The pickleball craze, explained

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Pickleball, a recreational racquet sport that combines tennis, ping pong, and badminton, became a national obsession in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic. The sport’s popularity is due to the social nature of the game, how easy it is to learn to play, and the game’s portability. With nets that can be set up on any hard surface, the game is generally more accessible than other racquet sports.
But pickleball’s spike in popularity created a public space problem when crowds of pickleball players began erecting temporary courts on public tennis courts, basketball courts, and parking lots. This, combined with the loud noises produced by rigid paddles and hollow, plastic balls, has created a new fight for space between pickleball players and pretty much everyone else.
As more pickleball facilities open across the country, the strain on other public spaces has been easing. Now, plans are being developed in cities and towns across the US and Canada to embrace the pickleball boom and develop free, dedicated spaces for the sport.
Learn about the rules and find pickleball tournaments near you at USA Pickleball:
usapickleball.org/
Find places to play in NYC:
www.nycpickleball.com
New York Times article, "Why is pickleball so popular?"
www.nytimes.com/2022/09/03/we...
This isn't the first time Vox has reported on pickleball. Check out this prescient 2015 write-up from our very own Phil Edwards, "Meet Pickleball, the next great American sport."
www.vox.com/2015/6/4/8715623/...
Note: The headline on this piece has been updated.
Previous headline: How pickleball took over
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@oliviakristina Год назад

I've never heard of pickleball...

@orlando5817 Год назад

same

@IN-pr3lw Год назад

You have now

@phillybeccio2782 Год назад

Me and your mom play on the weekends

@lazeppelini123 Год назад

Maybe someone just did something good and shoved it up the a**

@bltvd Год назад

I only know about it because I am friends with old people on facebook.

@ukhawaja Год назад

As a serious and dedicated tennis player for many years, I assure you the turf war over courts are legit and passionate.

@wongjefx980 Год назад

Agree . When courts are being converted or made dual purpose.

@aaro14 Год назад

Exactly! There are a bunch of pickle ball players that took over my local tennis courts, and now I have to drive 20 more minutes to find somewhere to play 🙄

@bingoberra18 Год назад

@@aaro14 Is it not on a "who came to the court first decides" basis?

@kalvin126 Год назад

@@bingoberra18 Its a tennis court, not a pickle ball court. Having pickle ball lines on a tennis court is hinder in my opinion as a tennis player.

@ukhawaja Год назад

@@bingoberra18 some counties allow people to reserve courts ahead of time, or reserve them for lessons. And sometimes there's a long wait time.

@partlycurrent Год назад

This feels like the skateboarding discussion of the early and mid 80s tbh. "it's noisy, they take up all the space, blablabla"

@alexpalaciossantos4940 Год назад

i was about to say the same. create spaces for people to do recreations and then they wont be a nuisance. if miles are dedicated to on street parking, this should be entirely doable

@CoverGirly422 Год назад

I live in Victoria (which was actually mentioned in the video for banning it from our public parks) and the big issue wasn’t that the pickle ball players were making noise, it was how loud the noise actually is. The sound carries for blocks and blocks, if you live anywhere close to the courts you can hear the constant “thunk, thunk, thunk” with your windows shut and your TV on. It was seriously affecting the quality of life of everyone that didn’t play. It was also being played almost exclusively by retirees and they were not very receptive to being told they couldn’t permanently take over the tennis courts. Their attempts to try and get sympathy from the public backfired spectacularly.

@inscrutablemungus4143 Год назад

As someone who lives near a set of tennis/pickleball courts, the noise is annoyingly loud. I'm less outraged about courts being redesigned for pickleball (despite playing tennis very regularly), but the noise is definitely annoying.

@historyking9984 Год назад

I guess but I can actually see the annoyance of pickle ball allot more as you hear that sound constantly

@joem13yearsago73 Год назад

Those dagone kids and their loud music!!!

@kencube86 Год назад

I am not American. This is my first time heard of pickleball. It looks and sound like table tennis but on a larger scale.

@matthewandkristenturvin9049 Год назад

It's basically like playing table tennis while standing on the table. It's really fun!

@JimmyKip Год назад

In NZ we had Padder Tennis, similar thing to pickleball but quieter :)

@dylanh3712 Год назад

Same never heard of it as a european

@Ki_Thi Год назад

@@dylanh3712 het heet paddel bij ons

@KC-fb8ql Год назад

I just heard of it a few months ago and now it’s annoyingly everywhere. There’s even a restaurant/pickleball establishment being built locally called ‘chicken and pickle’. Are people really asking for that? Good grief...

