Chiyambi Chachidwi cha Dzina la "Pickleball"

Ngati mudapitako ku bwalo la pickleball, mwina mumadabwa kuti: Chifukwa chiyani amatchedwa pickleball? Dzinalo linali lodabwitsa ngati masewerawa, omwe adadziwika mwachangu ku United States ndi kupitirira apo. Kuti timvetsetse magwero a mawu apaderawa, tifunika kufufuza mbiri yamasewera.

Pickleball idapangidwa mu 1965 ndi abambo atatu - Joel Pritchard, Bill Bell ndi Barney McCallum - pa Bainbridge Island, Washington. Akuti, iwo anali kufunafuna ntchito yosangalatsa kuti ana asangalale m’nyengo yachilimwe. Anakonza masewera pogwiritsa ntchito bwalo la badminton, mileme ina ya tenisi ya tebulo ndi mpira wapulasitiki wopindika. Pamene masewerawa adakula, adalumikizana ndi tennis, badminton ndi tennis yapa tebulo kuti apange mawonekedwe apadera.

Tsopano, mpaka ku maina. Pali ziphunzitso ziwiri zodziwika bwino za chiyambi cha dzina la pickleball. Woyamba adawulula kuti adatchedwa Pickles galu wa Pritchard, yemwe amathamangitsa mpira ndikuthawa nawo. Nkhani yochititsa chidwi imeneyi yakopa mitima ya anthu ambiri, koma chochititsa chidwi n’chakuti pali umboni wochepa woichirikiza. Nthanthi yachiŵiri, yovomerezedwa mofala iri yakuti dzinalo limachokera ku liwu lakuti “boti la pickle,” kutanthauza bwato lomalizira pa mpikisano wopalasa kubwerera ndi nsomba. Mawuwa akuyimira kusakanikirana kosakanikirana kwamayendedwe ndi masitayilo osiyanasiyana pamasewera.

Mosasamala kanthu za chiyambi chake, dzina loti "pickleball" lakhala likufanana ndi zosangalatsa, zamagulu, ndi mpikisano waubwenzi. Pamene masewerawa akukula, chidwi chofuna kudziwa dzina lake chikukulirakulira. Kaya ndinu wosewera wodziwa zambiri kapena mukufuna kudziwa zambiri, nkhani ya pickleball imawonjezera chisangalalo pamasewera opatsa chidwiwa. Ndiye nthawi ina mukadzakwera bwalo, mutha kugawana nawo pang'ono chifukwa chake imatchedwa pickleball!