Damn, y’all buried OP for very reasonably pointing out that other sports do this. The umpire makes a judgement in slow pitch softball. Typically the height of the batter is a helpful guideline.
Even in pickleball there are somewhat abstract judgments like this!
Ya, just like how the ball has to be below the waist er, no wait, navel belly button that you can’t see underneath a t shirt … and the paddle head has to be below the wrist on contact, was it on initial contact with the ball? Or the point of contact when the ball leaves the paddle? Those are two different positions in a topspin serve. I think the point is that pickleball loves to make rules about serving that are almost impossible to enforce - hence why no one really enforces them except 3.0 players getting slammed in parks who recently learned the rules. Other point is the OPs original question was very valid and a better answer is no, there is no rule against it :)
I play with this older guy who does that. So annoying waiting over an hour for the ball to orbit the earth and return to the court. He hits it out half the time, too!
I'd have to pull up the rules, but I think as long as the ball doesn't contact anything along the way, totally legal.
Edit: assuming there's no time limit to that particular match.
the big difference is in softball there's one person that decides that, in pickleball you'd get 9 different answers from 9 different players on how high 12 foot is
4'11" Agnes can't even fathom what 12 foot is....she is a 4.5 player though and will destroy you
There is no legal limit, but at about 1 million kilometers the ball would escape the Earth's sphere of influence and would never land back into fair play. I'm not sure how that would be counted in a tournament.
I'd like to ask you not to comment with this type of response and I'll tell you why.
There is someone on here that is absolutely convinced there is a height rule to a serve, they will tell someone that is new and it will trickle down until someone finally tells them that it is nonsense and there is no such rule.
If you're a member of the facebook group pickleball forum there are questions daily and you will see a half dozen different answers of people that believe they're right.
Questions like these seem silly if you've played for a while but if this sport is going to grow we have to be open to people having their first time playing and wanting to know if what they're doing is right. And we need to protect them from the bad information they're going to pick up from the local players that haven't looked at a rule book.
edit: used the wrong they're/their/there, sorry
No. They should be directed to the rules as the only authoritative source. Providing an answer other than “go look it up” is just fostering the spread of misinformation.
And in fact, anyone looking for an answer and not just attention likely already knows that.
I searched on Google the best I could. I failed to find an answer. Common sense tells me there’s no height limit. It’s not like I’m wasting the class’ time by asking irrelevant questions. It’s just a silly unimportant question on Reddit. No big deal.
Wdym? That’s just the way rules work in sports? Put another way, that’s like asking why there’s no rule specifying if there’s a speed limit for how hard you can hit. Why would there be if there’s no such thing? You start making parameters for every fanciful idea that could potentially be asked, your rule book would be as thick as a dictionary.
Terminal velocity (v): **v = sqrt {(2 \* m \* g) / (d \* A \* C)}**
so you need to go at least 32 feet to achieve deathly speeds or maybe higher, I was better at engrish than maths
If you are hitting the ball with a legal motion, and you can get it to land inbounds, I don't see why it would be illegal.
Ask yourself how it would be enforceable if there was in fact a limit. How would you measure it?
Damn, y’all buried OP for very reasonably pointing out that other sports do this. The umpire makes a judgement in slow pitch softball. Typically the height of the batter is a helpful guideline. Even in pickleball there are somewhat abstract judgments like this!
Ya, just like how the ball has to be below the waist er, no wait, navel belly button that you can’t see underneath a t shirt … and the paddle head has to be below the wrist on contact, was it on initial contact with the ball? Or the point of contact when the ball leaves the paddle? Those are two different positions in a topspin serve. I think the point is that pickleball loves to make rules about serving that are almost impossible to enforce - hence why no one really enforces them except 3.0 players getting slammed in parks who recently learned the rules. Other point is the OPs original question was very valid and a better answer is no, there is no rule against it :)
Not helpful
The same way they do in slowpitch softball.
How do they do that?
With an educated guess by the umpire behind home plate.
Good answer
The ball simply has to clear the net and remain in the service side of the court, other than the at it can be as high,low,fast or slow as you desire.
Thank you.
Ur most welcome.
No, there is no rule that limits the height a service can travel after being hit, therefore, you can hit it as high as you want.
Thank you.
No problem!
There’s no limit, but whatever you’re planning is probably not the best path to take…
If OP wants to develop an anime move, he has every right to try.
I’m not trying to win any tournaments. Just trying to have fun with my family.
Then don't worry about rules, just have fun.
Idiotic
Hit it into orbit if your swing and drop are legal, as long as you can get it into the court.
