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Scoring Explained

Pickleball scoring made simple.

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Pickleball Scoring Made Simple

The Basics - Only the serving team can score - Games to 11, win by 2

Doubles Scoring Score called as three numbers: Server Score - Receiver Score - Server Number Example: 4-2-1 means serving team has 4, receiving has 2, first server

How Serving Works 1. First server serves until fault 2. Second server serves until fault 3. Then side out 4. Starting team only gets one server

Even/Odd Rule - Even score: serve from right - Odd score: serve from left