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Pickleball

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Pickleball is a racket sport played on a badminton-sized court with a modified tennis net, in which players use solid paddles to hit a perforated plastic ball, combining elements of tennis, badminton and table tennis. The sport was invented in 1965 on Bainbridge Island, Washington, by Joel Pritchard, Bill Bell and Barney McCallum, and it has grown rapidly in participation in the United States and internationally since the 2010s. It is governed internationally by the International Federation of Pickleball and is not part of the Olympic program.

Facts
Origin Year
1965 1
Originating Region
Bainbridge Island, Washington, United States 1
International Governing Body
International Federation of Pickleball 1
Classification
Olympic Programme Status
Not an Olympic Sport 1
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Associated With

Table Tennis, Sports
Source Pickleball - Wikipedia

Derived From

Badminton, Sports

Borrowed the badminton court and equipment; not a lineage claim.

Source Pickleball - Wikipedia
Tennis, Sports

Borrowed a tennis-height net; not a lineage claim.

Source Pickleball - Wikipedia
Sources
1. Pickleball - Wikipedia
  • History, invention
    It was invented in 1965 as a children's backyard game in the United States, on Bainbridge Island in Washington State.
  • History, place of invention
    It was invented in 1965 as a children's backyard game in the United States, on Bainbridge Island in Washington State.
  • Governance, international body
    in 2010 USA Pickleball helped establish the International Federation of Pickleball (IFP), now the International Pickleball Federation (IPF), to serve as a world-wide governing body.
  • entity record, description (olympic-status)
    It is governed internationally by the International Federation of Pickleball and is not part of the Olympic program.
  • Derived From: Badminton, Etymology
    the game of pickleball was created from leftover equipment from several sports; a badminton court, paddleball paddles, a wiffle ball and a net height like that of tennis.
  • Derived From: Tennis, Etymology
    the game of pickleball was created from leftover equipment from several sports; a badminton court, paddleball paddles, a wiffle ball and a net height like that of tennis.
  • Associated With: Table Tennis, Lead section
    Aspects of the sport resemble tennis and table tennis played on a doubles badminton court, but pickleball has specific scoring rules, paddles, balls and court lines.
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