Janine Parkinson Canillas Wrote About The Legacy of Paddle Tennis

by | July 2, 2025

For Now Frolic, Janine Parkinson Canillas wrote about “an overlooked pioneer in racket sports. ” 

Canillas told Study Hall, “Paddle tennis paved the way for today’s paddle craze — long before pickleball took the spotlight. Invented in 1898 and rooted in the gritty courts of Venice Beach since the 1940s, paddle tennis (now known as POP Tennis) built a loyal, multigenerational community that’s still going strong. But while pickleball grabs headlines and courts, this scrappy, sun-soaked sport is quietly fighting to hold onto its history.” 

Canillas’s writing has appeared in The Guardian and Business Insider

 

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