Pington

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Pington is a sport played by either two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs (doubles) and is played indoors.

The game is very similar to badminton, but makes use of wooden paddles instead of cord rackets. As with badminton, the aim is to hit a birdie over the net so that it lands inside the marked boundaries of the court, and to prevent opponents from doing the same.

Pington was invented in the 1960s at Texas Southmost College by former Physical Education Professor Werner Steinbach. The sport lacked a textbook until Kinesiology Department faculty members Jim Lemons and Judy Walton sat down and formalized the rules of the game in print.