{"id":2642,"date":"2018-04-08T14:53:27","date_gmt":"2018-04-08T18:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/holden.me\/?p=2642"},"modified":"2022-05-03T20:14:44","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T00:14:44","slug":"pickleball-we-have-it-but-what-is-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holden.me\/2018\/04\/08\/pickleball-we-have-it-but-what-is-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Pickleball. We have it, but what is it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Pickleball<\/strong> is a relatively unknown sport that has become increasingly popular across the country. \u00a0But what is it? \u00a0Well, it&#8217;s a bit like tennis, a bit like racquetball and a lot of fun.<\/p>\n<p>It was invented by Joel Pritchard and his family in Bainbridge Island, Washington. \u00a0The family was bored one summer evening in 1965. \u00a0They didn&#8217;t have all the equipment to play badminton, so they improvised.<\/p>\n<p>That improvisation led to the first game of Pickleball!<\/p>\n<p>The multipurpose court at Bridgeview Park is open for Pickleball play and equipment can be borrowed from town hall FOR FREE!<\/p>\n<p>Want to know more? \u00a0Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usapa.org\/rules-summary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rules Summary for Pickleball<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Want to play? Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/holden.me\/event\/pickleball-open-court\/all\/\">Open Pickleball Court Schedule for Holden Beach<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pickleball is a relatively unknown sport that has become increasingly popular across the country. \u00a0But what is it? \u00a0Well, it&#8217;s a bit like tennis, a bit like racquetball and a lot of fun. It was invented by Joel Pritchard and his family in Bainbridge Island, Washington. \u00a0The family was bored [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1918,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/holden.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/pickleball_players_small.jpeg?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/holden.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2642"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/holden.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/holden.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holden.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holden.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2642"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/holden.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2971,"href":"https:\/\/holden.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2642\/revisions\/2971"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holden.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/holden.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holden.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holden.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}