Trivia Time….

Football.

Pickleball is a fast paced racquet and ball sport.  Most games last 15 to 25 minutes.  The court, net, equipment and scoring share qualities with badminton, tennis and ping pong.

For pickle boat where oarsmen were chosen from leftovers of other crews because the rules came from several other games just like a pickle boat where leftover oarsmen come from different crews.  The inventors did have a dog named Pickles,  but that was after the game was invented.

Invented in 1965 by Joel Pritchard, Bill Bell and Barney McCallum in Washington to entertain their children.

A paddle similar to a ping pong paddle.   The paddle cannot exceed 24 inches wide or 17 inches in length.

A round ball less than 3 inches with holes like a whiffle ball.   At first a whiffle ball was used but was improved to become a smooth plastic, hollow ball of 2.87 to 2.97 inches with 26 - 40 evenly spaced holes.

A court the same size as a badminton court - the court is 20 X 44 feet.

2-4.  The game is played as singles or doubles.

Underhand with the ball below the waist.  It is served diagonally across the net into the second half of the court and must bounce once before it is returned.

The non volley line is 7 X 20 feet, and is on either side of the net.  A player can only volley when their feet are behind the non volley zone.

11 but must be 2 points ahead to win.