{"id":1135,"date":"2026-10-20T01:22:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T01:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1135"},"modified":"2026-10-20T01:22:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T01:22:12","slug":"rules-in-60s-serve-two-bounce-kitchen-side-out-scoring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1135","title":{"rendered":"Rules in ~60s: Serve, Two-Bounce, Kitchen, Side-Out Scoring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Pickleball Rules Explained Clearly\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Dj53VXKTJng?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Summary<\/h2>\n<p>Kyle Koszuta compresses the core rules: underhand serve from behind the baseline diagonally into the opposite box past the NVZ line; each side must let the serve and return bounce (two-bounce rule); then either team may volley \u2014 except in the kitchen.<\/p>\n<p>The NVZ bans volleys while touching it, not entry after a bounce. Only the serving team scores; the three-number call is your score, their score, and server 1 or 2; play to 11, win by two, with side-outs after the second server loses the rally.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Serve underhand, diagonal, past the NVZ<\/li>\n<li>Two bounces required (serve + return)<\/li>\n<li>Kitchen = no volley; bounce hits inside are legal<\/li>\n<li>Side-out scoring to 11, win by 2; third number = server<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Explain the three-number score to a newer partner before you start<\/li>\n<li>Send this short to one person who still mixes up kitchen vs two-bounce<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"tdd-newsletter\">\n<p><strong>Get the 5 best pickleball tips every week<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/subscribe-forms.beehiiv.com\/v3\/loader.js\" data-beehiiv-form=\"0e5f3fe0-e4d3-4036-8d7f-c33b311980b2\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thedropdrive.beehiiv.com\/subscribe\">Subscribe free<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kyle Koszuta compresses the core rules: underhand serve from behind the baseline diagonally into the opposite box past the NVZ line; each side must let the serve and return bounce (two-bounce rule); then either team may volley \u2014 except in the kitchen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[562],"tags":[61,63,486,260,1024],"class_list":["post-1135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fundamentals","tag-kitchen","tag-kyle-koszuta","tag-rules","tag-scoring","tag-two-bounce"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}