Pickleball, Anyone? Young or Old?

By Ivan Ng

March 2025
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PICKLEBALL IS A buzzword that has sprung up among both the young and the elderly in the past year. The racket sport originated in the mid-1960s, and it combines elements of badminton, tennis and ping pong. Pickleball is credited to Americans Joel Pritchard and Bill Bell, who invented the sport to make use of the badminton court in the backyard of Joel’s Bainbridge Island home after his son, Frank, complained about having nothing to do on a summer day. When...

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Ivan Ng

graduated from the University of Mount Union in Ohio, US, and is currently in the insurance business. He is also an avid pickleballer and coaches squash as a side hustle.

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