The hardest part about teaching somebody pickleball is usually teaching them how
to score. Stay tuned.
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Hey everybody it's CJ Johnson
I can't tell you how many times somebody has looked at me and said
0-0-@? What the heck does that mean? I sympathize with them when I first
started playing this game I was confused with the scoring. And today we're going to
talk about scoring basics.
First let's start with some terms that will help you.
The right side is the even side, and the left side is odd
After a side out or at the start of the game the serve always starts on the even side.
We'll talk about that in just a moment.
There are three numbers in a pickleball score.
The player who is serving calls the score.
An easy way to think of it is Me, You and Who.
It's usually the WHO that confuses people.
So if you followed this so far put a little thumbs-up down in the
comments below.
When your team gets a sideout the who starts all over again. Whoever the
player is that's standing in the even or the right side of the box is server
one and the odd side will be server two.
In this game the score is 0-0 and
Cheri and Lori have just gotten a sideout. Since Cheri is standing on the
even or the right side of the court she serves first. Using Me -You -Who
she says her score first which is 0. Her opponents score second which is
O and since she is the first server since the sideout she's a 1 so the
score is 0-0-1.
There's a fault made by the serving team so they don't
win a point and the other player on the team Lori now gets a chance to serve.
The score remains the same. She says her score first which is 0, her
opponents score second which is still 0 but now since she's the second
person on the team to serve since the sideout she's a 2. So the score is
0-0-2.
Since another fault is made by the serving team it's a sideout
and my team gets to serve. I'm the first person to serve since I'm standing on
the even side of the court. I say our score first which is 0, their score
second which is 0 and since I'm the first server I'm a 1.
The score is 0-0-1
We win that rally and finally win a point. The server keeps serving and
we simply change sides until the serving team commits a fault.
My team commits a fault and ends the rally it's now my partner's turn to serve.
The score is still me 1- 0 but since she is the second person to serve
for our team since the last sideout the score is 1-0 and who is 2.
Earlier I mentioned there is one exception to each team getting two serves. That's the first
service series of the game.
They start from the even side of the court.
but they would be considered 2.
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