Pickleball

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Pickleball is a ball sport that originated in the USA and combines elements of badminton , tennis and table tennis . It differs in the moderate speed of the ball, the size of the court and the dynamic course of the game.

history

Pickleball was created on Bainbridge Island in 1965 by three fathers, Joel Pritchard , Bill Bell and Barney McCallum, for the employment of their children. Meanwhile, pickleball has become a popular sport outside of the US and Canada.

In the early years there was no official name for the game. As the game became more popular, it was named after the statement of Joan Prichard, Joel Prichard's wife: “after I said it reminded me of the Pickle Boat in crew where oarsmen were chosen from the leftovers of other boats. Somehow the idea the name came from our dog Pickles was attached to the naming of the game, but Pickles wasn't on the scene for two more years. The dog was named from the game. "

  • 1965: Founded by Joel Pritchard, a Seattle congressman
  • 1972: Foundation of a society to protect the new sport
  • 1975: First article on pickleball in the National Observer
  • 1984: Foundation of the USA Pickleball Association (USAPA)
  • 1990: Pickleball is played in all 50 states of the USA
  • 2009: the first USAPA tournament with almost 400 players from 26 states in the USA and Canada
  • 2013: Foundation of the first pickleball club in Germany
  • 2014: Pickleball is an official sport in Germany, recognized by the Bavarian Tennis Association and the Bavarian State Sports Association
  • 2016: The first US OPEN Pickleball Championship was held in Naples , Southwest Florida
  • 2018: Foundation of the German Pickleball Association, recognized by the International Pickleball Association (IFP)
  • 2019: The first German Open will take place in Essen with over 350 players from 29 nations.

bat

The racket is available in many different designs. The first clubs were made of wood. Newer clubs consist of a honeycomb core with different material combinations: some have an aluminum core, others one made of NOMEX . This material is a synthetic aromatic polyamide polymer (aramid) which is processed with paper into a honeycomb core. The surface of the racket consists of either a glass fiber, aluminum or graphite layer.

field

The size of the field corresponds to almost a third of the total area of ​​a tennis court or the size of a badminton field .

Aerial view of pickleball fields

ball

There are indoor balls and outdoor balls that must meet the requirements of the American Pickleball Association for tournament games. The balls are produced rimless in a rotating injection molding process. The holes are subsequently drilled into the cooled ball.

Pickleball

game

Pickleball can be played with two or four players. The point balance is announced before each service.

literature

  • USA Pickleball Association: Pickleball Fundamentals Human Kinetics Pub Inc, ISBN 978-1-4925-0413-9 .
  • Ron Elbe: Pickleball Pointers: A PLAYER'S GUIDE TO IMPROVING YOUR SKILLS Independently published (September 20, 2018), ISBN 978-1-72028-661-5 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ History of the Game . Official USAPA website. Accessed December 1, 2018.