{"id":9,"date":"2026-10-07T03:48:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T03:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-baselina\/pickleball-for-tennis-players-the-main-differences\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T03:48:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T03:48:52","slug":"pickleball-for-tennis-players-the-main-differences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-baselina\/pickleball-for-tennis-players-the-main-differences\/","title":{"rendered":"Pickleball for tennis players: the main differences"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many tennis players try pickleball on a spare court and enjoy it straight away. The games feel related, but a few rules change how points are played. These are the ones tennis players notice first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A smaller court and a lower net<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A pickleball court is 20 by 44 feet, the size of a doubles badminton court, so several pickleball courts can be lined on one tennis court. The net is 36 inches high at the sidelines and 34 inches in the middle, a little lower than a tennis net.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Serve underhand<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The serve is made underhand, with contact below the waist, and goes diagonally into the opposite service court. There is no overhead serve and only one attempt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Let it bounce twice<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the two-bounce rule, the return of serve must bounce, and so must the next shot. After that, players may volley. It keeps the opening of each point slower than in tennis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stay out of the kitchen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The non-volley zone, called the kitchen, is the area seven feet from the net on each side. You may not volley while standing in it. Tennis players who like to close the net take a while to get used to this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Scoring<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In traditional scoring only the serving side wins points, and games are usually played to 11, won by two. Many clubs also play rally scoring in social sessions, so check the format before you start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paddles and the plastic ball are light, so an intro session with borrowed equipment is the easiest way to see whether you like it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Same net idea, smaller court, different serve and a no-volley zone. A quick guide for tennis players trying pickleball.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":17,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-baselina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-baselina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-baselina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-baselina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-baselina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-baselina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-baselina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-baselina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-baselina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}