Pickleball: Inside the controversial world of America’s fastest growing sport
This is the new soundtrack of Suburbia and it’s being played all over America for some it’s music to their ears to others a never ending irritant pickle ball is the fastest growing sport in the US fans say it’s a cross between pingpong and Tennis but with less ground
To cover and a slower Pace the boomers are enjoying it as much as the teenagers the popularity of pickle ball is ridiculous Lynn helped start this club in Santa Monica less than 2 years ago now they can’t keep up with the demand people line up half an hour before the
Courts open so they can get a space I have two knee Replacements people play hip replacements but we also have young 13-year-old people play people in wheelchairs play it’s a very social activity tennis on the other hand you have to make a plan with a partner pickle Ball’s popularity has
Soed thanks to its celebrity fans Andre Agassi an eight-time Tennis Grand Slam Champion has not only switched Sports he now co-owns a pickle ball paddle company and competes in the biggest tournaments in the world I’m a tennis player so I am biased at at at hardest what I’ve done
My whole life that tennis is sort of the most nuanced U kind of Racket demand sport um you know that that exists but with that being said when you trickle down into a a sport like pickle ball it’s such a great equalizer right and is on such a smaller Dimension so the
Community aspect is really fun and engaging how many things can you do at sort of let’s just say my age right I’m 53 now where you actually get better at it as fun as pickle ball is and I think it’s a lot of fun few issues have caused
As many arguments at Council meetings Across America as this sport okay thank you across La tennis and pickle ball Di HS are going head-to-head at a town hall Forum I’m all for pickle ball but not at the expense of tennis I don’t think anybody that here has a pickle ball
Player that want to take over your court I’m just hoping that nothing changes on the tennis side there’s 100 people here talking about pickle ball versus tennis when I do a town hall I can only get six to eight people to talk about theft and violent crime and auto
Things like that notice how I’m hitting my backand tensions aside most here agree that thanks to pickle ball more people are finding regular exercise accessible and enjoyable and surely that can only be a good thing Martha Kelner Sky News Los Angeles
Fans say Pickleball is a cross between tennis, badminton and ping pong but to critics, the sport is a never-ending irritant.
It has become America’s fastest growing sport and many predict it will soon take hold in the UK too – as Sky’s US correspondent Martha Kelner reports.
Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/is-tennis-under-threat-as-pickleball-surges-in-popularity-13037566
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22 comments
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I'm struggling to understand the controversy. I find it hard to believe pickleball is so popular that tennis courts across America are being converted into pickleball courts
It is incredibly immature to be irratated by a sport, whatever it is. The people who are really annoy me. It is infuriating 😡
Where did the stupid name for this stupid game come from?
FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS!!!
Racquet elbow will become a big problem in the near future.
Is it worse than those street basketball nets?
is it called pickleball coz guys who play this are old enough to have pickled balls ?
basically ppl who aren't good enough for tennis, dont want to play table tennis or badminton. like jesus Christ those courts were made for tennis, u want pickleball then make more courts.
People look for the dumbest things to be upset about. Pickleball is annoying now?
Sounds so soothing I’m falling asleep
Why the hell is it called pickle ball??
get a job
Pickleball is noise pollution.
People are getting outside, exercising, and socializing. It sounds like a good thing to me, but that is just my opinion.
It's extremely annoying noise, ridiculous there should be a limited hour. Not past 7 pm not before 11 am
I never heard of it.
Here in the triad nc, its easy pulling single moms playing pickle ball, its like fishing with dynamite
That town hall meeting felt almost like something out of South Park
Bulshit game they still tennis courts go make your own courts the most boring sport ever
Why is it that ever sport we've never heard of is always the fastest growing sport?
If the best players are old Boomers, then it's not a real sport.