{"id":17811,"date":"2023-10-10T08:37:42","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T08:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shoestechnologies.exum.eu\/?p=17811"},"modified":"2023-10-10T12:09:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T12:09:18","slug":"pickleball-tennis-antagonist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shoestechnologies.exum.eu\/?p=17811","title":{"rendered":"Pickleball: does tennis have a new antagonist?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Try to shrink a tennis court, enlarge ping-pong paddles, add the fun of padel, and the unpredictability of badminton, and you have created the perfect pickleball formula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first appearance of pickleball<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A sport born in America in 1965, thanks to Joel Pritchard and Bill Bell, has seen a surge of players in the post-pandemic period, especially among Generation Z<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Ernie Medina, USA Pickleball ambassador and certified coach of the Professional Pickleball Registry,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pickleball is so popular because it is more reminiscent of maxi ping-pong than mini tennis<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

and underscoring the growth of the sport is the number of countries participating in the Pickleball Federation<\/strong>, which now has 37 countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rules & court<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

One of the reasons for the rapid rise of pickleball is related to the ease of learning the rules of the game and its basic concepts. The rules <\/strong>that distinguish this sport from its cousins tennis and padel <\/a>are mainly related to the presence of an area on the court where it is not possible to hit the ball on the volley, also known as the “non-vol\u00e9e<\/strong><\/em>“; in addition, it is necessary to bounce the ball after the serve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pickleball racket and ball<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The smaller playing rectangle<\/strong>, compared to the more classic tennis court, and the smaller size of the racket make the sport extremely dynamic and technical enough for those who play it and obviously compelling for spectators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two other distinguishing factors of the pickleball are the small size<\/strong> of the racket and the material of which it is made mainly of fiberglass; the material of the ball also changes, as it becomes plastic and has 26 holes.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The goal is to make the sport an Olympic discipline<\/strong>, and in fact, even Vivienne David<\/strong> predicts that pickleball in 10 to 20 years is definitely going to be in the Olympics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Un post condiviso da Vivienne David (@viviennedavid97)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote>