Pickleball is a paddle sport that combines elements of tennis, badminton, and ping-pong. It is played either indoors or outdoors on a badminton-sized court using a slightly modified tennis net.

Pickleball traces its origin to 1965, when Washington state congressman Joel Prichard and businessman Bill Bell improvised the game using assorted sports equipment to entertain their bored families. But the popularity of the sport has exploded in recent years, with a report by the Association of Pickleball Professionals estimating that more than 36.5 million people played the sport in 2022.^a