You probably already know that in 2021 we will be playing a let serve.
What you may not know is why the rule
changed or more importantly, what to do if you accidentally call a let.
Stay tuned.
All right, here we go.
It rhymes with a wet pet at a vet.
I like that. A
t sunset, I think, right at sunset.
It's that new serve thing, right?
Another serve thing. All righty.
Let us talk about it.
Let's talk about the let serve.
So we're going to dive right in.
And maybe let's start with that overview.
Why was this considered and kind of what was the recommendation on for this change?
Real quick, they had 124 rules and
somebody wanted 125 and they said, let's do one more.
And they said.... That's a joke, sorry.
The impetus for it was
there were times when a player would call a let and it was invalid.
The ref deemed it invalid.
The ref called a fault on them, and that led to arguments.
That was the foundation for removing the let serve.
That makes sense to me, and I got to tell
you, I'm going to be honest, I don't I don't know what the
ruckus is about myself as long as it applies both ways.
College, men's college, tennis doesn't have a let rule anymore.
Badminton, I looked this up because I was curious because badminton, which I view is
like the genesis of pickleball, does not have a net court let rule in
badminton. The shuttlecock has to get stuck in the net for there to be a let.
So I'm just not really seeing the big deal here, Don.
It's fine as long as it applies both ways, I think so.
What do you think, Don? I mean, it seems like
I mean, it sounds like the thing that everybody's hair's on fire over this rule
change. But I'm just like it's just a let serve. Play pickleball, right?
If you're asking my opinion,
I never had that issue happen to me,
but other refs have and it was enough of
an issue to look at and they decided to remove it.
So I'm just saying removing it doesn't
like doesn't to me materially change the game.
It's just, you know, if you hit a let, you hit a let.
You know, sometimes it'll fall in the NVZ.
Sometimes it'll sometimes you get a weird one.
You win a point here and there.
But what's the big deal? You know, I don't get you know.
I'll say this a lot on Facebook because
that's where I do most of my texting about rules.
It's probably just going to be an issue in fake Facebook land.
OK, that's that's what I say.
Don, you're bringing the truth tonight.
You know, it's just an issue here on Facebook.
It's never an issue on the court.
So I honestly, I think we lost all our Facebook viewers just now.
All right, C.J., I t hink we let's jump in the tournament.
I want to hang on. Hang on, hang on.
Hang on one second.
No, just one second.
Because, on the let serve I
just wanted to just refresh because we I know we have some new people.
And the question came up, is there, in the new rules no more, let serves.
It used to be that if the ball hits
the net cord and it's landed beyond the non-volley zone t
hat it would be replayed, that's not the case anymore.
Right.
And that's how I got C.J. and I and Don's
been working on them but CJ and I've been reading the rulebook for like two days.
So so we're like. So, yeah, exactly.
So that rule no longer applies.
If it hits a tape now or hits the net goes
over and it's in, you play it like play it. Don't go let!
And they made it very specific if you call
let, there is no let, it's a fault on you.
So don't be calling lets anymore after January 25th.
And what I would say is this is somebody
who not this year, but in previous years, plays indoors right in.
And you were talking earlier about people
who had a hard time hearing and things like that.
It can be really difficult in an indoor situation to hear a le t anyway.
Especially on those temporary nets, the just kind of brush over them.
Yeah. Yeah.
I do want to back up for one second.
It's
not a fault if you say the word let.
It's not an automatic fault.
And these are these are in the scenarios.
Which
like if a refs are going to say it out of habit.
Heck, I'm already trying to practice zipping my mouth.
So if I happen to say let out of habit, that's a ref error replay.
Let's say as the ball comes over, hits the net, lands in.
Let's say the receiver says let.
I hope the receiver plays it because it's not a, don't don't stop the ball.
There is an extreme case where let's say
the receiver hits it back over and right as the opponent is about the third shot.
Let's say the receivers partner says "let" it could very well be a distraction.
So you very well could get a distraction foul called on you.
But just to say the three letters let is not a fault.
Right is not obviously what I meant was
not saying the word, but playing it like a let.
Don't play like a let, p lay it, play it, play the ball.