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A hybrid of tennis, ping-pong, and badminton, pickleball is one of the fastest growing sports in the Coachella Valley. Toscana Country Club in Indian Wells is one of the many local clubs who picked up the game.

“In the last couple of years, it’s just taken off like wildfire,” Nigel O’Rourke, Toscana Country Club Director of Tennis and Pickleball, said. “We introduced the game here at Toscana about three years ago and now it has outpaced our tennis players.”

It’s a sweet game with a sour name which comes from a cocker spaniel named “Pickles” who used to chase balls hit by the games inventor over 40 years ago. The fun name goes along with the style of the game.

“You got the music going while people are playing, a lot of people in small areas,” O’Rourke explained.

Game With Funny Name Sweeping the Coachella Valley