PICKLEBALL SERVICE RULES 2018

018 IFP/USPA REVISED OFFICIAL TOURNAMENT RULEBOOK SERVICE
2016 Section 4 Service Rules
4.A.1 Underhand Defined.
The arm must be moving in an upward arc and the paddle head shall be below the wrist when it strikes the ball. The highest point of the paddle head cannot be above any part of lined formed where the wrist joint bends.
2018 Section 3 Definations
3.A.36. Underhand – The player’s arm must be moving in a forward and upward arc with the palm turned upward or downward.
2018Section 4 Service Rules
4.A.2. The service motion begins with the server’s arm movement initiating the swing, backward or forward, to contact the ball.
4.A.5. The serve must be made with an underhand stroke whereby the server’s arm must be moving in an upward arc (see Figure 4-1).
4.A.6. The paddle head must be below the server’s wrist when it strikes the ball. The highest point of the paddle head cannot be above the highest part of the wrist (where the wrist joint bends) (see Figure 4-1).
4.A.7. Contact with the ball is made below waist level (waist is defined as the navel level) (see Figure 4-1).
The 2018 Rules 4.A.1 Section 4 Service has removed the definition of Underhand and placed it under 3.A.36.. Underhand – The player’s arm must be moving in a forward and upward arc with the palm turned upward or downward.
2016 Underhand Defined:under 4.A.1.
The arm must be moving in an upward arc and the paddle head shall be below the wrist when it strikes the ball. The highest point of the paddle head cannot be above any part of lined formed where the wrist joint bends.
The 2018 Revision of "Underhand definition," with the inclusion of "The player’s arm must be moving in a forward and upward arc with the palm turned upward or downward," is going to add another dimension to rule a serve illegal. Not much else has changed except the reference to the imaginary line." The Underhand definition was also moved from Sec 4 Service to Sec 3 Definitions.
I downloaded a copy of the serve motion diagram in the 2018 Book. Whoever designed this visual aid had a major brainfart.
BAD SERVERS BEWARE WHAT YA GON A DO WHN THEY COME FOR YOU

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