Tuesday, February 06, 2007
Pickleball
According to 
Pickleball.com, "The mini-tennis game called Pickle-Ball was created during the summer of 1965 on Bainbridge Island - a short ferry ride from Seattle, WA. The original purpose of the game was to provide a sport for the entire family, according to co-inventors U.S. Congressman Joel Pritchard, William Bell, and Barney McCallum."
Wikipedia calls Pickleball "a combination of ping pong, tennis, and badminton." Already, I like this game - junkly in its very essence, combining elements of other sports to create a new, more accessible sport. Again, according to Wikipedia, "Pickleball's small court also allows younger players or those with varying degrees of mobility and paraplegics to participate in a way that the larger court of tennis sometimes prohibits....Pickleball is designed to keep everyone in play. There's a no-volley zone close to the net to prevent overcompetitive players from smashing their way to one-sidedness. Pickleball is a game of shot placement and patience, not brute power or strength. Once the ball has hit the ground on both sides of the net, the volley can continue as in badminton, with the ball constantly in the air."
funfinding by Bill Harris
Pickleball.com, "The mini-tennis game called Pickle-Ball was created during the summer of 1965 on Bainbridge Island - a short ferry ride from Seattle, WA. The original purpose of the game was to provide a sport for the entire family, according to co-inventors U.S. Congressman Joel Pritchard, William Bell, and Barney McCallum." Wikipedia calls Pickleball "a combination of ping pong, tennis, and badminton." Already, I like this game - junkly in its very essence, combining elements of other sports to create a new, more accessible sport. Again, according to Wikipedia, "Pickleball's small court also allows younger players or those with varying degrees of mobility and paraplegics to participate in a way that the larger court of tennis sometimes prohibits....Pickleball is designed to keep everyone in play. There's a no-volley zone close to the net to prevent overcompetitive players from smashing their way to one-sidedness. Pickleball is a game of shot placement and patience, not brute power or strength. Once the ball has hit the ground on both sides of the net, the volley can continue as in badminton, with the ball constantly in the air."
funfinding by Bill Harris
Labels: invented sports
