in new places every day, Pickleball was made in 1965 but recently has caught steam and new
people are playing all the time there are now leagues all over that you can join and
tournaments. Recently high schools have been creating club teams for the students to join the
longer it has been around the more competitive it has gotten, kids have been making it the only
sport that they play. The tournaments are set up by a Pickleball rating that is 1-5, 1 being for
the newer kids 5 being for the advanced groups.Figure 1 taken by PPA Tour
rackets is common for them and it is for the most part the same except with smaller courts. Ben
Johns is the best pickleball player in the world having 18,200 Southwest Rapid Rewards in 2nd is
Collin Johns who is Bens younger brother with 17,500 Southwest Rapid points in Men’s
doubles. The number one ranked in Men’s singles is still Ben Johns with 14,500 points. The
number one ranked doubles partner’s is Anna Leigh Waters with 20,000 points and Anna Bright
with 16,000 points. Same as the Boy’s the number one doubles is the number one Women’s
singles Anna Leigh Waters.
How the scoring works
the court and if touches the kitchen line it is out only on the serve. You may not go In the
kitchen unless the ball is hit by the other team in it or else it’s the other teams point. The serve
must be served under your waist for it to count. The team that serves first has to wait for the
return to bounce before they can hit it out of the air. The average game is played to 11 and is
win by two and is a best two out of three series.
questions about how he feels about the team. First, we asked him about how long he has been
playing for he answered saying 2 years. We asked him what his favorite part is about being on
the pickleball team he said, “seeing all of his friends on the team and trying his best to beat his
friend Luke in singles after practice which is always a close battle”. The last question we asked
him was what made him want to start playing pickleball he said, “I went and played pickleball
with my dad and then my friends started playing a little bit later they got a club at the high
school and so I joined as a freshman it helped me meet a lot of new people”.
The next student that we interviewed was Dax Douris who is one of the more advanced
kids on the team. We asked him what his favorite parts are about being on the team he
responded with “Haning out with everyone making new friends with lots of people and getting
to play the sport that I love with people who are the same”. We asked what made you start
playing pickleball he answered saying “his mom got into it first and then my dad would go with
her he wanted me to start coming with them and I started playing more and more and now I
am playing in leagues”. Last we asked him what mindset you have to have going into a big
match and what makes you play the best. “Before a big match I always try to get ready by
and Nicole Waddups who is also the girls’ basketball coach, they are the ones that but the team
through training to get ready for the tournaments that will be played later. They are also in
charge of finding tournaments for the kids to get into pickleball being a new club in high school
there aren’t as many tournaments as the kids would like so it is very important for them to find
as many of them that they can this way the kids can get better. Pickleball is a growing sport and
everyday more and more kids are joining the sport. Pickleball has grown 159% in the last 3
years which is a record for any other sports. With 8.9 million people playing this sport now they
have been building more courts and are even making indoor facilities for many people to play
at the same time.
That way people can play yearlong when it’s snowing on the ground they can just go
inside and play on a court either at there house if they have one or one of the newer company’s
the picklr having there new building in Kaysville. It came out in 2021 open by Jorge Barragan
saying that the smaller court makes it easier to socialize with the other players.
Tournaments for the Team
The next big tournament for the team is at the Shed on the 21st of October it will be a
round robin tournament meaning that everyone will play with everyone. The women’s match
will be played the day before on the 20th. They are going to sort the categories by the rating 1-5
on who their partners will be. The next tournament has not been scheduled but with the
excellent coaching it will be up and ago soon for all the kids.
