{"id":1362,"date":"2026-11-09T11:24:57","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T11:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1362"},"modified":"2026-11-09T11:24:57","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T11:24:57","slug":"thrown-paddle-is-a-fault-you-must-have-possession-of-the-paddle-at-contact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1362","title":{"rendered":"Thrown Paddle Is a Fault: You Must Have Possession of the Paddle at Contact"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Throw Your Paddle At The Ball And It&amp;apos;s A Fault\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z5YrSvmgTOc?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>Aylex Pickleball Academy: throw your paddle at the ball and you lose the rally. USA Pickleball Rule 12.B says you must have possession of the paddle when you hit the ball. If you don\u2019t, it\u2019s a fault, and a fault loses the rally.<\/p>\n<p>You can hold the paddle with one hand or both, and you can switch hands anytime \u2014 you just can\u2019t let go of it. Even if a thrown paddle hits a perfect winner, it\u2019s still your fault.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>You must have possession of the paddle at contact (Rule 12.B)<\/li>\n<li>One hand, two hands, or switching hands is fine \u2014 letting go is not<\/li>\n<li>A thrown-paddle \u201cwinner\u201d is still your fault<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>If a ball is out of reach, don\u2019t throw the paddle at it \u2014 accept the miss<\/li>\n<li>You can switch hands on a stretch; you cannot release the paddle<\/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>Aylex Pickleball Academy: throw your paddle at the ball and you lose the rally. USA Pickleball Rule 12.B says you must have possession of the paddle when you hit the ball.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":731,"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,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[1388,1145,1390,1389],"class_list":["post-1362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-aylex-pickleball-academy","tag-fault","tag-paddle-possession","tag-rule-12-b"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/04-overhead-at-the-net-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1362","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=1362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}