERY HELPFUL!

Excellent!

Great,thanx folks. Got it. Paddles and pickle on order.

This is THE BEST explanation. Thanks!

Thank you for the terrific teaching and the amazing production of the video.

Very helpful!

Very helpful. Thanks

A very comprehensive and detailed video! You all covered absolutely ever scenario and the acting was brilliant haha.

Great! It is important to understand that NVZ is a ground surface, and the three rules use the word "contact/touch" for the NVZ , not "enter" the NVZ. So it is legal that you can stand with your feet outside of NVZ and use your hand across the NVZ line to volley, as long as your hand or paddle does not touch the ground suface! To be simple: "to volley, no touch!", that is it.

Seriously thinking on creating a Laredo Texas chapter for senior citizens on Pickle Tennis. Love the simple rules, the inexpensive equipment and size courts.

I never realized just how confusing the NVZ rules could be, until I read all the comments for this video.

Excellent clear video. Well done!

I will need to watch this a few more times

Great show of examples. Helps a lot!

Great video! 😊

One thing I would like to see physically demonstrated by the pros is this. Some one serves a good serve but it is really short and just clears the kitchen. You run up and hit it after it bounces but your momentum carries you into the kitchen. I know this is not a fault, but you wouldn’t believe how many people say it is. People even say Well I play in tournaments and that’s how we play. The myth is that the ball has to bounce in the kitchen for you to go into the kitchen after you hit it. I know what rule 9F says, but you wouldn’t believe how strong this myth is, even among some 4.0 - 5.0 players. Thank you.

Excellent learned a lot

Fantastic video!!

Great video! Love the combination of explanation and demonstration! Should the person (potentially) committing the fault be the first to call themselves on it? It is so hard to do this from the other side of the net. Thank you for the details.

Thank you very much. Clear!!

Can you guys do a 411 clarifying the double-elimination bracket and how they're used in tournaments. Thank you and as always great video!

Wonderful. Great job.

thank you guys now i know.

Yessss .....so clear. #thanks

Good info 🤣

Brilliant, very well filmed, good verbals, very well presented. One question, 'the fault', does the opposition get a point, or does the victim lose the serve?

So, what happens when someone hits a very shallow serve, or volley that you have to run up for very quickly. You scoop it up, hit it over, and your momentum keeps you going of course. But you actually don't enter the kitchen until your 3rd or or 4th step. Does the momentum rule still apply and you lose the point?

Good video

I’m taking a test on this. Why

What if my sweat drips in the non volley zone or if I sneeze and my spit goes into the non volley zone? By the definitions of the rule, those should be considered faults, right? Or what if a bird flies by and I hit into the non volley zone? Or a bug for that matter? I think these are important distinctions that need to be clarified.

Question, so you can go into the nvz before the ball bounced and hit the ball? I thought you had to wait till the ball bounced before entering the nvz?

If I have both feet outside the NVZ in contact with the court surface when I make a volley, how much time do I need to stand there before I can step into the NVZ after my volley shot? Or, how many seconds after I volley with both feet outside the NVZ must I wait before I can drop my sunglasses into the kitchen without fault?

I cannot tell you how many times people have called faults on me in recreational play when I step into the kitchen before a ball bounces (mostly if it tips the net so I can make it in-time) or if I "don't get out of the kitchen before the ball was hit again"... Also, side-note: Don't call foot-faults when your opponent is 6-inches away from the NVZ just to try and cheat your way to winning; you will be caught and nobody will want to play with you...!

What is the nvz call, if you are running from the base line to the nvz and you hit a volley mid court then you continue running into the nvz after a couple/few running steps?? Is this considered continue motion??

Thanks for the comprehensive explanation about the NVZ. Here's one for you: That the NVZ is the TWO-dimensional space between the net and the back of the NVZ line is clearly understood. If, however, in the act of volleying, the front of the shoe of a player is over the line but the sole of the shoe does NOT touch the line, is this still a NVZ violation?

Imma bit confused about the two feet outside the NVZ before hitting. It appeared that it was a fault when in normal court area but if you are stepping to the side out of bounds it was ok to step thru the nvz and back out again before volleying. Did i miss something?

i cant imagine every possible non- volley zone fault fault being seen, much less recognized by either player or players so many go un recorded

I never knew about pickleball until my brother in law mentioned it to me this morning. It reminds me a bit of tennis and volleyball. Will continue to rewatch the video to become more familiar with it. Thank you for the video and illustration.

In a volley- is it ok if your finishing step is on the kitchen line, when the other team has hit the ball again?

We had a question on the court the other day. If your momentum brings you into the kitchen after you hit the ball but the ball already bounce on the other side is that a fault?

Just started playing after years of tennis. Volleying without following through is annoying

If a ball bounces in the kitchen you step in return ball then before you step out another ball bounces in kitchen you can return it as well? Can you stand in kitchen any time?