@pjotrtje0NL Год назад

In the Netherlands a sport that looks a bit like pickleball is booming: padel. And the exponential growth as well as the noise complaints are identical!

@SiiteerGaming Год назад

the same has happend in sweden padel is super big

@aname4700 Год назад

same in Spain (same name even) some years ago it started to get more and more recognition, and it keeps growing

@azzanqk908 Год назад

Same all over the middle east.. Never heard of pickleball

@ricardorivera806 Год назад

Padel is a bit more interesting though, since the courts are a bit harder to DIY! Though the walls are an intrindic part of what make padel so fun

@joelmonteiro1419 Год назад

Padel is huge in Portugal. I had never heard of Pickleball before though.

@islamsucksalways Год назад

It shows if sports facilities are made easily available for common public(which isn't an easy task),it can really make a change in their lives and connect communities.

@spooky.- Год назад

🏳️‍🌈❌

@islamsucksalways Год назад

@@spooky.- 🏳‍🌈❤

@germancroissant7514 Год назад

🏎💨

@Zervoich Год назад

No LGBT 💀

@winfield1775 Год назад

Already true for basketball

@brycewalburn3926 Год назад

You asked how pickleball took over and then never really answered that question. The whole reason I watched this video was to hear what exactly happened to increase its popularity. The title kinda indicates that would be the focus of the video, not putting a sound meter near a tennis racket.

@carpballet 12 часов назад

It’s 2023 and it’s Vox. Surely you didn’t expect old school journalism, did you?

@andrewpratt3861 Год назад

As a tennis league player, I have conflicting feelings. Pickleball is so much fun and maximizes the ROI on previously underused courts. Further, pickleballers are far more social than tennis players in my experience. As a tennis player, though, it is hard not to get upset when courts that were always reliably open are now flooded with pickleballers. It's a lot like owning a condo unit in a building and overnight over half of the units become airbnbs and there is always chaos.

@Dipesh1234 6 месяцев назад

Don't all these craze does not more than a year or so....

@rusty1411 Год назад

I've never thought about how the sound difference could cause complaints, but I agree. When pickleball is played next to my tennis match you can't hear anything over the ball

@lainee_kwongg Год назад

I'm a tennis player and I'm telling you, the sound of that plastic wiffle ball hitting the court is literally nails on a chalkboard to my ears

@paperblackwriter 8 месяцев назад

> nails on a chalkboard to my ears english is not my first language, what does this mean?

@ThomasEdits 8 месяцев назад

@@paperblackwriter google my friend

@TheChangeYT 8 месяцев назад

@@paperblackwriterjust use Google translate bro, the noise of nails on chalkboard is usually a horrible screeching noise, he compared that noise to the noise of the ball

@paperblackwriter 8 месяцев назад

@@TheChangeYT thanks.! I'm too lazy to google, lol.

@TheChangeYT 8 месяцев назад

@@paperblackwriter no worries 😁

@bitcodercz Год назад

Literally didn't know it existed before watching this video

@DeepMeditationMusic1 Год назад

Wow, I had never heard of Pickleball. I think it is a combination of tennis, ping pong, and badmintonIt. It seems to be a fun recreational sport. I will certainly try it.

@sparky16261 Год назад

Few try it, once you play it you are hooked.

@DarrenBates Год назад

First time I've heard of it too. Might give it a go!

@colescalisthenics Год назад

its very fun

@sparky16261 Год назад

@@colescalisthenics yup

@flavio8003 Год назад

I feel for the tennis players as my local gym converted one of the basketball courts into 4 pickleball courts. A lot of sad and confused faces near the courts yesterday

@sharadchauhan1 Год назад

Would loved to know a bit more about why the sudden increase in adoption of the sport. I now understand the current state and whats going on, but would be interesting to know how a sport can just go 'viral' in a short amount of time

@ALEJANDROMESIAS Год назад

Yes the title was not fulfilled. This is more of a portrayal than an explanation

@cTron417 Год назад

Right. I played it way back in high school in the early 2000s. I loved it an looked forward to it each time but I haven't jumped on the craze lately. I don't know why.

@jokesonme1997 Год назад

My guess would be it requires less skill and physical movements. The cost of gear seems to be much lower also.

@gregkessing7213 Год назад

Low cost of entry and shallow learning curve would be my assumption. It's very easy to pick up a paddle and be a full participant compared to other sports.

