Pickleball courts can be located outside or indoors.

Doubles is the most popular way to play pickleball.

There are a variety of colors you can choose for your pickleball.

The 2 squares in front of the baseline are known as the right and left service courts. Once a game is in play, you’ll alternate which service court you stand behind to serve.

If you hit the pickleball above waist level, or if the ball bounces off of the ground, then it’s a fault.

For example, if you’re serving from behind your right service court, you must bounce the ball once on the opposing team’s right service court, which is diagonal across from you. If your serve hits the net or goes past the opposing team’s sideline or baseline before it bounces on the service court, then it’s a fault.

For instance, if you serve the pickleball from behind the right service court, and then the other team commits a fault and you score a point, your next serve will be from behind the left service court. Only the team that is serving can score a point!

If it’s your team’s serve and you commit a fault, then no points are awarded. However, if you commit 2 faults, then it becomes the other team’s serve.

The return ball can be bounced on either of the opposing team’s service courts.

If the return ball doesn’t land on one of the service courts to bounce, then it’s a fault and the serving team scores a point.

You can’t hit the ball more than once or pass it off to a teammate. If the ball bounces on sideline or baseline, then it’s still in play. If the ball hits outside of the lines, then it’s out of bounds, which is a fault.

It’s also a fault if a serve lands in the kitchen.

Games of pickleball are often played to 11 points, with 1 team needing to be ahead by 2 points in order to win. However, tournament games can go to 15 or 21, with a team needing to be ahead by 2 points in order to win.

For instance, if the score of a game is 10 to 4 and the team with 10 points scores again, then they win the game.

For example, if you score 11 points, but the opposing team has 10 points, then you must score another point to make the score 12 to 10 in order to win the game.

Some pickleball tournaments may have matches of 5 games.