How To Play Pickleball

Free Virtual Clinic for Beginners

Learn the rules of the game, how to keep score and where to stand. You’ll also learn basic techniques for serving, volleying, forehands, backhands, and dinking.

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Introduction

This virtual pickleball clinic covers all the basics you need to know to get started, from the rules of play to essential techniques like serving, dinking, and volleying.

Clinic overview

What you’ll learn in 15 minutes:

  • Rules of the game

  • How to keep score

  • Serving

  • Volleying

  • Forehands

  • Backhands

  • Dinking

  • Positioning

Bonus Content!

Create a free Pickleheads account for access to two exclusive pickleball strategy videos:

Singles Strategy

Doubles Strategy

Picture of two pickleball players, Beth and JackiePicture of two pickleball players, Beth and Jackie

Meet your instructors

The Pickleball Chicks

With similar backgrounds, Beth and Jackie became fast friends & partners on the court. They are both former collegiate tennis players who have since traded their rackets for paddles (having finally listened to their mother’s advice).

From there — a highly competitive nature, a supportive community, and a newfound respect for drilling, led them to fly to countless tournaments across the US — resulting in securing a spot on the DUPR Great Plains top 50 list.

Beth & Jackie jointly make up @pickleballchicks, a social media platform that fights the neverending battle to prove that pickleball is a real sport — and showcase that women can be just as powerful on the court.

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Thumbnail of video: How Scoring Works
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Thumbnail of video: Faults and How to Win a Point
Thumbnail of video: The Non-Volley Zone / Kitchen
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Thumbnail of video: Volleying
Thumbnail of video: Dinking
Thumbnail of video: Singles Strategy
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Thumbnail of video: Conclusion
Thumbnail of video: Introduction
Thumbnail of video: How Scoring Works
Thumbnail of video: Serving Rules
Thumbnail of video: Positioning
Thumbnail of video: Faults and How to Win a Point
Thumbnail of video: The Non-Volley Zone / Kitchen
Thumbnail of video: The Double-Bounce Rule
Thumbnail of video: Serving
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Thumbnail of video: Backhands
Thumbnail of video: Volleying
Thumbnail of video: Dinking
Thumbnail of video: Singles Strategy
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Thumbnail of video: Conclusion

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