@michaelhagerman1074 Год назад

Combination of low cost and effort for entry, coupled with the covid push in 2020/21 to find outdoor activities. Add to this the broad appeal of a multigenerational sport (I've played a game with an 85 year old and a 9 year old at the same time). It's less physically demanding so non athletic people can pick it up and get better over time while at the same time offering a challenge for more athletic competitive types with the existing widespread tournaments.

@alexhutchinson4138 Год назад

Man, going around my city trying to find tennis courts recently and finding all but the largest set of courts either converted or just occupied by pickle-ballers… the feelings are complicated. I like that there’s a more accessible sport out there that the older generation can enjoy, but it’s a growing city and the pickleball fans should be first and foremost lobbying for a new space for themselves, not trying to take it away from others. As a tennis and badminton player I’d never think of trying to convert, say, a basketball court, even if I saw basketball as a stagnant sport only enjoyed by some nebulous set of elite athlete types.

@houseboat1101 Год назад

Yeah I went to my local park that has always had a wide variety of tennis courts only to find they were all converted to pickle bar courts :/

@grapefruitsyrup8185 Год назад

Bro bring a conceal carry next time. Works like a charm.

@shiverian5970 Год назад

i dont think you're serious about that basketball comment and you were just using that as a reversal of what pickleballers say... but if you are serious about that its incredibly rich coming from a tennis player lol

@expandedhistory Год назад

I currently work part time at a Pickleball facility in the United States and for the past several months, this sport has boomed in popularity. It was originally not so popular, with the older generation playing it but now I’ve seen an uptake in the younger generation getting involved. I think the fact that celebrities such as Lebron James, Tom Brady, etc are buying Pickleball teams definitely has an impact on its popularity. The sport is really simple to learn yet hard to master. It’s great for all ages and a great way to stay active.

@westhoodqualzini7884 Год назад

It’s a tennis knockoff and it’s a waste of time. You can’t win an Olympic medal playing pickle ball. I’m not into gimmick sports

@Moreorlesss996 3 месяца назад

@@westhoodqualzini7884Cool. Then don't play.

@benjaminscott6060 Год назад

So addictive and I never heard of it

@JacobBongers Год назад

Same lol

@arthurmorgan332 Год назад

True

@davinbrown3072 Год назад

Lol same

@Astral_Blitz Год назад

Same.

@maxhill9254 Год назад

@tapiocamango Год назад

I wish table tennis got this popularity in the States. It's overlooked here and that's why every country, especially China beats us at that sport. People underestimate how cool TT is.

@FinancialShinanigan Год назад

Pickleball sounds like a regional food staple at a food fair

@Ayush_A Год назад

I think there was a mistake in how you explained the decibels. 70 decibels is 10x louder than 60, not 2x. That might explain why people find it a nuisance.

@michaelnelson2976 Год назад

I played this game alongside Takraw in middle school in the last decade, thought it was silly, and am AMAZED that it's a craze now. I'm looking for you next, Takraw!!

@ergicgaming1618 Год назад

Bro takraw requires alot of athleticism to be played by alot of people

@doormantdarner7815 Год назад

This’ll never happen with takraw, way too physically demanding for most and way too injury prone for anyone over 30

@andrebenites9919 Год назад

2:36 it is not 2 times as loud, it is 10 times as loud. 1 bell increase means a 10 time increase (because it is on a base 10 logarithmic scale). 10 decibels = 1 bell

@gh_pics Год назад

It's still twice as loud in terms of perceived loudness to our brain but the intensity you're right is 10 times as loud

@andrebenites9919 Год назад

@@gh_pics i get what you are saying. It is twice the size in a logarythmic scale... But, in my head, twice is very drawn to multiplication by 2, so when someone says twice as loud, gives me the wrong impression. But sure Edit: Maybe I said something wrong. Because it is not double the logarythmic, it is just adding. ... I'm trying to make sense of the "sensation of hearing", but... When you measure, it is 10 times more. 10 times more energy, etc... But okay, I get.

