{"id":1144,"date":"2026-10-21T01:16:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T01:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1144"},"modified":"2026-10-21T01:16:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T01:16:41","slug":"scoring-101-three-numbers-0-0-2-start-switch-only-on-points","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1144","title":{"rendered":"Scoring 101: Three Numbers, 0-0-2 Start, Switch Only on Points"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"How to Keep Score in Pickleball \u2705 #pickleball #pickleballscoring #pickle\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5Fs6KcmT9lA?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>Preston\u2019s Playbook walks traditional side-out scoring: play to 11, win by two, and only the serving team scores. The score call is three numbers \u2014 your score, their score, and whether you are server 1 or 2.<\/p>\n<p>Games start 0-0-2 because the first team only gets one server. Win a point \u2192 switch sides and keep serving. Lose the rally \u2192 side out (or second server). After a side out, whoever stands on the right is server 1. Remember: switch sides with your partner only when you win a point on your serve.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Only serving team scores; to 11, win by 2<\/li>\n<li>Call: your score \u2014 their score \u2014 server 1 or 2<\/li>\n<li>Start 0-0-2; right-side player is server 1 after a side out<\/li>\n<li>Switch sides only after winning a point on your serve<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Explain 0-0-2 and the three-number call to one newer partner before open play<\/li>\n<li>One game: loser of each rally must restate the next correct score aloud<\/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>Preston\u2019s Playbook walks traditional side-out scoring: play to 11, win by two, and only the serving team scores. The score call is three numbers \u2014 your score, their score, and whether you are server 1 or 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":737,"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":[1200,639,260,1199,1198],"class_list":["post-1144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fundamentals","tag-1200","tag-preston-playbook","tag-scoring","tag-server-number","tag-side-out"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1144","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=1144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}