Elgin residents have been given more opportunities to pick up their paddles, with the city’s recreation center adding additional days and courts for its pickleball players.Dubbed the fastest-growing sport in the United States by the Sports Fitness Industry Association for 2022 and 2023, pickleball is estimated to have over 4.8 million players nationwide.Similar to tennis, the court-based sport can be played in singles or doubles, utilizing a hollow plastic ball with its own set of rules.Many attribute pickleballs growing popularity to its short learning curve, ease of access, light physical demand and all-ages social environment.“It’s all over now,” said Liz ...