Pickleball was invented in 1965 on Bainbridge Island, a short ferry ride from Seattle, Washington. Three dads – Joel Pritchard, Bill Bell, and Barney McCallum — whose kids were bored with their usual summertime activities — are credited for creating the game. Pickleball has evolved from original handmade equipment and simple rules into a popular sport throughout the US and Canada. The game is growing internationally as well, with many European and Asian countries adding courts.

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Absolutely! In fact, we’ve found Pickleball Smash to be a great way to introduce new players to the vocabulary of the sport. You will learn name of shots like dink, lob, smash, ATP, and drop shot. You will learn other important terminology like kitchen violation, poaching, and Ernes. And while a person could play Pickleball Smash without ever playing Pickleball, you might just get the desire to try out the sport once you master the card game!

Pickleball Smash began shipping to customers Spring 2022.

A typical round of the game takes less than 10 minutes. Most people don’t stop after one round of this fun, addicting game!

Be the first player to play enough tricks that equal exactly 11 points.

A trick is 3 of the same cards (Dinks, Slams, ATP, etc.) The value of the trick is listed on the upper left-hand corner of the card. For example, a trick of Dinks (3 Dink cards) is worth 1 point. A trick of Blocks (3 Block cards) is worth 4 points.

One. You can play a trick, play a special card, discard a card, or pass. If you steal a card by playing a special, and the stolen card gives you a trick, you cannot play it because you have already taken one action. You would play the trick on your next turn.

Yes, but you would have to discard a different card. If you needed to discard a special card , you would not be able to use it. It must be played as a dead discard because you would have already played a prior special card on your turn, which is what allowed you to steal the card to begin with.

Lucky Shots are designed to be played on the hand of the person playing it, but you could always make a house rule allowing Lucky Shots to be played on someone else in order to take that person’s number of points over 11.