To be held at Morris F.X. Jeff, Sr. Park (formerly Behrman Park)

2529 General Meyer Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70114

Please bring:

• your own paddle/racket. Places like Wal-Mart may have less expensive paddles/rackets. (Sorry, but People Program does not have any to loan out.)  
• a pickleball
• for safety purposes, you might consider having protective eye wear.

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Pickleball is a lot of FUN!

It's a fun sport that combines many elements of tennis, badminton and ping-pong.

• Played both indoors or outdoors on a badminton-sized court and a slightly modified tennis net.
• Played with a paddle and a plastic ball with holes.
• Played as doubles or singles.
• Can be enjoyed by all ages and skill levels

Pickleball is a racket/paddle sport that was created by combining elements of several other racket sports.^[2] Two or four players use solid paddles to hit a perforated polymer ball over a net. The ball is much like a Wiffle ball,^[3] with 26–40 round holes. A pickleball court is similar to badminton, with a net similar to tennis, and the paddles are similar to those in table tennis.

Pickleball was invented in 1965 as a children's backyard game, on Bainbridge Island, Washington.^[4]

The spread of the sport is attributed to its popularity within community centers, physical education classes, public parks, private health clubs, YMCA facilities and retirement communities. There are thousands of pickleball tournaments throughout the United States, including the U.S. Pickleball National Championships, U.S. Open Pickleball Championship, Major League Pickleball, as well as numerous international championships.