Pickleball is a paddle sport that combines elements of tennis, badminton, and ping pong. It is played on a court similar to a doubles badminton court, with a net that is 36 inches high at the sidelines and 34 inches high in the center. Players use paddles (larger than ping pong paddles but smaller than tennis racquets) to hit a plastic ball (similar to a wiffle ball) over the net. The game can be played as singles or doubles, and the scoring is similar to tennis, except that each game is played to 11 points and you have to win by two points. The basic rules of pickleball are that you have to serve underhand from behind the baseline, the ball has to bounce once on each side before you can volley it (hit it in the air), and you cannot volley the ball within the non-volley zone (also called the kitchen), which is a 7-foot area on both sides of the net.