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Pickleball
What is pickleball anyway?
Apart from the best invention ever? Pickleball is a ball sport. It combines the elements of badminton, tennis and table tennis. The sport differs in the more moderate speed of the ball, the size of the court and the dynamic course of the game.
Pickleball seems to be growing in a future-oriented way for the following reasons: No contact sport, easy play for young / old thanks to the small playing field and large balls, little space required.
General Information
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Ein Sport für Spieler aller Altersgruppen und Fähigkeiten.
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Spaß am gemeinsamen Spiel.
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Spielmodi: Einzel (2 Spieler) oder Doppel (4 Spieler)
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Im Gegensatz zu Tennisbällen bestehen Pickleballbälle aus Kunststoff und haben Löcher, wodurch sich der Ball langsamer bewegt als Tennisbälle.
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Kann sowohl im Freien als auch Indoor gespielt werden.
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Pickleball gehört zu den am schnellst wachsenden Sportarten Nordamerikas.
RULES
SERVE
Serve: When serving, the player must keep their feet behind the baseline.
The serve is executed below the hip with an upward motion of the arm.
The serve is directed diagonally across the court and should land between the no-volley zone and the baseline.
Attempts
Only one serve is allowed, unless the ball touches the net during the serve and lands in the correct court. In that case, the serve is repeated.
no-volley zone
Volley shots are prohibited within the no-volley zone.
The no-volley zone extends 2.13 meters (from the net) on both sides of the net.
Serve
change
At the start of each game, the serving team is allowed only one error before handing the serve over to the opponents. After that, both members of each team serve in turn before the ball is handed over to the opposing team (in doubles).
position
When the serving team makes its first error, the players remain in their positions and hand the ball over to the other team.
Players switch sides only after a point is scored.
method of counting
A point is scored when a player hits a winner (or the opponent makes an error) on their own serve -> A team can only score a point on its own serve.
STORY
1965
Founded by Joel Pritchard, a congressman from Seattle
1972
Establishment of an association to promote the new sport
1975
First article about pickleball in the National Observer.
1984
Founding of the USA Pickleball Association (USAPA)
1990
Pickleball is played in all 50 states of the U.S.
2009
The first USAPA tournament, featuring nearly 400 players from 26 states in the U.S. and Canada
2013
Founding 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
Founding of the German Pickleball Federation (Deutscher Pickleball Bund e.V.), recognized by the International Pickleball Federation (IFP)
2023
Founding of the Austrian Pickleball Association
