![I’m In A Pickle](http://townsquare.media/site/126/files/2015/02/pickleball.jpg?w=980&q=75)
I’m In A Pickle
But, not for long...I'm taking up "Pickleball." Being the trendsetter that I am, I'm all over this deal! Pickleball is a combination of tennis, badminton & ping-pong. You play this SPORT with a wiffle ball-like ball, racquets that look like a combination of racquetball racquets & ping-pong paddles, & a tennis-like net. Pickleball is played on a badminton-sized court & has rules similar to tennis which I'm more than familiar with. It can be played as singles or doubles & can be played inside or outsdide. With my middle name being "Sports", I can tell you that Pickleball is 1 of the fastest growing sports in the country. In fact, according to the USA Pickleball Association, it tripled in size from 2010 to 2014, & has more than 150,000 active participants. The game was invented by a now dead Republican congressman from Washington state. I'm not certain how the sport got its name. I've heard 2 stories: (1) it was named after the late congressman's dog, Pickles, & (2), the congressman named the game after pickle boat crewmen. Who knows? It's fun & it's sports...that enough for me. See you at the Pickleball court sometime soon.
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