They said the rules of this game were not complicated. I beg to differ

What's the ruling if both feet are established 3 inches before the Non-Volley zone line when you hit a winning volley and a second after the point is made you walk through the non-volley zone after the point is made? Is there a difference between off balance momentum into the non-volley zone or established balance stepping into the non-volley zone? How long does your feet have to be established outside the non-volley zone after a point is made on a volley? If the rally continues after a volley is made, when are you allowed to step in the non-volley zone?

Can be running toward the net to hit a ground stroke, the ball bounced just outside the kitchen, I hit the ball but over-run into the kitchen. Is this a fault?

Great video! I didn't understand when people talk about 'not establishing after (or before) the shot. But I do have one question: This is going to sound really picky but it could actually happen. Suppose you hit a volley and are leaning toward the NVZ, about to fall, but then you picked up your feet quickly, came down OUTSIDE the NVZ, and then stumbled into the kitchen? Would that count as your momentum carrying you into the NVZ, or would that count as establishing both feet after the shot?

I ran into a lengthy discussion with someone (my partner) who said he officiates tournaments. I hit a shot in the air while standing at the NV line and won the point with it. We both looked down at my feet and he ruled that I was in the kitchen while I argued that I wasn't. My feet didn't move when and after I hit the ball and I hit it flat footed. However the point of contention was with the curved up part of my shoe that was over (but not physically touching) the line. He said that that didn't matter, that it was still a violation. I argued that because the toe of my shoe never touched the floor and the line then I was good and the point should count. I gave in because we had a large lead and eventually won anyways. Who was right?

2. ah, so I can jump up over the line, smash the ball, and my partner can grab me and pull me back across the line to land again outside the non-volley area for the win. Time to practice this manoeuvre.

If the ball bounces outside the NVZ, you return it then go into the NVZ is that a fault?

at 5:06 the video has the guy hitting a volley, that is volleyed back and then volleyed back again by his partner, yet the ruling is that his momentum into to nvz (after both subsequent volleys) still is a fault. why is that? this would lead me to believe that once you volley you can not set foot in the nvz for the remainder of the point. please help. thx

Are you sure about stepping into the NVZ a fault after a ball is dead or after the opponent have played the return shot?

Is it valid to stop with the racket? Let me explain: let's imagine that I volley near the kitchen and the inertia of the movement takes me forward but to avoid stepping on the kitchen I use the shovel, placing it on the floor to stop my body and not go forward. Is this valid?

A player hits a volley from a few steps back from the kitchen line. Momentum carries the player for two steps. The player continues for a third and forth step into the kitchen without coming to a stop or pause. Is that momentum and a fault or player exhibiting control and therefore no fault?

Can you go in the NVZ only after the ball bounces in the NVZ, or is it okay to go in after it bounces anywhere on the court when your momentum carries you?

At about 5:20 to 5:30 a non-fault example is shown where the player steps in kitchen, establishes contact with two feet outside kitchen, then volleys. Is this not actually a fault? Well prior to getting two feet down, the player takes a backswing that is clearly part of the volley stroke. Is not the backswing part of the volley?

Pickleballers please help me understand! After I hit a volley, I must keep both feet out of the non volley zone. When can I re-enter the kitchen? Does a step or hop with both feet outside the NVZ "establish" the player as eligible to touch the kitchen again? In other words, when does the "act of hitting a volley" end?

so the FOLLOWTHRU of your arm, if it DOES NOT TOUCH the NVZ that is LEGAL. Right? The airspace above the NVZ is not a fault. Right?

if i jump from outside the non volley zone, hit the ball in air and land on the non volley zone is fault?

I'm waiting for the anime adaptation

If the ball bounces behind the volley zone and your momentum carries you through the volley zone is it a fault the same way as an unbounced ball????

After you hit a volley, it is a fault if your momentum makes you touch the NVZ, even if the ball is dead. So, when can you re-enter the non-volley zone? Only on the next point?

If the ball bounces out side the nvz and you return it and your momentum carries you into the nvz is it a fault.

I am outside the NVZ with both feet. I move forward to volley and stop short of the NVZ when I volley but my momentum has me off balance still outside the NVZ. My opponent volleys my shot and commits a NVZ fault in the process. Shortly after they commit the fault my attempt to regain my balance fails and I step into the NVZ as a consequence of my initial momentum and commit my own NVZ fault. Whose fault has precedence? My opponent's since they were first to commit the fault? Mine, since my fault inducing momentum was initiated before my opponent's? Is this double NVZ fault the only mechanism for avoiding a delayed momentum induced NVZ fault? If my momentum carries me into the NVZ following a volley, I cannot be rescued by the point being over. Is my only rescue a NVZ fault by the opponent or are there other circumstances that can nullify my fault?

