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Pickleball is a racket or paddle sport in which two players (singles) or four players (doubles) use a smooth-faced paddle to hit a perforated, hollow plastic ball over a 34-inch-high (0.86 m) net until one side is unable to return the ball or commits a rule infraction.
The name of a dog owned by Joel and Joan Pritchard that is often said to be the origin of the name for the sport of pickleball. However, Joan Pritchard has said that the dog came along after the sport was already named, and that it was the dog that was named after the sport. (See Etymology of pickleball) Player position
The United States Amateur Pickleball Association, originally abbreviated U.S.A.P.A., was founded by Bryon Olson, Sid Williams and a few other Washington state pickleball enthusiasts in 1984 in Tacoma, Washington. A few years later Williams changed the name of the organization to the United States of America Pickleball Association. Their ...
For decades, pickleball grew slowly, played mainly by a small number of older adults on makeshift courts. A major milestone took place in 1990 when The Villages, Florida put in a pickleball court ...
Pickleball courts seem to be popping up everywhere we look. But what is pickleball? We've got the answer, the rules, and everything you need to play.
Pickleballers are dominating public courts. Tennis players aren't happy. Here's what else you need to know.
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The walls of the shed are covered in mementos of the sport’s history: a banner recognizing pickleball’s invention in 1965, clippings from magazines and news stories about pickleball, and ...