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Singles pickleball: where to serve from and how the score decides
In singles you serve from the right when your score is even and from the left when odd. You keep serving until you lose a rally.
Serve: pickleball articles
Rules
Doubles serving order and court positions, step by step
Both partners serve before a side out, except at the start of a game. Positions follow your team's score. The 2026 rulebook rules on first and second servers.
Rules
Pickleball serve rules: the volley serve and the drop serve
Two legal serves, two sets of rules. The 2026 rulebook defines the volley serve and the drop serve, and says where a serve must land.