Lapho umdlalo wePickle Ball wasungulwa khona.
Lo mdlalo wadalwa ngo-1965 esiQhingini saseBainbridge, eWashington, ekhaya lasehlobo likaJoel Pritchard, kamuva owakhonza e-United States Congress futhi njengelungu lombusi waseWashington. UPritchard nabangane bakhe ababili, uBarney McCallum noBill Bell, kuthiwa basungula lo mdlalo futhi bamisa imithetho yawo.  Ngokusho kukaJoan Pritchard, umkaJoel Pritchard, "Igama lomdlalo laba yiPickle Ball ngemuva kokuthi ngithe kungikhumbuza ngesikebhe se-pickle eqenjini lapho abashayayo bekhethwa khona ezinsaleleni zezinye izikebhe". Eminye imithombo ithi igama elithi "pickleball" lisuselwa egameni lenja yomndeni wakwaPritchard, uPickles.