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List Of Pickleball Organizations
This List of pickleball organizations identifies pickleball resources around the world. USA Pickleball USA Pickleball was the first national pickleball organization established. Initially named the United States Amateur Pickleball Association (USAPA) when it was formed in 1984, it reorganized as the USA Pickleball Association (also USAPA) in 2005. The organization adopted the name USA Pickleball (USAP) in 2020. USAPA published the first official rule book in 1984, and published the ''USA Pickleball Association Official Tournament Rulebook'' in 2008. International Federation of Pickleball The International Federation of Pickleball (IFP) is the highest governing body for the sport of Pickleball. The organization was first established in 2010 by the USA Pickleball Association (USAPA), now USA Pickleball (USAP). Inaugural members were the United States, Canada, Spain, and India. List of IFP members Listed below are International Federation of Pickleball member countries in order b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pickleball
Pickleball is an indoor or outdoor racket/paddle sport where two players (singles), or four players (doubles), hit a perforated hollow polymer ball over a net using solid-faced paddles. Opponents on either side of the net hit the ball back and forth until one side commits a rule infraction. Pickleball was invented in 1965 as a children's backyard game on Bainbridge Island, Washington, USA. In 2022, pickleball was adopted as the official state sport of Washington. The appearance of a pickleball court, and the manner of play, resemble tennis, but the court is the size of a doubles badminton court, less than a third the size of a tennis court. Court lines and rules are specific to pickleball and include two on either side of the net known as the ''non-volley zones'', where the ball cannot be hit with the paddle unless the ball bounces first. The official rules specify side-out scoring, where only the serving team can score a point. All serves are made with an underhand stroke. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USA Pickleball
USA Pickleball, or USAP, is the de facto governing body for the sport of pickleball in the United States. It was the world's first national pickleball organization established when it was formed in 1984 as the United States Amateur Pickleball Association. It reorganized as the USA Pickleball Association (USAPA) in 2005. The organization adopted the name USA Pickleball in 2020. As the USAPA, the organization published the first official pickleball rule book in 1984 and published the ''USA Pickleball Association Official Tournament Rulebook'' in 2008. Since 2005 the organization has operated as a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization. History The ''United States Amateur Pickleball Association'', originally abbreviated U.S.A.P.A., was founded by Bryon Olson, Sid Williams and a few other Washington state pickleball enthusiasts in 1984 in Tacoma, Washington. A few years later Williams changed the name of the organization to the ''United States of America Pickleball Association''. Their ob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Federation Of Pickleball
The International Federation of Pickleball (IFP) was created to act as the world Sports governing body, governing body for the sport of pickleball. The IFP was founded in 2010 by the USA Pickleball Association (USAPA), now USA Pickleball (USAP). The IFP is a nonprofit organization that focuses its resources on providing support to national and local pickleball organizations. The IFP's goals include creating and maintaining official rules across all of pickleball, organizing international tournaments, and most crucially, spreading the sport of pickleball across the world. The IFP's main goal is to have the sport of pickleball added to the Olympic Games. The IFP also organizes international pickleball competitions including the Bainbridge Cup, an international competition in which teams represent their continents and compete on professional and amateur levels. History The International Federation of Pickleball was founded in the wake of the first National Pickleball Open co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern California
Southern California (commonly shortened to SoCal) is a geographic and Cultural area, cultural region that generally comprises the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. It includes the Los Angeles metropolitan area, the second most populous urban agglomeration in the United States. The region generally contains ten of California's 58 counties: Imperial County, California, Imperial, Kern County, California, Kern, Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles, Orange County, California, Orange, Riverside County, California, Riverside, San Bernardino County, California, San Bernardino, San Diego County, California, San Diego, Santa Barbara County, California, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo County, California, San Luis Obispo and Ventura County, California, Ventura counties. The Colorado Desert and the Colorado River are located on Southern California's eastern border with Arizona, and San Bernardino County shares a border with Nevada to the northeast. Southern California's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All India Pickleball Association
The All India Pickleball Association (AIPA) is the governing body of Pickleball in India. It functions as a nonprofit organization, providing support to other national and local pickleball organizations, and it organized the ''Amateur Pickleball Federation, India'' as its executive body to conduct pickleball tournaments in India. Established by Mr. Sunil Valavalkar in 2008, in 2015 the AIPA became a founding member of the International Federation of Pickleball (IFP) where Valavalkar serves as Vice President. History All India Pickleball Association (AIPA) was founded in 2008 with the Registrar of Companies, Govt. Of India. They were registered under the Indian Companies Act, 1956 with a status as a Society or Trust as is popularly known. To grow the popularity AIPA made number of demonstrations in and around Maharashtra and Gujarat which helped it gain popularity after which many Print and Electronic media started covering the new founded sport. This led to many workshops ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pickleball Organizations
Pickleball is an indoor or outdoor racket/paddle sport where two players (singles), or four players (doubles), hit a perforated hollow polymer ball over a net using solid-faced paddles. Opponents on either side of the net hit the ball back and forth until one side commits a rule infraction. Pickleball was invented in 1965 as a children's backyard game on Bainbridge Island, Washington, USA. In 2022, pickleball was adopted as the official state sport of Washington. The appearance of a pickleball court, and the manner of play, resemble tennis, but the court is the size of a doubles badminton court, less than a third the size of a tennis court. Court lines and rules are specific to pickleball and include two on either side of the net known as the ''non-volley zones'', where the ball cannot be hit with the paddle unless the ball bounces first. The official rules specify side-out scoring, where only the serving team can score a point. All serves are made with an underhand stroke. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