This is the way I talk about momentum into the kitchen. It’s a momentum rule, not a dead ball rule. The base kitchen rule is you cannot hit a volley while in the kitchen. So, even if you have a really great volley kill shot, but you are in the kitchen, you can’t hit it. Everyone is ok with this rule. The momentum rule supports this base rule. Again, if you have a great volley kill shot, but your momentum would take you into the kitchen, that’s the same as already being in the kitchen. So you can’t hit it. People want to say “if the ball is dead, the play is dead”. That’s not true. The momentum rule says even though the ball is dead the play is alive until the player who hit the volley has their momentum under control. So, it’s not the ball being dead that ends the play. It’s the momentum being under control that ends the play. Now with a ground stroke, momentum is not an issue. So a dead ball equals dead play. But with a volley, dead ball doesn’t mean dead play. Momentum being/not being under control determines end of play and who won the rally. You could actually demonstrate this by having someone hit a kill shot at the kitchen line and then flail around at the kitchen line. The announcer can say “The ball is dead but the play is still alive. The flailing player will either stay out of the kitchen or fall into the kitchen. At that point the play will be over and we can determine who won the rally” and you can have 2 endings. One with the player gaining control out of the kitchen and one with the player falling into the kitchen. . It’s a good rule. All it does is make players adjust their play like all the other rules do.

HI Rusty, quick question about one of your examples in the video (great video by the way, thanks). I understand the rule that both feet must come in contact with the surface outside the NVZ before hitting a volley, but in your example where you show the paddle scraping the ground in the NVZ just prior to contact with the ball, why is this a fault? The paddle touches the NVZ then is off the surface before ball contact. Next, and prior to the paddle striking the ball the player has both feet in contact with the NVZ before the paddle hits the ball. I would think in this example the player has established position outside the NVZ prior to hitting the volley. Can you please explain why this would be a fault? Thanks, Dave

Make a video on Rule 9G

How about sweat? Can I call it a fault if I see my opponent dripping sweat into the NVZ?

So after hitting a volley, you cannot go in the NVZ until you've hit a bounce shot?

I’m the only one who came from school? Ok

And if i sneeze into de non volley zone?

But if both feet are out of the kitchen and your paddle or other body part touches the kitchen before you hit the ball, like what was being shown on a drink, when can you hit the dink shot? The ball is headed towards the non volley zone, you touch the non volley zone but both feet remain outside the non volley zone, when can you make contact with the ball?

Basically, you come away with the feeling that you can't do any right. I physically and mentally have no problem adhering to it but a lot of others with pain and other issues do. So, since that rule is a bit bordering on ridiculous, I'm going to refrain from further commenting, lol! 🙄

How long AFTER the play is the Fault declared. What if the point is scored and the player walks into the kitchen to prepare for a position for the serve?

Doesn't sound like to much fun!

so am i the only one who thinks the loud background music is unnecessary and does NOT make it sound all professional? otherwise great video btw.

what about sweat? what if sweat falls off into the NVZ?

Scenario: You are playing back and have to run in to hit a ball that has now bounced on your side (outside and past the non-volley zone.) Your momentum carries you into the NVZ after you hit the ball. Is that a fault since the ball bounced outside the NVZ or not a failt since it isnt a volley?

2:31 & 3:10 How can this possibly be true?? I simply can't wrap my head around this scenario of being IN the kitchen to return a volley? Can someone please iterate this better than this video shows? It's brought up twice in this video but I can't grasp how this is allowed?

How did I know this channel would have a ton of old people...

What if the person trying to hit the ball but decided not to at the last second and landed in the kitchen? Fault? Even though the person didn’t hit the ball…serious debate

If a pickleball serve hits ANY PART of the non volley zone lines, Is it a fault?

Okay so what if the ball bounces outside of the kitchen... It's going at an angle. Your momentum carries you into part of the non volley. But the ball has bounced outside the kitchen

The "2 feet outside " rule is so confusing!! I can't seem to grasp that one in my brain

Can you be inside the NVZ as long as you don’t hit the ball...??

My opponent dropped a ball into the kitchen and I ran into the kitchen and returned it but in the process after hitting it I went down to the ground and dropped my paddle. I did not touch the net nor did my paddle but my opponent called a fault due to the dropped paddle. I don’t believe this to be a fault

4:08 what?? this example makes no sense. So, basically, you cannot enter this zone at all unless the ball bounces in there first??

When can I go in the kitchen AFTER I hit a volley?

That seems unnecessarily complicated. So in other words: the player is not aloud in the non volley zone unless the ball bounces first.

Can the pickleball land in the kitchen after the serve and be playable?

Yes all the rules are correct, except one rule of the video at 3:05 why the player is inside the kitchen if the ball hasn’t bounce in the kitchen yet. Please correct that rule! You can’t not be in the kitchen and wait for the ball to bounce 🤦🏻‍♂️

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