The origin of pickleball

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Old 12-17-2024, 09:49 AM
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Imo, a better name for the sport would have been: TenPong.

Pickleball is a near perfect hybrid of tennis and ping pong. The name Pickleball has no inherent fit.
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Imo, a better name for the sport would have been: TenPong.

Pickleball is a near perfect hybrid of tennis and ping pong. The name Pickleball has no inherent fit.
I like hybrid racketball. It called padel tennis Padel tennis the newest fastest growing sport in world? So they say. Starting to take off in United States.

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I like hybrid racketball. It called padel tennis Padel tennis the newest fastest growing sport in world? So they say. Starting to take off in United States.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9zUiQjvANM
Good video, quite fun to watch. But, to play it well, you'd need to be rather young and very fit for such non-stop action.
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