Pickleball guides
New to pickleball or getting ready to buy a paddle? Start with the basics, then pick your gear.
Learn the game
- What is pickleball?Where it came from, how it's played and who plays it in the UK.
- How to play pickleballA beginner's guide: kit, first shots, doubles positioning and finding a game.
- Pickleball rulesThe serve, the two-bounce rule, the kitchen and how scoring works.
- Court dimensionsOfficial sizes for pickleball and padel courts, in metres and feet.
- Padel vs pickleballCourt, walls, equipment, serve and scoring, side by side.