USA Pickleball Rule Changes

Release Position. The server must release the ball from a natural (unaided) height. The hand and body must be stationary and the palm must be facing down. Release occurs by opening fingers and not moving hand or wrist or arm until ball is clearly released. Exception: if a person only had one hand, the ball may be rolled off the paddle.

Release Position. The server must release the ball from a natural (unaided) height.

This codifies the original intent of the dropped ball. This also eliminated rolling the ball and adding spin.

Instead of adding to 7.D.1. The text could be a standalone subsection i.e. 7.D.5.

Over the years since the drop serve was added, there have been many variations and this gets back to the basic concept of a "dropped" ball.