Pickleball
Racket sport
Summary
Pickleball is a racket sport in which two or four players use a smooth-faced paddle to hit a perforated, hollow plastic ball over a 34-inch-high (0.86 m) net, until one side is unable to return the ball or commits a rule infraction. Pickleball is played indoors and outdoors. It was invented in 1965 as a children's backyard game in the United States, on Bainbridge Island in Washington State. In 2022, pickleball was named the official state sport of Washington.
Originally created by TravDAman
5/14/2005, 10:44:52 PM
Modified
6/4/2026, 3:42:02 AM
Recent revisions
/* Invention */ Linked Cosom Fun Ball. There isn't an article for it, but it seems pretty important for the evolution of pickleball and was presumably used for other sports as well
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Updated audience statistics to include 2025 SFIA data (24.3M players) and cited The Dink Pickleball reporting on SFIA 2026 Topline Participation Report
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Fix grammar: add missing relative pronoun "which" ("One paddle, he called" → "One paddle, which he called")
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