#HGSupply: Elevate Your Pickleball Game With Outta Office Club's One-Of-A-Kind Paddles

Pickleball. If you haven't felt the hype around pickleball yet, you must be living under a rock (or its modern equivalent: a thousand unread emails). But here's the thing: it's the fastest-growing sport in the world, and even a cricket-crazy country like India isn't immune to its charms. In recent years, the recreational sport has become vastly popular among urban Indians, young and old alike, in space-challenged metropolises like Mumbai and Bengaluru.

Often described as a hybrid of tennis, table-tennis and badminton, pickleball is played with a solid paddle made of wood or composite materials and a whittle-ball, or perforated plastic ball about the size of a baseball but significantly lighter. Originally invented in 1965 in the USA as a children's backyard game, it is now played professionally across the world.

So what makes pickleball such a popular sport?

Well, for one thing, it's accessible, affordable, and addictive. Played on a badminton court with a low, modified tennis net, pickleball is suitable for both indoor and outdoor play — which makes it ideal for overcrowded Indian metropolises like Mumbai and Bengaluru where community space is a scarce commodity. Unlike tennis, it's also extremely simple to set up a pickleball court — all you need is some paint or tape to mark the surface, and a net.

The learning curve for pickleball is also much simpler than tennis, badminton, or squash. If you have ever played a racket sport, you already know the basics of pickleball. The rest is a game of hand-eye coordination, hitting accuracy, and patience.

Of course, you still need a paddle — pickleball's version of a racket, somewhat similar to a table tennis racket but less rounded — to play pickleball. And this is where Outta Office Club comes in. The New Delhi-based pickleball paddle-makers make quite the head-turning paddles.

Outta Office Club's pickleball paddles are available in two trims: the OG and the PRO. The OG series feature comfortable, learning-friendly paddles made with fibreglass for a beginner-friendly feel which is ideal for improving technique; while the PRO series cater to more experienced pickleball players — known as picklers — who expect more precision and control from their paddles. The PRO paddles are made with lightweight but durable carbon fibre that provides greater precision and consistently strong performance for those long, competitive rallies.

Upgrade your pickleball game with Outta Office Club's standout pickleball paddles.

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