What is Pickleball?

HISTORY

Pickleball was created right here in the PNW during the summer of 1965 on Bainbridge Island. The Pritchard’s, the Bells, the McCallum’s, and the Browns apparently had a fine time inventing it. I’m sure family fun, exercise, laughter and maybe the occasional beer was had in the making of the rules. There is some debate on whether or not Pickles the dog was named after the game or the game was named after Pickles. In either case it doesn’t matter to us. We love Pickleball, exercise, family and dogs!

THE BALL

A pickleball is similar to a wiffleball but its made with a more rigid, heavy material and has smaller holes. The common practice is to play outdoors with yellow or orange balls and indoors with white balls, but anything goes. High density foam balls may also be used to play.

ThE PADDLE

The paddleis similar to a ping pong paddle in that it is solid and easily maneuverable with a turn off the wrist. When the game was invented, wooden paddles were used and are still used at many institutions due to lower cost. The best quality paddles are made of lightweight fiberglass due to their lower weight and higher durability.

Find Additional information at https://usapickleball.org/