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Cresswind pickleball players hope to cultivate sport’s popularity

From left, Cresswind residents Susan Chambers, Gary Kruse, Amy Pike and Jack Hollfelder play pickleball on Friday, May 25, 2018, at Cresswind at Lake Lanier. Cresswind is home to 15 pickleball courts, the most on a private facility in the state, and a pickleball club with 240 members. - photo by David Barnes

05292018 PICKLEBALL 02.jpg — From left, Cresswind residents Susan Chambers, Gary Kruse, Amy Pike and Jack Hollfelder play pickleball on Friday, May 25, 2018, at Cresswind at Lake Lanier. Cresswind is home to 15 pickleball courts, the most on a private facility in the state, and a pickleball club with 240 members. - photo by David Barnes

Imagine pingpong, but on a bigger scale. Or tennis, but on a smaller scale. It’s pickleball, a sport most anybody can learn with a quick lesson.