@andrebenites9919 Год назад

@@123brinkman You are using a linear thinking for a non-linear problem. Example, using your example. If 3 decibels is twice as loud. Then 6 decibles increase is x*2*2=4x. So 9 decibels is 8x (because you are increasing by 3 in 3 different times, which is the same as doubling three times) So you can see that when you say increasing by 10 is 3 and a 1/3 times louder is not the correct call (I see you divided 10 by 3, you could have doubled it, but even so, it is not correct because you are using the operations in a wrong context) But, your first assumption was not wrong. To double the loudness, you need a 3 decibel increase. But it is because log2=0,3 (in base ten). So, 3 decimals... Decibels Using this, we can known that to get 8 times louder, you need 9 decibel increase. And, by default, 10 times louder is 10 decibels. But it is not like "so 5 decibels increase is 5 times louder". No. That is a wrong assumption because you are using linear thinking in a different context Sorry for the math lecture. I just really like the subject and can't contain myself. I'm a math teacher btw

@geraldlaval-williams544 Год назад

I work in employee wellness for a major hospital system. They have been loving the pickleball clinics we put on for the past year, any age can compete, it is so much fun and brings people old to young together in a time where we do not always see eye to eye

@Leon575 Год назад

Pickleball: lack of skills for padel Padel: lack of skills for tennis

@zachcarmichael699 Год назад

Says a person who probably has never played pickleball.

@sparky16261 Год назад

@@zachcarmichael699 Yes once they get to the 5 0 level they find out fast though

@coachmcguirk6297 Год назад

Tennis: lack of skills for racquetball Racquetball : lack of skills for squash Squash: lack of skills for dating life

@Leon575 Год назад

@@coachmcguirk6297 Table tennis: "what about me? 😲" 🤣

@johnwaldt2898 Год назад

haha. as a padel player I confirm

@caspermadlener4191 Год назад

Europe has padel as a pickleball equivalent. It grew extremely fast, came out of nowhere, is easy to pick up, and it is really similar to tennis. Also, don't forget the sound complaints.

@FIREcrochethairstyles Год назад

The editing on this channel is sooooooooo freaking GOOD

@justinoakley8558 Год назад

It's nice to see people outside, doing something as a group! I thought it was really neat how the NYC resident simply joined a group playing near his home. Anything that fosters community and connection is a good thing!

@arothmanmusic Год назад

I worked at that park in Cincinnati back in the day. Nice to see them building some new stuff!

@johnlane8053 Год назад

The noise the sport makes sure is a pickle!

@mysticman9425 Год назад

Well, as long as it takes people outdoors and away from their phones for a while, it's good in my books.

@ecliqsly6585 Год назад

@@lumpylumpyloo think u need to grow up

@Silenced_by_nazi_youtube 11 месяцев назад

I agree. It’s why golf boomed during the pandemic

@mex5341 8 месяцев назад

I found pickleball a good way to exercise, meet new people, and spend time outdoors. It's like running/walking, but just more fun

@leezap 5 месяцев назад

The social aspect of pickleball. It's easy enough for kids and seniors, thus, cover everyone in between.

@PincheBrayan101 Год назад

My buddy in 2014 was major fan of the game, he played with the #2 best player in the world. Once he left my job in 2015, I completely forgot about it.

@mc-ge2bt Год назад

Pickle Ball is the next Silicon Valley back fluff sport that isn’t as popular as its hype.

@savavgecabbage9442 Год назад

As an outsider, this is the most American sounding thing I've ever heard

@sparky16261 Год назад

Started there but is big time in Canada as well. Thousand here playing both indoors and out. I do not play anymore but huge numbers do. I enjoy the Pro league in the US .

@theyreMineralsMarie Год назад

What exactly is so American about this?

@-zgizmo224-5 Год назад

I’m in Louisville and we’re on the brink of civil war, people are violently advocating for this sport, parks are being mass expanded and other sports for parks are being forgotten

@borsukbezlap Год назад

3:25 wins it all :D

@DragonHeartGamer Год назад

"by now surely youve heard of pickleball" this is the first time i have ever heard the word never mind know it was a sport

@andrews2727 Год назад

We used to play this in middle school gym, now my neighborhood has a dedicated court, it's wild

@MagnumoftheMountains Год назад

I love how Vox makes compelling videos about subjects I know nothing about and care nothing about, and then by the end, I'm deeply intrigued and care about the subject.

@AlexanderBlues1228 Год назад

I first heard of it about ten years ago from an older coworker. He had been a tennis player in his youth and was now an avid pickle ball player. I thought it sounded weird then, and I still cannot fathom ever wanting to play. Then again, I’ve never been a tennis player.

@kodiak3970 4 дня назад

I hate tennis and am awful at it but I just tried out pickleball with my mom at the ymca and it is literally the most fun thing. We play for like 1-2 hours everyday.

@PeggyLame Год назад

As a tennis player I’ve been victimized by pickleball players and their court hogging in what are supposed to be shared spaces. If there are pickleball lines on tennis courts, can guarantee that no tennis will be played there, it needs to stop.

