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The Pickleball Boom: How America Fell in Love with a New Court Game
Paperback
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Publisher: Publishdrive
Published: May 9 2026
Pages: 338
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The Pickleball Boom: How America Fell in Love with a New Court Game tells the fact-based story of the unlikely court sport that grew from a family pastime on Bainbridge Island, Washington, into one of the most talked-about recreational movements in the United States. Beginning with the 1965 origin of the game and the roles of Joel Pritchard, Bill Bell, Barney McCallum, and Joan Pritchard, this book follows pickleball from improvised paddles and a plastic ball to formal rules, permanent courts, national organisation, clubs, tournaments, and professional competition.
Written in a polished narrative style, the book explains why pickleball spread so effectively through families, schools, YMCAs, parks, retirement communities, tennis facilities, public recreation programmes, and local clubs. It explores the distinctive features that made the game accessible and addictive: the compact court, the paddle, the perforated ball, the underhand serve, the two-bounce rule, the non-volley zone, doubles play, open-play culture, and the social rhythm that allowed beginners and experienced players to share the same space.
The story also follows the modern boom: pandemic-era acceleration, participation growth, public-court conflicts, noise concerns, injuries, equipment innovation, ratings, tournament expansion, celebrity investors, professional tours, Major League Pickleball, the PPA Tour, business investment, media coverage, and the growing pickleball economy. From local courts to national championships, from senior communities to professional broadcasts, The Pickleball Boom is a clear, engaging, fact-only history of how a small court game became a major part of American sporting life.
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This book is an independent, unofficial publication. It is not authorised, sponsored, endorsed, or approved by USA Pickleball, Major League Pickleball, the Professional Pickleball Association, the Association of Pickleball Players, DUPR, UTR Sports, the Sports & Fitness Industry Association, or any other organisation, league, tour, company, brand, venue, or rights holder mentioned in the text. All trademarks, service marks, organisation names, league names, tour names, event names, brand names, and logos mentioned are the property of their respective owners and are used only for factual, historical, descriptive, and informational purposes.
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