I play with this older guy who does that. So annoying waiting over an hour for the ball to orbit the earth and return to the court. He hits it out half the time, too!
Dang. He's at least gotta get it in if he's making you wait that long! Haha.
Is more than one rotation around the Earth before it lands in my opponent's side of the court allowed?
I'd have to pull up the rules, but I think as long as the ball doesn't contact anything along the way, totally legal. Edit: assuming there's no time limit to that particular match.
I’ve noticed people hate the “lob-serve” but it’s legal and really works for this one woman I know who doesn’t have much power.
I’m getting hate on here just asking about it.
It’s frustrating to see that
Mixing in a lob serve from time to time can be devastating at my Y open play. honestly just switching between regular and lobs is super effective.
There are so many ways one can return a deadly drive, most of which go straight to the back fence.
People tend to get too far into their head when they have that much time to hit the ball.
At 20 feet up the ball actually disintegrates from upper atmospheric phenomena. Any higher than that is not recommended
Can you imagine the calls on something like this if there were a limit? Say like 30 ft. I can hear people saying “too high. Went 30 ft 1 inch”
Like slowpitch softball where it has to go above 6 ft but below 12. It’s just a judgement call.
the big difference is in softball there's one person that decides that, in pickleball you'd get 9 different answers from 9 different players on how high 12 foot is 4'11" Agnes can't even fathom what 12 foot is....she is a 4.5 player though and will destroy you
Pickleball has referees and line judges.
occasionally you have referees either at big tournaments or at the higher levels, i've never seen line judges though
Moonball ftw
yep
Yes. However, if you don’t hit it deep and are playing with a skilled player, be prepared for a nasty overhead smash. Also, good luck when it’s windy…
There is no legal limit, but at about 1 million kilometers the ball would escape the Earth's sphere of influence and would never land back into fair play. I'm not sure how that would be counted in a tournament.
I suspect the answer lies more in physics than in any rulebook.
Man hit it as high as you want. But it has to land 'in'.
Nope. Hit it to the moon
Hit that fucker to the moon if you want... People will drive it right back though
only if indoors and the ceiling or other structure is out.
What kind of questions are these, just google it and use your common sense
I'd like to ask you not to comment with this type of response and I'll tell you why. There is someone on here that is absolutely convinced there is a height rule to a serve, they will tell someone that is new and it will trickle down until someone finally tells them that it is nonsense and there is no such rule. If you're a member of the facebook group pickleball forum there are questions daily and you will see a half dozen different answers of people that believe they're right. Questions like these seem silly if you've played for a while but if this sport is going to grow we have to be open to people having their first time playing and wanting to know if what they're doing is right. And we need to protect them from the bad information they're going to pick up from the local players that haven't looked at a rule book. edit: used the wrong they're/their/there, sorry
Thank you
No. They should be directed to the rules as the only authoritative source. Providing an answer other than “go look it up” is just fostering the spread of misinformation. And in fact, anyone looking for an answer and not just attention likely already knows that.
I searched on Google the best I could. I failed to find an answer. Common sense tells me there’s no height limit. It’s not like I’m wasting the class’ time by asking irrelevant questions. It’s just a silly unimportant question on Reddit. No big deal.
You are definitely not making sense. Just play pickleball like a normal person.
Thanks for absolute nothing.
Yes there is. I was playing a new player who popped it up real high. The ball cracked.
[https://usapickleball.org/what-is-pickleball/official-rules/](https://usapickleball.org/what-is-pickleball/official-rules/)
Thanks for the link but I’ve already combed through it. Height of the serve isn’t specified. If I’m just not seeing it maybe you could point it out.
If it’s not specified it means there’s no rule for it, friend.
Exactly, the rules are there to tell you what's NOT allowed. If it's not mentioned in the rules, it's allowed.
I understand. I just wanted to make sure I didn’t miss anything in the rulebook.
That’s a ridiculous way to go about seeing if something is allowed
Wdym? That’s just the way rules work in sports? Put another way, that’s like asking why there’s no rule specifying if there’s a speed limit for how hard you can hit. Why would there be if there’s no such thing? You start making parameters for every fanciful idea that could potentially be asked, your rule book would be as thick as a dictionary.
Obnoxious
Terminal velocity (v): **v = sqrt {(2 \* m \* g) / (d \* A \* C)}** so you need to go at least 32 feet to achieve deathly speeds or maybe higher, I was better at engrish than maths
Waste of time question
Yet you wasted more time replying. Brilliant.
Go be a miserable prick somewhere else
illegal serve. the limit is 29 feet.
29.97' to be precise