@osint6372 6 месяцев назад

First come first served.....

@carinamcallister9730 Год назад

I think what should be added to the conversation is that the more public facilities for youth and young adults are invested in the less street crime we see. It’s important we revitalize our parks and I’m glad that pickle ball something fun, easy to learn, and inclusive is the one on the frontlines making this change

@captaincouchpotato7374 Год назад

I've been playing pickleball since I was a kid. A lot if the time I wasn't allowed to play because the older folks didn't want anyone under 18. I think that would make an interesting video

@scallaghan2118 9 месяцев назад

In most areas, we live far too close to each other now. Neighborhoods are too dense. An activity with such noise doesn't suit a neighborhood where people live so close. Take it to a gym, or somewhere where people won't be so bothered by it.

@Timothy-xd Год назад

This is literally happening in europe with padel

@AndreasHolmgren Год назад

and now when the hype have died down the buisinses are going under

@CrossfacePanda Год назад

@@AndreasHolmgren With a bunch of facilities that are now sitting empty and have to be sold and converted into someting else (after owners buying up and even building them everywhere during the pandemic). I literally saw one out in the middle of the country side. And not even a converted barn or something, just a brand new building that’ll probably have to be sold as generic storage or something, or just sold for its plot. Such a waste.

@sparky16261 Год назад

@@AndreasHolmgren Where are you from. PB is taking off in Asia as well. Here in Canada too many players not enough courts. They just built about 12 new dedicated courts here. Weather here the big problem. Like Tennis.

@Pacific-Myth Год назад

Local legend here in Thunder Bay Ontario, our first outbreak of deaths is because an old age facility decided to hold a pickleball tournament mid covid. Can't imagine a more embarasing death than attending a pickleball tournament.

@VinceroAlpha Год назад

what about a Trump rally?

@Pacific-Myth Год назад

@@VinceroAlpha Haha! I stand corrected.

@dawn94762030 Год назад

Not sure what the outcome ending up being but here in the Detroit area over the summer, a neighborhood protested a country club adding more pickle ball courts because of the noise level.

@grokker99 Год назад

The sound alone is worthy of a drive-by with a tennis ball machine set to 140 mph.

@jmms93 Год назад

Padel became the craze in Portugal during the pandemic, turning dozens of 5-a-side football pitches into padel fields. The place where I used to play football every week for years is now exclusively a Padel center marketed towards the rich (2-4 people paying to rent a field is a lot more expensive than 10-12). It's hard for me and my friends to find any basketball or football pitches nearby anymore, even around a football-crazed city like Lisbon, and I imagine it's a similar situation around Europe. Yeah, I'm part of the haters :)

@krob2327 Год назад

That’s awful to hear. Hope it gets resolved. Portugal is a great country don’t let the rich dictate to you!!

@diplomaticthreshold Год назад

my university just turned half of our tennis courts into pickleball courts, had never heard of it before lol

@j2simpso Год назад

And no one stood up to the vandalism?

@dylanjames50 Год назад

Increasing Decibels by 10 increases the amount of sound by a magnitude of 10 not 2. 90 decibels is not twice as loud as 80 decibels but is actually 10 times louder.

@tsakeboya Год назад

First time I've heard of this "craze" lol

@genghisbunny Год назад

Surprised nobody is tackling the noise issue. That's loud enough that you'd want to wear hearing protection to play, I'm glad it's not popular next to our house.

@anthonylin1164 Год назад

Decibels are explained incorrectly. A 10db difference is a 10x difference not 2x. For a 2x difference, it is around 3db.

@kaleraven2000 Год назад

You're confusing sound pressure level and perceived loudness. 10 dB is 10x sound pressure but only 2x perceived loudness.

@CoverGirly422 Год назад

I live in Victoria and pickleball was a massive issue here and rightfully so. Mainly it’s the elderly who play here and they have been at war with everyone who lives anywhere near the courts they take over. It is so loud!! It’s almost impossible to stress how loud and annoying the sound actually is, you can hear it for blocks.

@sheilakijawani2526 Год назад

Why you guys have so much problem with sound that goes a little above you pallette? It doesn't seems to be much.

@CoverGirly422 Год назад

@@sheilakijawani2526 it was literally so bad that the city banned it. What part of that suggests it’s not too much?

@sheilakijawani2526 Год назад

@@CoverGirly422 my bad

@krob2327 Год назад

Yeah it’s an incredibly annoying sound. Table tennis is also bad but obviously isn’t usually around residents. At least in tennis the ball noise isn’t so bad. It’s also incredibly bad for elders knees to play this sport. I hope it’s just a craze that dies out.

