Pickleball is played with paddles and a perforated ball, which reduces the speed of the game compared to other racquet sports like tennis. The sport has exploded in popularity since the COVID-19 pandemic as an easy sport to pick up.
"It was an easy sell because we had an imbalance of boys and girls sports," Foster said ... "There were no coaches out there because the sport isn't from this area." ... "Lacrosse really isn't a huge budgetary sport.
The Breakers will unveil its new world-class tennis and racquet complex later this month with a celebrity-filled event blending sports and philanthropy ...Grand SlamWeekend coincides with the debut of The Breakers' new tennis and racquet complex.
The Preston Farm scheme proposes to install six courts for padel, a racquet sport mixing tennis and squash, along with a café, office, reception, changing rooms, showers and toilets at OpusPark, Lockheed Close.
Racquet sports are very popular in the U.S., with pickleball alone seeing a 159% increase in participation since 2019, researchers said in background notes ... About 13% had played a racquet sport ...
The former 41-world-ranked professional player became the first female president of Egypt's national federation back in December and now looks forward to the racquet sport's debut in the next Summer Olympics.
...Love Serving Autism, a local nonprofit devoted to providing adaptive and inclusive therapeutic racquet sports instruction for children and adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders and unique abilities.
How rapidly growing racket sport is putting tennis 'at risk' ... It was given the royal seal of approval after it emerged Prince William and his wife Kate are hooked on the sport ... The booming racquet sport enjoyed by celebs and athletes.