Pickleball is one of the fastest-growing sports in the world but you'd be forgiven if you didn't know anything about it. I didn't either, until about a year ago when I heard of wild increases in new sign-ups for sessions of pickleball for beginners. So, when I got the opportunity to try the sport for myself, I jumped at the chance - and this is what I discovered.
Pickleball is a sport that combines many elements of the racquet sports we know and love, like tennis, ping pong, badminton, and squash. It's played either indoors or outdoors on a court with a paddle and a plastic ball with holes in it. Whether you want to play just you and one other or two of you against another couple, that's up to you.
