zhejiang pickleball invitational tournament is one of the sports with the fastest growth in players in recent years.
2024-09-14
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chao news client reporter shen tingyu
hitting the ball, volleying, smashing, with a series of powerful racket swings, the sound of hitting the ball is endless, and one thrilling competition after another takes place.
on september 13, the first zhejiang pickleball invitational tournament and the zhejiang trials for the 2024 national pickleball championship kicked off in xinchang, attracting more than 100 pickleball enthusiasts and high-level players from 11 cities across the province.
the competition adopts a combination of group round-robin and knockout systems, with four individual events: men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, and women's doubles. the top two players in each event will represent zhejiang in the national pickleball championship to be held at the end of this month.
competition scene. photo provided by the organizer
as an emerging sport combining tennis, badminton and table tennis, pickleball has simple rules, is easy to play and has strong social attributes. it has become one of the sports with the fastest growing number of players in recent years and has become increasingly popular on major social media. at the paris olympics, pickleball was included in the exhibition event for the first time, and it is expected to become an official competition event at the los angeles olympics four years later.
at the scene, shouts came from the court one after another, and various folk masters tried their best to win the game. lei ting, the runner-up of the men's singles of the china pickleball tour hangzhou station, played steadily and won the first group match. he said: "i hope to represent zhejiang in the national pickleball championship this time." before, he was a tennis enthusiast, but due to an accidental injury, he came into contact with pickleball, which has a relatively low exercise intensity, and was attracted by the fun of pickleball. at the same time, he is also a junior pickleball coach in zhejiang province, shouldering the responsibility of promoting pickleball.
competition scene. photo provided by the organizer
ye zhijing, who came from wenzhou to participate in the competition, has only been playing pickleball for half a year. taking the opportunity of the competition, she met many pickleball friends. "i met many 'big guys' in the competition. in the previous yangtze river delta sports festival, we won the third place in the team." in this competition, ye zhijing signed up for the women's singles and women's doubles events. the competition task is heavy, but for her, participating in the competition is more about enjoying the fun.
competition scene. photo provided by the organizer
it is worth mentioning that the management of the competition style and discipline was strengthened in this competition. each athlete signed a commitment letter on the competition style and discipline before the competition to ensure the smooth progress of the competition. wang zun, a member of the provincial pickleball working committee, said that the purpose of this is to create a good competition environment, shape the athletes' good mental outlook, and help attract more people to participate.
before the competition, the provincial intermediate coach training camp for pickleball was held in xinchang. this is the first time that the intermediate coach training camp for pickleball has been held nationwide. the relevant person in charge of the provincial social sports guidance center introduced that in the future, the development of pickleball in zhejiang will give equal importance to coaches and athletes, and through competitions and promotional activities, the population base of pickleball will be widely developed. in the second half of the year, the province plans to hold multiple events and pickleball promotion activities such as the provincial pickleball open tournament, and strive to hold at least one pickleball promotion event in 90 counties and cities across the province.
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