Also, do not question the legend of how the 50-year-old sport got its unusual name.
“The rumor, the cutest rumor, anyway, is that it is named after a cocker spaniel,” laughed Bob Hood, president of the Coosa Valley Pickleball Club.
The favorite tale is that when the game was started, a cocker spaniel named Pickles owned by one of the men chased the ball constantly.
“That isn’t actually true,” admitted Hood. “But we’re going with that version.”
The sport is a combination of tennis, badminton and ping pong. It is played with paddles, a short, modified tennis net and a plastic ball. It can be played indoors and outdoors and by a wide range of ages.
“We have players ranging in age from 8 to 82,” Hood said.
Pickleball got started in Rome in January, he added.
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