A new kind of tennis sport is slowly breaking out across the country. Created by tennis coach Nate Gross, “Spec Tennis” aims to find a midway point between the increasingly popular pickleball sport and conventional tennis.

“I came up with Spec Tennis in 2016,” Gross explained to the Washington Examiner, “when I was looking for a way to play paddle tennis (Venice Beach version) on pickleball courts. I tried it with my dad, but the equipment we used wasn’t right for the court dimensions so I started trying different paddles and balls until I found the best fit. Later that summer, I invited some tennis friends out to play a tournament to see if others would enjoy playing as much as I did, and that’s how the sport was born.”