Double bouncing ball in the serve box - Is it out?

It's in

If the served ball bounces twice in the receiving opponents box, it is an ace. Not a fault

Rule 6.5: The ball is served from the right side of the court it should pass diagonally over the net towards the receiving box of service of the person receiving the ball. It must bounce within the lines that limit this box. In the first instance the serve must go into the receiver’s box located at his left side, and, when one side wins the point, it is time for the following service and the ball must go into the receiver’s box located at his right side, and so on alternatively. \- Ball must bounce within the lines that limit the box - it does not sat it cant bounce twice Rules 7: 1. The serve is a fault if: a) The server infringes Rule 6 “The Service”, points 1) to 6). b) The server misses the ball when trying to hit it. c) The ball bounces outside the receiver’s service box (the lines are counted as good). d) The ball hits the server, his companion or any object worn or carried by either. e) The ball bounces in the receiver’s service box and touches the metallic fence around the court before the second bounce. f) The ball bounces in the receiver’s service box and bounces out of court directly through the gates of a court without a safety zone and therefore with no out-of-court play authorized. So it is NO fault if the ball bounces twice

Normalize checking the rulebooks before asking questions.

This is possibly THE most frequently asked question and frankly I have no idea where the confusion comes from. If a serve bounces twice in the receivers area it is an ace. So yes, you can indeed do a "drop shot" serve, only that is usually a bad idea unless your opponents are really slow. That's why you never see the pros do it.

Interesting. This was raised yesterday at my club. With no definitive answer. So thanks to all that have responded. Ill take it to my club. This only came ip as we had a number of first timers and serves were “underpowered” which caught a number of the experienced guys out. 🤣

This is stupid. Why would it be out. What even is the reasoning for calling out?

It’s point to the server, whether the second bounce inside the box or outside the box as long as the first bounce is in the correct box.

If you're recieving a serve and it bounces twice, it's your f**k up for being too slow 😅

And here we go again! Like this hasn't been asked 1 million times already

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Not out

I think the confusion comes from beginners' training that states something like "the serve must bounce off towards the back glass" and does not mention the drop shot option. I have been to quite a few beginners' trainings (with my kids, colleagues and friends) and the coaches usually describe the proper serve as something that lands near the far end of the service box. The short serve option is usually not mentioned, thus people new to the game don't realize this is possible or legal.

Only when you play with old people Pause  Not 

It's in

I often mix up my serves with a dropshot serve. I guess it's their club so they can decide the rules but official padel rules state that it's allowed as other commenters have posted from the official IPF rulebook.

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