The Entire History of Pickleball, i guess...
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The Unlikely Rise of Pickleball: From Backyard Game to National Obsession
I went digging through archives and tracking down rare footage to uncover the real story of pickleball. What I found was a fascinating tale of accidental innovation - starting with three families on Bainbridge Island who had no idea they were about to create America's fastest-growing sport.
This video breaks down how a simple solution to summer boredom in 1965 evolved into a cultural phenomenon. We'll explore everything from the ingenious Boeing engineer who revolutionized paddle technology using aerospace materials, to the surprising truth behind the sport's mysterious name.
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Respect to the OG pickleballers! Without them, we’d all still be bored in the backyard😂
Not all of us would be bored. I'd probably be dead if not for Pickleball. Even though that sounds like a massive exaggeration, it may very well be true, as I tried Pickleball because cycling, which had been my passion for 40 years, got to be way to dangerous in Dallas, where I lived. Texans have always been rude and disrespectful to cyclists, but once everyone started to text while driving, it just became too perilous. (I have been hit by cars twice, and had two friends killed by hit and run drivers while cycling.) I stopped cycling and started Pickleball, and was hooked within 15 minutes. Eight years later and I'm still a fan ... and still alive.
@pickleballer1729 glad to hear that story!
Excellent video. Keep up the great work!
Well done. Especially liked the editing.
been a subscriber for awhile. Great content my friend
Thanks!
Good video. We talk about this stuff all the time where I play.
2:45 At 2:56 Talking about the reporter you say "You can't really blame him for that" [making up a more appealing story about the name]. Even though the name of a sport is a relatively trivial story, saying that you can't blame a reporter for flat making up a lie to increase the appeal of a story is wackadoodle! Sh1t like that is why no one trusts news sources any more.
Btw, the story about the dog is absolutely false, and has been debunked several times. The other two stories are not necessarily mutually exclusive. Many things are named because of two ways in which the name works. For example, "Cop" for a policeman came from "Copper" from the copper helmets British policemen wore, shortened to "cop". In the USA, it came from the acronym "Constable On Patrol".
Probably my favorite video so far. Do you believe tennis and pickleball to be complimentary sports or do people play one or the other?