I’m wondering about this statement @smcshinsky 
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I don’t see that anywhere in the official USAPA rulebook. Does that come from the ref book?
The official pickleball rulebook defines the word “carry” but I can’t find any other reference to a carry, within the rules.
I also just noticed that there’s a great case-in-point that was brought up by Shonda in that Facebook thread:
Watch the point at 14:40… there are a couple of lobs from @roweda and his partner, where Zane Affleck seems to perform a carry.
https://www.facebook.com/mofiapickleballLLC/videos/433376993857280/
It’s hard to tell if this is illegal, if legal or illegal is defined by “one-motion.”
Does “one-motion” inherently mean perfectly linear? A scoop or a hit that does not follow a perfectly linear path or straight line, still seems like it would be defined as “one-motion.”
i.e., A pickleball serve is rarely ever in a perfect linear/straight motion. It usually follows some kind of scoop or underhanded arc motion.
In that video Shonda shared, Zane Affleck doesn’t come back with the ball and carry it over (as outlined in Don’s video example), but it does seem like a scoop where the ball maintains contact with the face of the ball for longer than it would during a typical “hit.”