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LA FITNESS PICKLEBALL - see Club Express Calendar for upcoming play dates.

Please register on Club Express if you plan on playing

Join Don Guerin to play indoor pickleball at LA Fitness in Totem Lake (12321 – 120^th Pl NE, Kirkland, WA 98034) on most Thursdays.   You must be a member of LA Fitness or have a Silver Sneakers membership (available with many Medicare Advantage plans).  Non-members can still play but there is a $20 non-member fee per day that includes a tour of the facilities which requires you to arrive earlier than the scheduled time.  Play will be on one of the racquet ball courts. 

Summary of Rules:

• 4 players required (two per side)
• Each team serves twice with the exception of the opening serve (one serve)
  • Opening serves start on the left side and are served cross court.
  • If the serving team wins the point, they switch positions with their partner and continue serving cross court.
• All serves must be underhand and the opposing team must be able to return the serve.
  • This avoids players crashing into the wall
• The ball must bounce once on each side of the net before a no bounce volley can be played.
  • Both players on the serving side start with their back at the wall
  • Receiving player stays back to receive serve which must bounce once; partner may play up.
• Players may not step into the “kitchen” unless the ball bounces there first.This includes balls that are hit from behind the kitchen line but the player’s forward momentum carries him/her into the kitchen resulting in loss of serve (either #1 server to #2 server or #2 server’s side out).
• The ball may not hit the side walls, the rear wall, or the ceiling as these all result in loss of serve.
• Opening score is 0-0-2 which means zero points for serving team, zero points for receiving team, and serve #2 (note:first serve of the game starts with #2)
• Subsequent scores are called out just prior to the serve stating how may points the serving team has, how many points the receiving team has, and either #1 or #2
  • Example:5-4-1 = serving team 5, receiving team 4, and first of two serves for the side
  • Example:10-5-2 = serving team 10, receiving team 5, second serve.
• Game is 15 points; however, you must win by 2 points.