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re: Have you joined the pickleball craze?
Posted on 6/6/23 at 7:50 am to TygerTyger
Posted on 6/6/23 at 7:50 am to TygerTyger
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If you play and don't find it challenging, play against better players.
Easy to play. Difficult to master.
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Posted on 6/6/23 at 7:53 am to GreatLakesTiger24
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that is simply not accurate
So why are they being converted? If people were using the courts they would not be converted.
Posted on 6/6/23 at 7:57 am to Bamboozles
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if you play around BR odds are good I know you
I live in Houston and play here.
BUT, every time I go back to visit BR I play there. One of my buddies there plays so we get together when I come in town.
I've played at Highland RD park and Greenwood. I was really impressed with the Greenwood courts. That's a really nice facility.
Posted on 6/6/23 at 7:59 am to La Place Mike
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that is simply not accurate
So why are they being converted? If people were using the courts they would not be converted.
It's definitely accurate.
One of the parks I play at has two PB courts and 6 tennis courts. Last time I was there the PB courts were full, with paddles stacked. There was no one on the tennis courts. Eventually some of the PB players started doing drills on the tennis courts while they waited to play.
I play at Lifetime gym. They turned one of their indoor basketball courts in to 3 PB courts. They are about to build 12 outdoor PB courts as well.
Supply and demand is real.
Posted on 6/6/23 at 8:00 am to La Place Mike
They are using them less. Pickle ball fatties should build their own courts
Posted on 6/6/23 at 8:02 am to Grievous Angel
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Takes far less skill than Tennis. Frankly I think table tennis requires more skill. To each their own but the sound is pretty annoying for folks who live around them. I've played it once, and it was...fine. It's designed to be easy. The difference between baseball and wiffleball. I draw the line where they start taking the place of real tennis courts.
You draw the line??
Wtf you gonna do?
Posted on 6/6/23 at 8:07 am to Ross
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pickleball
I.e tennis for fat people
Posted on 6/6/23 at 8:12 am to GreatLakesTiger24
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They are using them less.
Evidence suggest they are not being used at all therefore they are being converted to Pickleball courts. If they were being used they would not be converted.
Posted on 6/6/23 at 8:16 am to Ross
I started playing about a year ago. I don't really have time to get out there as much as I would like, but our City Club just added a few courts (temporarily converted some tennis courts), but it's Friday-Sunday only.
I much prefer singles to doubles.
I much prefer singles to doubles.
Posted on 6/6/23 at 8:23 am to deltaland
lot of the haters ITT are gonna get drug kicking and screaming to the pickleball courts when all of their friends are playing 
I didn’t expect this to be so divisive
I didn’t expect this to be so divisive
Posted on 6/6/23 at 9:09 am to roadkill
It’s here to stay
It fits with the aging population and need to get out and be active
It fits with the aging population and need to get out and be active
Posted on 6/6/23 at 9:12 am to Ross
I play tennis. Pickleball does not interest me. There's an indoor pickleball place near our house with a restaurant and bar inside. I think it used to be an Office Depot or something about that size. I have yet to go check it out.
Posted on 6/6/23 at 9:16 am to Ross
Yep, 60 here and in Atlanta. Good times.
Posted on 6/6/23 at 9:21 am to Ross
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I didn’t expect this to be so divisive
I’m a big Tennis player(USTA rated 4.5) and it’s been a very divisive topic for a few years now. Local parks have started to finally build dedicated pickle ball courts instead of using tennis courts. I played a tennis match a few weeks ago at a park that had 8 tennis courts and a dozen or so pickle ball courts. Every court, Tennis and pickle ball, was being used.
As a tennis player, it is annoying to play on a court that has been marked for pickle ball. It’s also annoying to play Tennis next to pickle ball players. They generally don’t follow etiquette protocol.
Posted on 6/6/23 at 9:23 am to Ross
I heard about pickle all 8 years ago from a coworker and he told me back then it would become the biggest sport in America. I thought he was full of shite. He was right 8 years ago
Posted on 6/6/23 at 9:24 am to TomJoadGhost
If tennis courts were being used regularly and now you have to split time with pickleball I can see that being a source of tension.
With stand-alone pickleball courts popping up everywhere hopefully that problem solves itself
With stand-alone pickleball courts popping up everywhere hopefully that problem solves itself
Posted on 6/6/23 at 9:27 am to Ross
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I much prefer singles to doubles as you barely move at all in doubles.
You are doing it wrong. Besides if you keep doing it with yourself you will go blind.
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I can’t decide if I think this sport is here to stay or is this is just a passing fad.
If sex is just a passing fad with kids today we are all doomed
My nose is big like a pickle
I have a pickle and two balls
Posted on 6/6/23 at 9:29 am to Ross
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If tennis courts were being used regularly and now you have to split time with pickleball I can see that being a source of tension.
That is exactly what was happening at the local park I used for tennis. It’s why I joined a tennis club. That park has since built 6 pickle ball courts so that tension has subsided somewhat. They still use the tennis courts if the pickle ball courts are all occupied, but they’re supposed to vacate if tennis players show up.
Posted on 6/6/23 at 9:36 am to Ross
I tried it. Much prefer tennis. I have a buddy I use to beat at tennis. He plays pickleball now.
Posted on 6/6/23 at 9:40 am to TomJoadGhost
quote:not this is not happening!
That is exactly what was happening at the local park I used for tennis.
and they definitely aren't bringing their gay little gear to parks where kids play basketball
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