Racket sport
Pickleball
Invented on a backyard badminton court, now the fastest-growing sport in America.
- Origin
- Bainbridge Island, USA, 1965
- Players
- 1 or 2 per side
- Governing body
- USA Pickleball / IFP
- Format
- First to 11, win by 2
- Court
- 13.4 × 6.1 m
- Olympic
- Not yet
Three ways in
Option one
Rules & how to play
Everything you need to follow a game of pickleball: the objective, the field, the fouls and the officials.
6 sections
Option two
History & origins
Where pickleball came from and how it grew, told as a timeline of the moments that changed it.
10 milestones
Option three
Players
Search the greats by name, country or honour — or scroll the list to find someone you've never heard of.
10 profiles