pickleball (game)

"Shares the ins and outs of the game [of pickleball] . . . for beginner to seasoned players"--Provided by publisher.

Introduces the rules and strategy of the game of pickleball and discusses how the game teaches teamwork.

This title introduces young sports fans to pickleball, introducing the sport's history, rules, equipment, and why more and more athletes love playing it.

"Offers detailed descriptions, drills, gamelike activities, and photos so readers can quickly master the sport's essential techniques: groundstroke, serve and return, volley, dink shot, overhead smash, lob, and dropshot"--Publisher.

Pickleball is the fastest growing sport in America. Easy to learn, but impossible to master, it?s no wonder that nearly 5 million people nationwide have picked up their paddles and taken to the court. But people aren?t just dabbling in this up-and-coming activity, they are obsessed; some hit the court as many as five, six, even seven times a week. As Vanity Fair put it, pickleball has ?won over everyone, from Leonardo DiCaprio to your grandparents.? Pickleball Is Life is the first book of its kind celebrating the weird and wonderful world of pickleball. It will take readers on a journey from the sport?s quirky origins to its modern-day cult following. Along the way, visual info graphs and illustrations will share even more pickleball knowledge, including etiquette tips, a DIY court, obscure rules, and pointers for (good-natured) trash talk. Also included are interviews with members of the three founding families from Bainbridge Island who are still very much involved in the sport and its growth. People of all ages, athletic abilities, and backgrounds have fallen in love with pickleball. Sure, it?s a good workout, but it?s also a cheerful way to interact with others?something folks crave now more than ever. So, whether they?re uninitiated or obsessed, this book will help readers find even more to love about the world?s greatest sport.