Page 54 - Sports Illustrated Kids (October 2018)
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one of the fastest growing sports
                                                                                                 in the country is pickleball, And I
                                                                                                  know I would be awesome at it
                                                                                                        because I love pickles!









                                         By Bill Hinds




                  I learned that the game                             but i wasn’t sure if                    —or bat the ball
                   is played with a paddle                             you hit the pickle                       with the pickle.
                    and A big wiffle ball.                              with the paddle—


















                 then I found out there                      I heard one story that                       I don’t know if that is true,
                 are no pickles involved!                     the sport was named                          but it’s a great idea. so I’m
                          Forget it!                         after the inventor’s dog.                   naming a sport after my dog.



















                  get ready, world—                                          it’s a combination                    in fact, you use a
                     it’s time for                                        of tennis and frisbee.                   fuzzy yellow disc.
                   bucketheadtoss!

















                you play on a tennis                                                    Hey                   O.K., fine! I’ll name
              court And toss the disc                                             buckethead—                  the sport after
                    over the net+                                                  come back!                   my sister’s cat!
                                                                                                                 Clawzillatoss!


















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