Because pickleball is an attractive sport recently, creating a trend in many cities, localities, and industries across the country, the Department of Sports and Physical Training has developed a plan to organize an official tournament, as an official playground for pickleball lovers.
Most likely, the 2024 national pickleball club championship is being drafted and can be held in October in Thai Binh. The Department of Sports and Physical Training determined that this will be a tournament with professional value, not a movement competition.
According to the representative of the Department of Sports and Physical Training, from the idea of organizing the tournament to the actual organization does not take much time. However, when organizing an official tournament of the national system for a new sport like pickleball, you need to be careful, with a thorough check of the preparation stages and organizational funding sources, to avoid being "" broken match", errors in the organization and operation method of the tournament.
It is forecast that the 2024 national club pickleball championship will attract more than 50 clubs across the country to register to participate. At the club championship level, the organizers will compete in events classified by age group for men and women.
In July 2024, the Department of Sports and Physical Training organized the first training class on pickleball rules nationwide with the participation of 200 coaches, referees, and professionals. Not only are they equipped with basic content about the rules of this new sport, the instructors also help students practice real-life situations on the field through direct instruction.
Therefore, the Department of Sports and Physical Training believes that Vietnam has enough pickleball referees to ensure professional work and operation of the 2024 national club championship.
