{"id":1713,"date":"2018-04-08T14:53:14","date_gmt":"2018-04-08T18:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/holdenbeach.me\/?p=1713"},"modified":"2018-10-08T20:55:30","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T00:55:30","slug":"pickleball-we-have-it-but-what-is-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holdenbeach.me\/pickleball-we-have-it-but-what-is-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Pickleball. We have it, but what is it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Pickleball<\/strong> is a relatively unknown sport that has become increasingly popular across the country. \u00a0But what is it? \u00a0Well, it&#8217;s a bit like tennis, a bit like racquetball and a lot of fun.<\/p>\n<p>It was invented by Joel Pritchard and his family in Bainbridge Island, Washington. \u00a0The family was bored one summer evening in 1965. \u00a0They didn&#8217;t have all the equipment to play badminton, so they improvised.<\/p>\n<p>That improvisation led to the first game of Pickleball!<\/p>\n<p>The multipurpose court at Bridgeview Park is open for Pickleball play and equipment can be borrowed from town hall FOR FREE!<\/p>\n<p>Want to know more? \u00a0Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usapa.org\/rules-summary\/\">Rules Summary for Pickleball<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Want to play? Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.holden.me\/event\/pickleball-open-court\/all\/\">Open Pickleball Court Schedule for Holden Beach<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pickleball is a relatively unknown sport that has become increasingly popular across the country. \u00a0But what is it? \u00a0Well, it&#8217;s a bit like tennis, a bit like racquetball and a lot of fun. It was invented by Joel Pritchard and his family in Bainbridge Island, Washington. \u00a0The family was bored one summer evening in 1965. \u00a0They didn&#8217;t have all the equipment to play badminton, so they improvised. That improvisation led to the first game of Pickleball! The multipurpose court at Bridgeview Park is open for Pickleball play and equipment can be borrowed from town hall FOR FREE! Want to know more? \u00a0Read the Rules Summary for Pickleball Want to play? Read the Open Pickleball Court Schedule for Holden Beach<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1714,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":[],"categories":[175],"tags":[157,182],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/holdenbeach.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1713"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/holdenbeach.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/holdenbeach.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holdenbeach.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holdenbeach.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1713"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/holdenbeach.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1715,"href":"https:\/\/holdenbeach.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1713\/revisions\/1715"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holdenbeach.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/holdenbeach.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holdenbeach.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holdenbeach.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}