QUESTION: During a pickleball game, a ball is hit from team A deep into team B’s court. The ball is contacted by a player on team B in an effort to return it and then, after the ball is on its way back across the court, the team B player yells “Out” to indicate that the ball was out of bounds which would then give team B the point.

Can a player call a ball out after contacting it in an effort to return it? Yes/No?

ANSWER: According to the USA Pickleball Association in conjunction with the rules of the International Federation of Pickleball, Yes, the ball can be called “out” after the player, or the partner, hit it.