PICKLEBALL
DISTRICT.

Mouse: hold left click to charge power, then release to play. Right click during charging cancels. Keyboard and touch actions retain their direct controls. Choose the mouse shot type in the control strip. Release close to contact; racket releases have a short timing buffer. Serves keep an assisted fixed pace.

A QUICK KITCHEN BRIEFING

Give it a bounce.

You control the blue player marked YOU. Your partner covers the other half. Aim with the mouse, or tap the far court on touch screens.

1. Serve diagonally. Hit starts an assisted underarm serve into the highlighted box, beyond the kitchen. There is one serve attempt.
2. Bounce on both sides. Let the serve bounce, then let the return bounce. Held shots wait for these required bounces. Afterward, volleys are allowed.
3. Respect the kitchen. No volley with your feet on or inside the red zone. Moving into it after a volley can also be a fault. You may enter to play a bounced ball.
4. Earn your serve. Only the serving team scores. Each team gets two servers, except the opening turn. The call reads serving score, receiving score, server number.

On touch screens, drag the stick and hold a named shot button. Push the stick fully to sprint. Tap SWITCH to change partner. Movement help positions you; manual input takes over.

Arcade doubles: classic to 11 or quick to 5, always win by two. Enlarged ball and reach, assisted serve/shot arcs, point-centre line calls, and simplified foot/momentum detection. Net clips end the rally; spin, body/net contact and around-post play are not fully modeled.

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