Pickleball Etiquette For Beginners 

Etiquette for rec games: -don’t purposely lob it when you know sun is shining in their faces -don’t hit drop shots against people with mobility issues -don’t constantly target a weaker player, especially if they are newer to the game -don’t call illegal serves unless they’re egregiously bad. -don’t over fret about disagreements on out balls. Just replay the point. Sure, if you do these things you might give yourself an advantage. But rec games are for casual fun. Not win at all cost. In tourney play, all bets are off.

How about players coming on to the courts and walking behind players during an active point? Wait until point has concluded, then quickly walk past!

5:50 only cheer if you do something good. Unlike Callie Smith that says “Come ON!” every time her opponent dumps it into the net.

I have watched many players on PICKLEBALL TV, making good money in pro pickleball, break pretty much all of these rules of etiquette! So much so, that this is more of a "wish list" of rules!

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There are often “house etiquette rules” as well, like when there are people waiting, you play first to 9 pts instead of to 11, win by 2. When playing at a new place, along with introducing yourself, I suggest asking if there’s any special rules for the courts. Like stacking procedures, a challenge court, limitations if a lot of people are waiting, how to get a rematch with the same group without cutting in front of someone else in the stack, etc. That last one, along with the specifics of how we stack paddles at my usual spot has resulted in a few shouting matches. New people got confused and, instead of asking the simple question, “how does stacking work here?”, they took it as a personal attack and started yelling at people. The regular players involved were taken by surprise and got defensive, which escalated the situation too. If there was an assumption of good intent, it could’ve been explained in about 15 seconds.

Tips on tip 6? I noticed I'm improving lately but still get upset whenever my partner cant step up his/her game . Especially is he/she is falling victim to the "aim for the weaker player " tactic.

The one that I see often is avoiding the better player, I’ve been in games where the better player only touches the ball during serve and serve returns. Sad times. That and lobbing/dropshotting the old guy with back issues that can’t move every point 😑 i’m definitely not salty about these 😂

Coming from tennis, the one that irritates me the most is people either retrieving their ball from behind an active point or walking behind a court in play.

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All good stuff. Try not to yell F*ck! if you mess up. A lot of people don't like that. Ps: I want a slinger ball machine badly!!!

Don't bounce the ball more than once or twice prior to serving. I played against a guy who bounced it at least seven times yesterday, sometimes missing it and chasing it down -- then starting his ritual over again!

Played with the Luxx recently and loved it, loved most how effortless it was to hit finesse shits at the kitchen like aggressive topspin dinks. Curious why you use it and what you like about it during high level Rec games/tournaments?

What do you think of this one. I'm down . The other team is serving. He calls the score 10 - 9 - 2 ???? Like a question. So I pause to verify the score. He serves, I'm thrown off and lose the game. Thought it was a dick move but had to move on

Is it good etiquette, in rec. play, to call your opponent's kitchen/serving foot faults?

Is it bad etiquette to serve the ball hard with some spin, when you know the opposing player most likely isn't going to be able to return it?

Every day every day every day - Peter M. Johnson Coincidence? I think not!

Rolling the ball to me is very NOT appreciated. I gotta bend down to pick it up

Body bagging someone and hitting the ball and having it tip the net is all part of the game. That’s like in basketball if you cross someone over and they fall or if you hit the game winning 3 off the glass like it’s all part of the game. If you injured someone cuz you hit them in the face with the ball that’s one thing but if you hit them and get the point honestly I don’t think there needs to be an apology. Same thing with the ball touching the net and dropping its 100% unintentional but it’s still part of the game so no need for an apology in my opinion.

I find that a lot of people that have been playing for a while are the jerks.

Can we also include in the etiquette, if 4 grown adults get on the court without a ball and proceeds to ask a waiting player on the bench for a ball they can use, only to reject that ball because it's not a Franklin X40 or whatever their preferred one is. Have your equipment ready or be gracious for what you get. 1:32

Music is not fine. The music that pickleball players play is equal to violence

how about this...don't be a twenty-something punk and walk onto a reserved court where 4 grown men are playing a point, and claim the court is your reservation time slot before checking the dang calendar to find out you've got the wrong date. SMH at GenZ pickleballers - sorry Austin.