Is it a threat? An ally? He pickleball It is an emerging racket sport in Europe and has stabilized in the United States directly linked to tennis and paddle tennis and now sees its future migration.
Because of Royal Spanish Tennis Federation (RFET) was reconciled to Spanish Pickleball Association with the aim of incorporating this booming sport into its structure so that, in addition, Roberto Pérez, who led the association, manages a new committee created with the aim of managing everything related to Pickleball in Spain.
A tennis’ strategic move to capture one of the emerging racquet sports because, as assured by Miguel Díaz, president of RFET, it is “a racket sport with an amazing growth in Spain and Europe” that can “strengthen its presence in our country” with the idea of achieving something similar in the future. to what is happening in the United States.
Because this pseudo-racquet sport unknown to the general public is experiencing its particular boom in North America. Almost 50 million Americans are fans spade regulars and now in Spain they are looking to start promoting this sport because “a Spanish championship and a circuit for 2024 will be announced soon.”
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What is pickleball?
Practiced for the first time in the United States in 1965, This sport first appeared as an adaptation of badminton. Its rules are a combination of elements from tennis, badminton and table tennis.
The main thing about this sport is that it can be played one against one or in pairs, the ball has to go over the net on the other side, if it touches the ground twice it is a point for the opponent and , as a great differential factor, only the serving player can score a point, as happens in volleyball.
Matches are played on maximum of 3 sets and the games They win by reaching 11, 15 or 21 points as long as there is a two-advantage over the opponent, as happens in other racket sports.
A discipline that has a The track measures 13.4 meters long and 6 meters widewhich means that all the players are very close to each other and this brings more dynamism.
Tennis learns from its mistakes in paddle tennis
The Royal Spanish Tennis Federation, with the inclusion of pickleball in its earliest stages, thus ensures the future of this sport under its supervision and prevents it from happening like it happened to padel years ago.
When the sport of 20×10 was in its infancy, The RFET considered it a sport to be reckoned with and left it “to its fate”. A few years later and with the growth of paddle tennis, there was an attempt by the Spanish Tennis Federation to acquire it but this attempt did not end well for the interest of tennis.
Now the number of federated members in paddle tennis exceeds that of tennis, so it seems that the decision not to include paddle tennis in the federation, years later, has been shown to be a bad decision for the king of racket sports and one of the great value for the shoveler with the freedom that allows him to steer his own course.
Source: La Verdad
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