Once upon a time, in the mystical land of Bainbridge Island, Washington, during the summer of 1965, there was a bored congressman named Joel Pritchard. He wanted to entertain his family, so he grabbed some ping pong paddles, a wiffle ball, and headed to his backyard. Little did he know, he was about to invent pickleball, a game that would become the lovechild of tennis, badminton, and ping pong. Legend has it, the name "pickleball" came from the Pritchard's family dog, Pickles, who would chase after the errant balls. And thus, a quirky sport was born, one that would capture the hearts of retirees and athletes alike, forever uniting them on the court of wiffle ball glory.
