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    Pickleball’s U.S. overseer reports on 2022

    2023-02-02T10:56:00Z

    USA Pickleball, the sport’s governing body in the U.S., has published its annual growth report for 2022. The body’s membership rose by 29.4 percent, from 53,110 to about 68,697. North American pickleball courts in its Places2Play database rose from 9,167 to 10,724; a growth rate of about 130 per month. ...

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    The rise of pickleball, and a shift in sports

    2023-01-13T16:27:00Z

    The Association of Pickleball Professionals (APP) has released its Pickleball Participation Report on the status of its sport in the U.S. If the “nearly 2,500 nationally representative adults” (over the age of 18) are, in fact, representative, pickleball is getting big.

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    Skechers to supply official footwear for U.S. pickleball

    2022-05-27T09:52:00Z

    Skechers has become the official footwear company for USA Pickleball, the Association of Pickleball Professionals (APP) Tour and Major League Pickleball (MLP). The brand has entered into multi-year deals with each as well as with the Chicago-based marketing firm Intersport. According to its president, Michael Greenberg, Skechers introduced its first ...