Pickleball curious? Here’s what you need to get started

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Balls, bag, paddles…what else do you need to play pickleball? Here are 11 accessories that may help foster your love of the game.

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Long-time pickleball watcher but first-time player? If so, maybe you’re wondering how to get started playing this popular sport. “The best way is by taking a lesson or clinic and having someone teach you about the proper technique,” says Spencer Janes. Janes would know, as the co-owner ofFrom there, he suggests looking for similarly skilled players to play with.

If you’re also feeling a little unequipped to play this season, here are a few items you can consider investing in to help your career as an amateur pickleballer.A good set of paddles is the very basic you want to have to play this sport, and this best-selling set has lightweight paddles that are easy to hold. One reviewer even described them as “non-slippy.

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