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2001 SW 31st Avenue

Hallandale, FL 33009

www.mitchelllane.com

Copyright 2020 by Mitchell Lane Publishers. All rights reserved. No

part of this book may be reproduced without written permission from

the publisher. Printed and bound in the United States of America.

First Edition, 2020.

Author: Tammy Gagne

Designer: Ed Morgan

Editor: David Aretha

Names/credits:

Title: Learning How to Play Pickleball

by Tammy Gagne

Description: Hallandale, FL :

Mitchell Lane Publishers, [2020]

Series: Summer Camp Sports

Library bound ISBN: 9781680204346

eBook ISBN: 978-1-5457-4658-5

Photo credits: Cover Rich Legg/Getty Images, p. 5 Bill Oxford/Getty

Images; p. 7 Vibert Jeffers/public domain/State of Washington, John

Beagle/cc-by-2.0, Shutterstock, Phil Comer, Freepik.com, newscom

Words in bold can be

found in the Glossary.

What sport are we playing today? Jesse

asked. The boys looked up to hear Coach

Robs answer.

Its on the camp calendar, he told them.

Someone played a joke. It says were

playing pickleball .

Leo, thats no joke, Coach Rob said.

Pickleball is a real sport.

Come on! another camper named

Patrick laughed. If its real, who

invented it?

United States Congressman Joel

Pritchard and two of his friends

invented it in 1965.

The men were looking for something fun to

do, Coach Rob said.

The Congressman had a badminton court.

But he couldnt find enough rackets.

What is badminton? Leo asked.

Badminton is like tennis, Jesse answered.

But the net is higher.

Thats right, Coach Rob said. The net is

lower for pickleball. We built new courts

just for pickleball. Theyre a little smaller

than tennis courts.

The Congressmen and his friends found

ping-pong paddles and a wiffle ball , Coach

Rob went on. They decided to create a new

game with these items.

Then they started firming up the rules.

Okay, so what are the rules? Patrick asked.

Pickleball sounded like it might be fun.

Pickleball can be played with two

teams of two or one against one,

Coach Rob told the campers. But

we are only playing doubles.

The ball is always served

underhand. He pretended to hit a

ball with an imaginary paddle by

moving his hand upward.

Next Coach Rob held up a picture of a

pickleball court. He went on to explain

the diagram .

The ball is served diagonally (starting

with the right-hand service-square),

and points can only be scored by the

side that serves.

Players on each side must let the ball

bounce once before volleys are allowed,

and there is a seven-foot no-volley zone

or kitchen on each side of the net to

prevent hitting the ball in the air.

The server continues to serve, going

from the right to left service court, until

he or she faults .

So how do we win? Leo wanted to know.

The first team to score 11 points wins the

game, Coach Rob declared. According to

the International Federation of Pickleball, the

winning team must be at least two points

ahead to win.

But at camp, teams win by just one point to

speed up the game.

Does anyone have any other questions before

we head to the courts? asked Coach Rob.

Just one, Leo said, wrinkling his nose. Why

is it called pickleball?

Believe it or not, the congressman named the

game after his dog, Pickles.

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