Pickleball Trophies and Awards
 Pickleball is the fastest growing sport in America. Pickleball is popular among all age groups and leagues have formed in communities all over the United States and throughout the world. Pickleball combines elements of ping pong, tennis, and badminton. It is played with solid surface racquets, a hollow, perforated ball, similar to a wiffle ball, and a 34" high net across a solid surface court (20' x 44'). Singles or doubles can play. Pickleball legend traces it's origin back to the mid 1960's in the State of Washington on Bainbridge Island when a group of people wanted to play badminton but could not find a shuttlecock, so they improvised with a wiffle ball. At QuickTrophy we custom make all our own trophies with your custom engraving on each trophy. Create trophies for your tournament, league, or even your family reunion. We make all sizes of Pickleball trophies from traditional trophies to large championship pickleball trophies to perpetual or traveling pickleball trophies to keep track of the winners of a tournament or contentious rivalry for years to come. We also have pickleball medals, plaques, and acrylic awards. And at QuickTrophy, all orders are custom built with your personalized engraving and shipped out the door by the next business day. | |||||||||||||
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Where did Pickleball Come From?
Pickleball is sometimes called “tennis for old people” - and with good reason. Pickleball is extremely popular among older people, retirees, and people living in retirement communities. However, it's appeal is not restricted to older people - it seems like everyone is trying it out! Pickleball is one of the fastest growing sports in the country. It is extremely popular with leagues playing in all 50 states and over 40,000 pickleball courts in the US alone.Pickleball started back in the 1960’s on Bainbridge Island, in the State of Washington. The name of the game apparently has ties to the selection of crew teams for rowing. When putting together crew teams, you try to fill the boat with people similar in size and strength to balance out the boat. In the process of filling the boats, you inevitably have the people who didn’t fit in – they end up in their own boat and form “the pickle boat”. So, apparently, anyone can play pickleball, not just star athletes. Undoubtedly, this is one of the reasons pickleball has become such a popular sport.
Pickleball is similar to tennis in many ways. It is played with racquets and balls on a court with opposing teams separated by a net. The racquet is similar to a paddle but it has holes in it. The ball is like a wiffle ball and also has holes in it. As with tennis, you can have pickleball matches of singles or doubles of men, women, or mixed doubles. Also similar to tennis, you can play pickleball indoors or outdoors. And, as with tennis matches, pickleball trophies, medals, and awards are often given to the winning players and teams. Pickleball games are short – you only play to 10 points, or win by 2 points if the score is tied at or over 10. But because of the equipment used, the action of the game is slower than tennis. This also adds to the universal attraction to the game by people of all athletic abilities – even those of us destined to be in “the pickle boat".
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