@VicVonDOOOM Год назад

I first heard of pickleball on th eUS version of Ghosts, and was certain they had made it up. What a name lol

@lillieallen6376 Год назад

I spent a semester in high school gym playing pickleball... I'm good

@adblaze4808 Год назад

This is clearly a pickleball ad

@Yutappy99 Год назад

So... table tennis but without the table?

@imsleep6706 Год назад

I remember playing pickle ball with my friends in middle school ( I’m a junior in hs now) It was a lot of fun and I had no idea it became so popular

@AGBDej Год назад

@3:26 😂 “kikikikikikiki” I feel your pain Joanne Spruce!

@toivoni4221 Год назад

Never heard of pickleball

@xxxnightsky14 Год назад

Pickleball is the official state sport where I live (Washington) so I've been aware of it for a while but I've never played. For the past 2 years, I have lived across the street from some outdoor pickleball courts and I can hear them playing everyday for about 6-8 months of the year. We had a local controversy bc we had city funds to make new outdoor courts and a "lively debate" broke out between the basketball people and the pickleball people lobbying to their sport to get the funds.

@Jdwill206 Год назад

It is? I've only really heard about it this year as it's blown up. Not saying it wasn't popular among people before the blow up but never really heard people talking about it at levels that would make me think official state sport.

@sparky16261 Год назад

@@Jdwill206 I played this 30 years ago and the place I played added over 30 new courts. While I do not play there anymore I am told there are over 1200 members of the club I used to belong to.

@JusNoBS420 Год назад

I was in High school in the late 90’s and we played Pickle ball in PE for like half the year lol. Hadn’t thought of this sport until it got hot again last year or whenever 😂

@TheeVande Год назад

It's so weird because my elementary school in the early 2000s and middle/high schools in the 2010s played pickleball all the time!

@djb903 Год назад

I went to the YMCA to shoot hoops and the court was being used by some old folks playing pickle ball.

@napoleonibonaparte7198 Год назад

The appeal is that everyone can play it. In tennis, you have to be young and fit mostly.

@rlwelch 9 месяцев назад

The demographic of people playing in my doubles tennis league definitely contradicts this claim :)

@nsebast Год назад

As a tennis player, I can understand pickleball. Tennis needs at least two years of practice before for you able to enjoy it. Not many people has the dedication to learn it. Plus tennis is quite a demanding sport on your joints. Although we enjoy watching singles tournaments more than doubles, in real life not many people can play single in tennis as it is very physically demanding. Pickleball is easy bite tennis.

@lamar4333 9 месяцев назад

I find the noise of pickleballs relaxing. Sometimes I go to courts to watch and listen.

@elijahharrison4164 Год назад

Hi Vox interested in your data around, "...where pickleball goes, other facilities benefit." 4:51 Please share links! Are there any studies backing this assertion up? In lieu of that what articles did you encounter which lead you to feel comfortable making that assertion? Trying to see if it's a worthwhile approach for generating more parks funding in my city!

@watchdealer11 Год назад

Great way to stay active

@chasenhorizons 9 месяцев назад

Just played it for the first time this weekend…and yep the addiction hit quick. It’s fun, fast, and fairly easily to learn (rotations and terms). Genuinely hooked, and it’s much less impact on my feet and knees than skateboarding

@ARSebs2096 Год назад

I about died when that women on the news report was like “Clank clank clank clank” 😂

@BurrritoYT Год назад

My grandpa got a heart attack in pickleball and died 💀

@Bugside Год назад

Doing what he loved, I suppose

@somedayitsgonnamakesense Год назад

pickleball is just "poor man's tennis"

@cancerino666 Год назад

so you mean it's for 99% of the people? sounds like a winner to me!

@gankt Год назад

Or maybe an unathletic man's tennis

@zachcarmichael699 Год назад

@@gankt Try playing with some 5.0-level or pro players and then come back.

@gankt Год назад

@@zachcarmichael699 I’ll play a pro tennis player and a pro pickle ball player. Then I’ll come back and say the same thing

@sparky16261 Год назад

@@gankt In Pb the ball would be past you before you got your paddle in position. Short game.

@arrowrod 7 месяцев назад

I play Pickleball every day. I go to any of 5 local public gyms that have Pickleball. Usually open for Pickleball 3 to 8 hours a day. All of the games are pickup games. Put your name on the next slot available on the signup board. Win or lose, sign up for another game. To play tennis, I have to find 3 other people who will meet at one of the empty tennis courts, of which there are many. Haven't played tennis in twenty years.

