Pickleball: What is it? 'Tennis, Badminton and Ping Pong's love child'

I tried Pickleball with Wakefield School of Tennis, reports Sophie Mei Lan Malin.

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00:00Have you heard of Pickleball? It's already taken the US of A by storm and now it's here

00:06in the UK and I tried it out in Wakefield, West Yorkshire at the Girls High School with

00:13Wakefield School of Tennis. First off, we just dived right in, grabbed our paddles and

00:19started having a bat around. Then it was time for instructions and basically it's really

00:25social. It's the love child, I'd say, of tennis, ping pong and also a bit of badminton.

00:33Honestly I thought I'd only stay 10 minutes but I ended up staying for the full session

00:39and I think I may even be signing up. So perhaps there'll be a Pickleball league here in Yorkshire.

00:47Watch out Pickleball, here I come. You can find out more from Wakefield School of Tennis

00:54online and on Facebook as they run tennis sessions as well as Pickleball. Sophie Mayline

01:00Maylene for the Yorkshire Post.