TUCSON, Ariz. -- Pickleball is the world’s fastest growing sport. PickleballNut.com is about helping pickleball nuts (about 93 percent of players according to research) Share the love with non-players to help fuel the sport’s astounding growth.

What is pickleball?
Pickleball is a racquet sport that combines the size of a badminton court with nets and rules kinda like tennis, an oversized Ping-Pong paddle and a whiffle-like ball. It has nothing to do with a pickle (more on that later) and everything to do with exercise, competition, socializing and fun.

Growth
The fun and growth of the sport has been the subject of recent coverage on NBC Nightly News, Athletic Business, CNN, The New York Times and countless local newspapers and magazines.

The USA Pickleball Association estimates there are perhaps 200,000 players in the US alone and that does not include all the school and college programs. National organizations exist in a half dozen countries. One spot in Florida has 140 courts. New courts are being added in the US at the rate of about one every other day and as of July 2014 totaled almost 8,100.

History
The “official” story is that the game was invented one summer afternoon by former Washington State representative Joel Pritchard and friends. Looking for something to do, they fashioned some paddles out of plywood, set up badminton net and recruited a stray Whiffle ball. The resulting melee caught on and the rest is history. The “Pickle” part of it supposedly comes from the Pritchard’s dog named “Pickles”. However, equal time probably can be given to the theory that Pritchard and his pals were rather “pickled” at the time. There’s also the possibility that the name derived from the pickle boat (the last fishing boat in) or the pickle crew (a collection of talent).

The site
It’s chock full of fun. It’s the color of pickleballs. The logo, a cartoony rendition of a pickleball and a standard metal hardware nut will not mean a thing to non-players. But that’s just fine with the founders. The idea is it that when it’s displayed on a shirt or hat or whatever, it will prompt a little curiosity, and perhaps gives the wearer a chance to evangelize about the sport they love.

Almost everything is written with a smile on its face.

There are a number of opportunities for visitors to participate

• Nominate and vote for your favorite pickleball place for Pickleball Heaven 2014

• Measure your pickleball prowess with our Doubles Partner Quiz

• Get the latest pickleball news from our blog

• Answer 3 questions to help choose the right paddle

• Count your answers to our fun poll questions and compare with other nuts

• Add yours to the growing list of pickleball nut symptoms

• Post photos of pickleball nuts

• Express your opinions in our forums (including exclusive ones specifically for Ambassadors, Pickleball Club Presidents and Tournament Directors)

• Vote for Dinking’s Top 10 and contribute to Dinkology

• Educate yourself with instructional videos and tips in “Pickleball University”

Oh, almost forgot, there are some fun, colorful, products for sale that reflect pickleball terminology and proudly display the PickleballNut logo.


CORPORATE CONTACT
PickleballNut.com
2100 E. Speedway Blvd #41364
Tucson, AZ 85717
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http://www.pickleballnut.com
520-477-9227


Contact
Jeff Kaumeyer
520-477-9227
mixednuts@pickleballnut.com