@jakefashionista 5 месяцев назад

But tennis is so much better. It's true it's also harder to learn. But once you learn tennis its beautiful

@ryanknight3273 Год назад

"It's as loud as a rock concert" lol. Okay guy.

@blooptev Год назад

my mom plays pickleball all the time, happy for her because it got her out and moving but i hate that she keeps trying to get me to come play with her. i went once and it was just a bunch of old people.

@sparky16261 Год назад

Not any more it isn't perhaps where she plays but universities have leagues and schools all over. My friends play in the Pro league.

@sonnycruz7032 Год назад

Next time you go out with your mom bring one of your friends. Then your friend and your mom can team up against you and another one of the older folks.

@Ccccc-mi3tr Год назад

You’ll regret not playing with her when she’s gone. Don’t waste opportunity’s to spend time with her. Life is short

@Silenced_by_nazi_youtube 11 месяцев назад

@@Ccccc-mi3tr this right here.

@b1rdbot510 Год назад

Pretty sure tennis players grunt louder than most motorcycles.

@77ford20 Год назад

I had to play Pickle Ball in middle school, and just assumed it was a really niche random sport that we had to play since it was invented in my home state of Washington. Didn’t realize it became so popular elsewhere.

@NyAppyMiku22 Год назад

lol i used to play pickle ball when i was younger in Western Mass in high school like 2009/2010 era miss that game, it was really fun!~ i think they were just wooden rackets and a whiffle ball, good times~

@BuildinWings Год назад

20 years ago, it was dodgeball. People just like to play the games they played as kids. It's not super complicated.

@pyrotechnic96 Год назад

Except it really took off nationally with seniors and it wasn't a widespread game when they were young.

@91zaza1 Год назад

I am quite sure that an increase of 3 dB is twice as loud. So the examples around 2:39 are not doubling the sound level, but an increase of 10 dB is actually ~8 times as loud...

@ferdinandfoch7816 Год назад

wouldn't an increase of 10 dB be 10x as loud? So the 80 dB pickleball is 10x louder than the 70 dB tennis ball?

@theonlyJinXFirE Год назад

You're thinking about power. Here they're talking about perceived loudness. Purely sound pressure wise, 10dB is 10x 'louder'.

@edwardlawrence20 Год назад

3 dB increase = doubling of sound power 10 dB increase = doubling of perceived 'loudness' (due to the complex logarithmic way the auditory system processes sound)

@imnobodywhoareyouu 8 месяцев назад

0:46 xD the lantern flies of the sports world 😂😂😂

@reddcube Год назад

Weird that pickleball is now popular. My town has indoor courts for decades.

@expandedhistory Год назад

What makes pickle ball so appealing is that it’s simple to learn yet hard to master.

@ThePunkRockPenguin Год назад

If "pickleball is too loud" became the biggest problem in our society the world would be near utopian

@EmperorsNewWardrobe Год назад

Yeh but you could say the same for having a pebble in your shoe, but would know what constant irritation that would cause

@mous3y490 25 дней назад

ty pickleball. all the kids are now outside playing and I can finally use the single table tennis table at the club.

@elkoikan5993 7 месяцев назад

As former Tennis player, i have to admit Pickeball is way more fun. That is why most Tennis courts are empty and pickeball courts are packed!

7 месяцев назад

Tennis people it's very gently and elegant when thet play pickeball!! Sometimes some tennis people play with us and we have tons of fun

@jakefashionista 5 месяцев назад

I found tennis so much better

@wongjefx980 Год назад

Annoying and addictive....kind of sums it up. I normally play tennis. Like golf, tennis is a precision sport where racquet face position supported by form is really important and frustrating. When started playing PB with the family, it just took 3x out with experienced players to pick up the rules and weird scoring and be moderately competitive. Although the tennis player hitting approach to PB didn't sit well with some PB guys. The PB community was very welcoming, but still prefer tennis.

@freddytang2128 Год назад

I don’t play pickle ball or tennis. But if you can convert a tennis court to four pickle ball courts, and let four times as many people play and exercise, isn’t that a good thing?

@zachcarmichael699 Год назад

About three courts, but yes you're correct! Especially in the US where obesity and chronic disease is rampant.

