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an American
original. The
popularity of pickleball
has risen sharply
in recent years,
and a recent report
from the Association
of Pickleball Professionals
indicated more than 36 million people played the
sport across the United States in 2022. But pickleball is
much older than its recent participation boom suggests.
According to USA Pickleball, the sport is the brainchild
of U.S. congressman Joel Pritchard and businessman
Bill Bell. In 1965, Prichard and Bell arrived at the
former’s home on Bainbridge Island in Washington to
fi nd their families lounging around. Pritchard’s property
had an old badminton court, but no equipment. So the
players improvised, using ping pong paddles and a perforated
plastic ball. The net, initially around 60 inches
high, was lowered once the players realized how well
the ball bounced on the asphalt playing surface. The following
weekend Pritchard introduced the game to another
friend, Barney McCallum, and the two men and
Bell soon created rules for the game that is now known
as pickleball.
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