Pickleball

[Johnspex]

Let's see how long before the "comedians" on here come up with juvenile jokes.

Does anybody on here play pickleball? How old are you?

[NaePasaran]

Yes. Mid 30s, male. My local gym installed 2 courts, always seem well used.

[Johnspex]

I've just taken it up at 70.
Never really played any kind of ball sports before, only knocking a tennis ball around and a bit of table tennis.
I tried squash once, bloody hell that's hard work.

[Mick Dastardly]

Me and the missus have been playing pickleball 2-3 times a week for about a year now.

We’re mid 50s and pretty athletic, she’s a very decent tennis player and I played league squash for many years, but our respective skill levels meant that neither of us could give the other a game, and our previous opponents have all faded away into lazy middle age.

Tried pickleball and it’s a revelation as we’re very evenly matched: it’s quick, tactical, nuanced and most importantly, great fun.

Anyone else on here into getting pickled on a regular basis?

[shirt]

Not yet.

We are putting in a racquet sports facility where I work. Tennis, panel and pickleball. I’m going for padel as I know people who play and I can get some practice in with them first.

It’s the first time I’d ever heard of pickleball outside of American tv shows.

[Fore Left]

Yep. 62 & been playing twice a week for about 8 months now. The club runs about a dozen sessions a week over 3 courts and we have players from 30s to 70s at different sessions. The club also plays in a local league that has around 16 teams. I also play padel elsewhere twice a week. Hadn't picked up a racket for 30 years before I started playing pickle but its pretty easy to get half decent at. DItto padel.

[IanUAE]

Not played pickleball but I play padel tennis once or twice a week, outside, all year round. Friday night was brutal with the heat and the humidity.

[ScotHill]

Is the idea that the ball decelerates fairly quickly and there’s less running around a smaller court? I can see why it would make it a more accessible sport, like e-bikes have opened up leisure cycling.