@TheDjurze Год назад

I'm guessing the problem is more that the pickle ball players aren't tennis players, so if you have 2 tennis courts and turn that into 1 tennis court and 4 pickle ball courts you have higher capacity for players, but less space for the tennis players, that might end up feeling snubbed

@eloquentcontraband Год назад

I remember seeing an article in April about pickleball noise complaints in niagara on the lake and thought it was just rich ppl complaining but I kinda get it now lol

@jakefashionista 5 месяцев назад

Tennis is honestly so much better but it's harder to learn. Tennis is class, speed, not giving up. That's what i love about tennis.

@wafflemation6887 2 месяца назад

i love both

@videoghost Год назад

I'd be willing to bet that a lot of the contempt that some of these people have is class based. Can't have "those" type of people who can afford to play pickleball but not tennis coming around our neighborhood.

@connor107 Год назад

100% what it is. I live in Vancouver, one of the cities mentioned, and our tennis courts are frequently unused but as soon as they get repurposed for pickleball all the waspy tennis people get upset about it

@sparky16261 Год назад

@@connor107 Same was here in South Surrey until they built a large number of PB courts. I think there are 12 new courts here. Some of my friends play both and enjoy both.

@angelinaconte3304 Год назад

people with money can afford to run to a nice little tennis club- tennis becomes /less/ accessible when there’s another sport trying to squeeze itself in on free public tennis courts, becomes much harder to get courts.

@sparky16261 Год назад

@@angelinaconte3304 I have never played tennis and do not play pb but have friends who play both. I also have friends who play both tennis and badminton. My friends who have physical issues or are old play PB here but in the US and some here as well take that game to a new higher level. PB does not have are much overhead and impact strain as tennis and neither of them are are fast and demanding as badminton with the overheads and quick footwork. Tennis is great for people who are physically younger and have knees that work. Here you do not play tennis for a lot of the year whereas you can play pb and badminton inside. We do have a couple of indoor tennis courts but you have to have money to play there. The bottom line is all three of these sports are great but the bulk of the people will be able to play pb but will have more injuries with tennis and badminton but from having watched tennis, played pb and badminton, I think badminton is the better sport for ME here at my age. There should be room for all three but a lot more pb players and therefore more demand.

@angelinaconte3304 Год назад

@@sparky16261 Yeah that’s the issue, different sports suit different people and there should be public spaces available to meet demand- if there’s no dedicated spaces for it then it just puts a strain on other sports. that’s why people who play tennis and use those outdoor courts are angry, not because they have some sort of distain for it for no reason at all. like you’ve turned up to play tennis and someone’s taped all these random lines down, or there isn’t a court available. the atmosphere around pickleball play is also much more casual and well, louder- which isn’t a bad thing (people are having fun!), but a lot of people I’ve spoken to can find those mixed use courts very distracting for that reason. my main point is that there’s some legitimate reasons for tennis players to be annoyed beyond classist outrage- it’s a reaction to a failure to meet skyrocketing demand for places to play pickleball without interfering with courts built for another sport (and there remains a wariness to give pickleball purpose built public spaces until there’s certainty about whether these high levels of participation will continue, or dip to a lower level long term)

@r2m035 Год назад

Never heard of it.

@AmamiKurosagi Год назад

There is also competition for indoor spaces as well between pickleball and badminton.

@janniegurl05 10 месяцев назад

I can’t believe I had never heard about pickle ball up until like three weeks ago. 😂

@zaphod4245 Год назад

Only in america do people invent a new game which is a worse copy of tennis in every way but becomes popular because of the fact that it requires much less effort

@aname4700 Год назад

things don't have to be highly difficult, complex or expensive to master for them to hold value. at the end of the day, people enjoy playing that sport. it's like saying videogames that (because of their genre) don't require lots of strategy and dexterity shouldn't exist, and that the only videogames that deserve to be played and praised are those labeled as "more complex and difficult to play". sounds silly doesn't it?

@joelmonteiro1419 Год назад

Padel is huge in Europe and the same could be said about it. This isn't an "only in America" situation.

@user-vo9wd6tx6c Год назад

>what is padel

@senshai1267 Год назад

Only in america

@superharmony910 Год назад

only in ohio

@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536 Год назад

America is with A. Please. Thank you very much.

@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536 Год назад

North America. There are Central America and South America too.

@Wakeupgrandowl Год назад

Padel

@zaphod4245 Год назад

Yep, only in america do people invent a new game which is a copy of tennis in every way except for the fact that it requires much less effort. Peak American laziness

@dathunderman4 2 месяца назад

The turf wars kinda remind me of basketball vs volleyball. I play basketball and there always a little war in the gyms I go to over volleyball players coming and setting up their nets.