What Is Pickleball Kitchen And Why It Is Kitchen (2023)

There are many terminologies in the sport that are not understood by people and pickleball is also one of them.

You must be hearing the term kitchen from the players of pickleball. This item can be confusing for some players, especially who are hearing them for the first time.

The kitchen is synonym for non volley zone that is on either side of the net. Keep reading this article for information about this zone.

Non volley zone 

As the name tells, you are not allowed to hit volleys while you are inside this area and it will be considered as a fault.

Volley is a ball that is hit in the air and has not bounced. The line that marks the zone is also the part of the zone so remember not to touch the line while you make the short

otherwise it will be considered a fault and don’t hit the ball if you think that your Momentum will make you fall into the zone otherwise it will also be considered as a fault.

The beginners love to hit the ball running towards the net and create a Smash that is why this zone was created to avoid smashing.

There are rules for the kitchen zone.

Why it is known as the kitchen

No one knows why this term is named as kitchen but many theories tell that this term was borrowed from a game known as shuffleboard.

In the shuffleboard the kitchen area is also known as 10-off area that is behind the primary scoring zone and if you land in this area 10 points are deducted.

This is similar to the pickleball kitchen zone you don’t want to land in the kitchen otherwise your opponent gets the point.

You need to completely have a grip on your kitchen zone because the professional players are extremely comfortable and always remember that the kitchen zone is no Zone.

Your focus should be that you must not land in the kitchen zone and this will improve your game.

It is just one challenge in pickleball, there are many challenges as well that makes the game more exciting.