Pickleball

Pickleball - Northeastern Intramural Program

1. Northeastern University - Intramural sports Pickleball – Online Managers Meeting

2. The Five Most Important IM Policies Manager's Meeting Game time is forfeit time – please ensure you have enough rostered players present prior to the start of your scheduled contest. Only a team’s captain may confer with the officials. All players must present their valid Northeastern University issued Husky Card in order to play. All roster management is done via the IMLeagues platform. After the season’s schedule is published, regular season games will not be rescheduled at a team’s request.

3. Location – Carter Tennis Courts Manager's Meeting

4. General Rules Manager's Meeting Matches are played best-of-three-sets, first to eleven (win by two) The game is played according to the rules of pickeball as per the USAPA, as described and modified below Matches are self-umpired Players are expected to adhere to the honor system and the highest standards of sportsmanship when making calls

5. The Regular Season & Playoffs Manager's Meeting Regular season games will not be rescheduled Losing By Default: If a team can not play and contacts the intramural department to indicate this and fills out the Default Form on the Campus Recreation Website, they will lose by default. Team will not lose the forfeit bond. Playoffs: The top team in each league will advance to the playoffs If two teams are tied in the standings the following will be used to determine who will advance: Sportsmanship Forfeited games Head-to-head record Point differential * The remainder of the tie breaking procedures can be found on page #6 of the Intramural Manager’s Handbook.

6. Court Setup Manager's Meeting Service Area Service Area

7. Service Manager's Meeting The serve must be made underhand Paddle contact with the ball must be below the server’s waist (naval level) The serve is initiated with at least one foot behind the baseline; neither food may contact the baseline or court until after the ball is struck The serve is made diagonally crosscourt and must land within the confines of the opposite diagonal court Only one serve is allowed, expect in the event of a let ( the ball touches the net on the serve and lands on the proper service court; let serves are replayed )

8. Service Sequence Manager's Meeting Both players on the serving doubles team have the opportunity to serve and score points until they commit a fault, except for the first service sequence of each new game At the beginning of each new game only one partner on the serving team has the opportunity to serve before faulting, after which the service passes to the receiving team The first serve of each side-out is made from the right/even court If a point is scored, the server switches sides and the server initiates the next serve from the left/odd court As subsequent points are scored, the server continues switching back and forth until a fault is committed, and the first server loses the serve

9. Service Sequence Manager's Meeting When the first server loses the serve, the partner serves from their side of the court The second server continues serving until his team commits a fault and loses the serve to the opposing team Once the service goes to the opposition, the first serve is from the right/even court and both players on that team have the opportunity to serve and score points until their team commits two faults In singles the server serves from the right/even court when his or her score is even and from the left/odd when the score is odd

10. Two-Bounce Rule Manager's Meeting When the ball is served, the receiving team must let it bounce before returning, and then the serving team must let it bounce before returning, thus two bounces After the ball has bounced once in each team’s court, both teams may either volley the ball (hit the ball before it bounces) or play it off a bounce (ground stroke)

11. Non-Volley Zone Manager's Meeting The non-volley zone is the court area within 7 feet on both sides of the net Volleying (contacting a ball before allowing it to bounce) is prohibited within the non-volley zone It is a fault if, when volleying a ball, the player steps on the non-volley zone It is a fault if, after volleying, a player is carried by momentum into or touches the non-volley zone, even if the volleyed ball is declared dead before this happens A player may legally be in the non-volley zone any time other than when volleying a ball

12. Quiz Manager's Meeting Now Take the Quiz! Now Take the Quiz! Thank you for your interest in the Intramural Sports program – have a great season!