Pickleball in Schleswig-Holstein: Exaggeration in the USA

Trend game for old and young

Pickleball: Sports propaganda from America reaches Schleswig-Holstein

First steps in pickleball: KN reporter Philipp Scheithauer (right) is allowed to try out the trend game in doubles with Marcel Fendner.

Pickleball is a sport that originated in America. Millions of people hit the clubs – young and old, beginners and advanced. The kickback game has also arrived in Schleswig-Holstein. Pickleball history has now been written in Rendsburg.

subtleties. Pickleball is considered the fastest growing sport in the United States. The number of courts in American cities is exploding. World stars like Tom Brady, Dirk Nowitzki, LeBron James are investing. Since 2023, the American Professional League has existed. It is estimated that about ten million people in the United States regularly play racquetball in clubs. A sensation that is slowly but surely reaching Germany. Just like on the outskirts of Rendsburg, where something historic happened this Monday evening: Elsdorfer SV travels to neighbors SSV Nübbel – for the region’s first unofficial “away game”.