Imvelaphi enomdla yegama elithi "Pickleball"

Ukuba uke waya enkundleni ye-pickleball, unokuzibuza: Kutheni ibizwa ngokuba yi-picleball? Igama ngokwalo lalingaqhelekanga njengomdlalo, owakhawuleza waduma e-United States nangaphaya. Ukuqonda imvelaphi yeli gama likhethekileyo, kufuneka singene kwimbali yomdlalo.

I-Pickleball yasungulwa ngo-1965 ngootata abathathu - uJoel Pritchard, uBill Bell kunye noBarney McCallum - kwisiqithi saseBainbridge, eWashington. Kucingelwa ukuba, babejonge umsebenzi owonwabisayo wokugcina abantwana bonwabile ehlotyeni. Bawuphucule umdlalo besebenzisa ibala le-badminton, amalulwane etafile yentenetya kunye nebhola yeplastiki enemingxuma. Njengoko umdlalo wawuphuhla, wadityaniswa nentenetya, i-badminton kunye nentenetya yetafile ukwenza isitayile esikhethekileyo.

Ngoku, ukuya kumagama. Kukho iithiyori ezimbini ezidumileyo malunga nemvelaphi yegama elithi pickleball. Eyokuqala iveze ukuba ibizwe ngegama lenja kaPritchard uPickles, owayeleqa ibhola abaleke nayo. Le anecdote inomtsalane iye yathimba iintliziyo zabaninzi, kodwa ngokuphawulekayo, kukho ubungqina obuncinane bokuyixhasa. Okwesibini, ingcamango eyamkelwa ngokubanzi yeyokuba eli gama lisuka kwibinzana elithi “iphenyane elivuzayo,” libhekisela kwiphenyane lokugqibela kugqatso lokubhexa elibuya liyibambile. Eli gama lifanekisela umxube we-eclectic weentshukumo ezahlukeneyo kunye nezimbo kumdlalo.

Nokuba yeyiphi na imvelaphi, igama elithi "pickleball" liye lafana nolonwabo, uluntu kunye nokhuphiswano lobuhlobo. Njengoko lo mdlalo ukhula, kukwanjalo nokufuna ukwazi igama lawo. Nokuba ungumdlali onamava okanye umtsha onomdla, ibali elingemva kwepickleball yongeza umaleko owongezelelweyo wolonwabo kulo mdlalo ubandakanyayo. Ngoko kwixesha elizayo xa unyathela enkundleni, unokwabelana ngentwana encinci malunga nokuba kutheni ibizwa ngokuba yi-pickleball!