New to Pickleball? Learn the Rules, Key Shots, and Scoring in Under 5 Minutes

Then grab a paddle, find some friends and a court, and just go play. You’ll figure the rest out.

Pickleball is exploding. You see it in your neighborhood parks, on your social feeds, and probably in your dreams at this point (just us?).

But for the uninitiated, stepping onto that court feels a bit like trying to solve a Rubik's Cube while someone yells "0-0-2" at you.

Enter Zane Navratil. If you don't know Zane, he's basically pickleball royalty: a two-time PPA champion, four-time MLP champion, host of the PicklePod , and a guy who’s been living and breathing the sport since 2013.

In a new video , he teaches you the basics of pickleball in a digestible five-minute guide.

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The Court and the Kitchebn Zane starts with the lines.

It looks like a mini tennis court, sure, but those extra lines are where the magic (and the frustration) happens.

You’ve got your baseline and sidelines, which are pretty self-explanatory. If the ball goes past them, it’s out. Simple enough. But then there’s the kitchen. Technically called the Non-Volley Zone, this seven-foot strip near the net is what gives pickleball its soul. You can’t just stand in there and smash balls out of the air. You have to stay behind it if you want to volley. It’s the great equalizer that prevents the sport from becoming a game of "who can hit it hardest."

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