Showbiz legend Ross King has shared his secret to looking young – playing a sport called pickleball.
ITV’s Lorraine show LA correspondent, 60, said: “It sounds ridiculous because the name is so silly but it is sensational – a cross between badminton, tennis and table tennis.
“I go to a place in Studio City in LA to play. It’s one of the fastest-growing sports in America.”
Ross, who is from Motherwell and began his career at Radio Clyde and the BBC, became the LA correspondent for GMTV in 1993 as well as its replacements Daybreak and Lorraine.
In Pickleball, a plastic ball with holes in it is hit by small paddle bats on a badminton court.
Like tennis, points are won when an opponent fails to return the ball and when it is hit out of play and the first to 11 points wins the game. There are about 6000 players in the UK.
Pickleball’s celebrity fans include George Clooney, the Kardashians and Leonardo DiCaprio.
Ross got into the sport after staying at a house near Montecito which had a court, while reporting on Harry and Meghan Markle’s move to the area.
He was also coached by a trainer to US world No1 tennis star Andy Roddick while on holiday in Hawaii.
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