Here are the 5 craziest pickleball rules (but you really need to know them)

The kitchen, the two-bounce rule, and the unusual scoring system. For a beginning pickleball player, it may seem as though there are more rules than in any other sport. And even once you’ve mastered the game (which, fortunately, often happens faster than you’d think), there are still situations that can cause confusion.

That’s why we dove into the official USA Pickleball Rulebook 2025 and selected five remarkable rules that every player really should read at least once.