BRIEF HISTORY, BUILDING YOUR COURT AND PORTABLE NET STANDARDS

Pickle-Ball was created during the summer of 1965 on Bainbridge Island - a short ferryboat ride from Seattle, Washington. The original purpose of the game was to provide a sport for the entire family according to the co­inventors U.S. Congressman Joel Pritchard, William Bell, and Barney McCallum. Initially, families played Pickle-Ball in their backyards on a hard surface, on driveways, and on residential dead end streets. Since the mid-1970's Pickle-Ball has grown and expanded from a family activity game to a net court sport with formalized rules and is currently being played in thousands of educational institutions, parks and recreation centers, cor­rectional facilities, health clubs, corporate fitness centers, and on multi-purpose courts at family residences.

1. Court Size - Playing dimensions - 20' x 44'. Ideal Pad Surface Size - 22'x 54'. Court diagonals - 48' - 4". 2. Net standards should be set one foot from the outside court sidelines in the center of the court. 3. The lines should be made 2" wide and fall on the inside of the length and width measurements- The Non-Yolley Zone line is made inside the 7' measurement. The cen­ter line should split center measurement, but does not pass through the Non-Volley Zone. 4. Only official Pickle-Ball equipment will be utilized during Pickle-Ball tournaments sanctioned by the U.S. Pickle­Ball Association.