Pickleball’s big in Malaysia with courts opening ‘almost every week’: Is it a potential bubble?

Malaysia’s Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh (third from right) launched a programme offering primary school pupils free access to pickleball courts and training in March. PHOTO: HANNAH YEOH/FACEBOOK

– It is a Sunday morning, and I step onto the pickleball court for the first time.

The racket feels a tad heavier than that for badminton, but lighter than a tennis racket – enough to feel like a solid weight in my hand.

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