Pickleball: A new trend for all ages

"Holding a table tennis racket and playing tennis on the badminton court"! This is not a joke, it is about a new sport - pickleball.

It combines the three major tennis-type sports of table tennis, tennis and badminton into one, which is full of fun and popular among the masses.

Let's go to a professional pickleball court today to learn and experience it together!

01 Venue and equipment

Pickleball is loved by the general public. It is social, entertaining and competitive. It is a swing sport that is very suitable for national fitness.

Pickleball rackets are mainly divided into glass fiber pickleball rackets and carbon fiber pickleball rackets. The texture is relatively tough. Its ball is also a plastic product with a diameter of about 74 mm and a weight of about 26 grams. There will be a banging sound when the ball hits the racket.

The pickleball court is 6.1 meters wide and 13.41 meters long, with a center line on each side. It has a significant feature that is different from other sports, that is, there is a non-volley area composed of non-volley lines.

02 Serving rules and techniques

To serve, you must stand behind the extended line of the sideline and the middle line.

There are three main technical points for serving:

1. The head of the racket should be lower than the wrist.

2. The position of the shot should be lower than the waist.

3. The swing must be made from bottom to top, so that the ball can be served to the opponent's serving area.

4. Double bounce rule

The double bounce rule means that after the serving party serves the ball to the opponent's court, the receiving party returns to the serving party's court, and after bouncing, the serving party can hit the ball, and cannot directly intercept it. This is to reflect the fairness of the rules.

5. Intercept rule

The two non-intercept lines are 2.13 meters away from the net. They form a non-intercept zone. The non-intercept zone means that during the flight of the ball in the non-intercept zone, the athlete cannot enter the non-intercept zone to hit the ball. If the ball lands, you can enter the non-volley zone to hit the ball, and then quickly come out. This is a unique rule of pickleball, which also leads to a very interesting technique of pickleball - DINK ball.

03 Summary

Pickleball is friendly to beginners, age-friendly, and sports-friendly. It also has its own social attributes. It can not only exercise the body, but also make new friends during the exercise. Friends, hurry up and buy fiberglass pickleball rackets or carbon fiber pickleball rackets to join the pickleball sport!