About the game of pickleball…
Here is a simple outline of the basic rules of pickleball.
Below are three links for learning the game’s basics. (The link on the left is a USA site so their products for sale, etc., are in USA dollars and we have no relationship with them.) Of course, there are many places to find good information on line. Mark Renneson is an excellent instructor who lives in Collingwood and runs a very successful pickeball coaching business called, Third Shot Sports. CJ Johnson explains the scoring in both in a written format and a video.
Origin of the name….
Ok – here’s the best version and we’re sticking with it. The inventors of the game (fun fact – one of the gentlemen who helped start the game was Mr. Bill Bell – how about that connection, Meaford!) in Bainbridge, Washington in 1965 had a dog named Pickles. She kept snatching up the ball and running off with it. So they started calling the game Pickleball. Tell that to your friends to impress, eh?
Pickleball Rules
Click below to see the 2021 USA Pickleball Association Alternative Rulebook for 2021 (identical to the International Pickleball Federation Rulebook.) Please note some significant changes come into effect for January 2021 – perhaps the most notable is the freedom to serve the ball off a bounce. We’ll have to see how that works when we hit the courts!
Need a Loaner? Try our Library!
MPC has provided loaner paddles and balls to the Meaford Library to add to the collection! We hope this will encourage people who do not have paddles or may not have tried the game to do so at the Tennis Courts. This is a great way for you to introduce others to the game as well – book out some paddles and head on down to the Tennis Courts on Eliza St. just past the old High School.
Here is an outline of how the game is played as an FYI!
Meaford Pickleball Club 