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Yazi Okwengeziwe Nge-Pickleball

Ezwekazini laseMelika, elaziwa ngezinto zalo zemidlalo, kuvela umdlalo othakazelisayo ngesivinini sokukhanya, ikakhulukazi ngabantu abaseminyakeni ephakathi kanye nabantu abadala abangenalo ulwazi lwezemidlalo. Lona yiPickleball. IPickleball isisakazeke kulo lonke elaseNyakatho Melika futhi ithola ukunakwa okwengeziwe emazweni emhlabeni jikelele.

I-Pickleball ihlanganisa izici ze-tennis, i-badminton, i-table tennis kanye neminye imidlalo. Kumnandi ukuyidlala, kulula ukuyisebenzisa, futhi inomsebenzi olinganiselayo futhi akulula ukulimala. Ingachazwa njengefanele bonke ubudala. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi umdala oneminyaka engamashumi ayisikhombisa noma engamashumi ayisishiyagalombili, noma ungumntwana oneminyaka eyishumi noma ngaphezulu, noma ubani angafika athathe imijovo emibili.

1. Kuyini i-pickleball?

I-Pickleball ngumdlalo wohlobo lwe-racket ohlanganisa izici ze-badminton, ithenisi kanye nama-billiard. Usayizi wenkundla ye-pickleball ufana nosayizi wenkundla ye-badminton. Inethi icishe ibe ukuphakama kwenethi yethenisi. Isebenzisa ibhodi ye-billiard ekhulisiwe. Ibhola liyibhola lepulasitiki elingenalutho elikhulu kancane kunebhola lethenisi futhi linezimbobo eziningi. Umdlalo ufana nomdlalo wethenisi, ungashaya ibhola phansi noma i-volley ngqo emoyeni. Eminyakeni edlule, uzakhele idumela elihle ngokuhlangenwe nakho kwezigidi zabantu emhlabeni jikelele. Akungabazeki ukuthi i-Pickleball ngumdlalo ojabulisayo, olula ukuwusebenzisa futhi onesitayela ofanelekela bonke ubudala.

2. Umsuka we-pickleball

Ngo-1965, kwaba olunye usuku lwemvula eBainbridge Island eSeattle, e-USA. Omakhelwane abathathu abanemizwa emihle babenomhlangano womndeni. Omunye wabo kwakunguCongressman uJoel Pritchard ukuze benze iqembu labantu lingazizwa linesithukuthezi futhi izingane zinento okufanele ziyenze, ngakho-ke ngemva kokuba imvula iphelile, bathatha amabhodi amabili kanye nebhola lebhola le-baseball lepulasitiki ngokungahleliwe, bamemeza bonke abantwana abavela emndenini ohlangene baya enkundleni ye-badminton egcekeni labo, base behlisa inetha le-badminton okhalweni lwabo.

Bobabili abantu abadala nezingane badlala ngamandla, uJoel nomunye umakhelwane ovakashile, uBill, bamema uMnu. Barney McCallum ngokushesha, umgcini wephathi ngalolo suku, ukuthi afunde imithetho nezindlela zokufaka amaphuzu zalo mdlalo. Basebenzise nezinduku zethenisi yetafula ukudlala ekuqaleni, kodwa izinduku zaphuka ngemva kokudlala. Ngakho-ke, uBarney wasebenzisa amabhodi okhuni angaphansi kwendlu yakhe njengezinto zokwakha, okwenza i-prototype ye-pickleball yamanje, eqinile futhi ehlala isikhathi eside.

Base besungula imithetho yokuqala ye-pickball ngokubhekisela ezicini, izindlela zokudlala kanye nokufaka amagoli ze-tennis, i-badminton kanye ne-table tennis. Lapho bedlala kakhulu, kwaba yilapho beba mnandi kakhulu. Ngokushesha bamema izihlobo, abangani, kanye nomakhelwane ukuba bajoyine. Ngemva kwamashumi eminyaka yokukhushulwa kanye nokusatshalaliswa kwabezindaba, le nhlangano entsha, elula futhi ethakazelisayo iye yathandwa kancane kancane kulo lonke elase-United States.

3. Umsuka wegama elithi Pickleball

UMnu. Barney McCallum, omunye wabasunguli, kanye nomngane wakhe ongumakhelwane uDick Brown, ngamunye unezinjana ezinhle ezingamawele. Lapho umniniyo nabangani bedlala egcekeni, lezi zinjana ezimbili zivame ukujaha nokuluma ibhola eligingqikayo. Baqale lo mdlalo omusha ngaphandle kwegama. Lapho bebuzwa njalo ngegama lalo mdlalo omusha, abazange bakwazi ukuphendula isikhashana.

Ngolunye usuku ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, abantu abadala bemindeni emithathu bahlangana futhi ukuze bathole igama. Ebona ukuthi izinjana ezimbili ezinhle uLuLu noPickle babephinde bajaha amabhola epulasitiki, uJoel waba nomqondo futhi wasikisela ukusebenzisa injana kaMcCallum uPickle (Pickleball) yaqanjwa igama futhi yamukelwa ngazwi linye yiwo wonke umuntu owayekhona. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, lo mdlalo omusha webhola une-pickleball ethakazelisayo, enomsindo futhi ekhunjulwayo.

Okuthakazelisa kakhulu ukuthi e-United States, eminye imincintiswano ye-pickleball inikezwa ngebhodlela lamakhukhamba afakwe ku-pickle. Lo mklomelo wenza abantu bamomotheke ngempela uma unikezwa.