I’ve never played, but my neighbors play in their back yard and I have a collection of their pickleballs that went over the fence. Looks fun enough I guess.
@Lynnerizer Yup. They also like to practice golf drives into a big net. The balls slingshot in random directions (including my yard). Mostly yellow foam practice balls, so no harm done.
@haydesigner That’s the first thing that came to mind for me, too. But it may just be a matter of the fact that it’s a sport that immediately boomed in popularity (so a lot of people play, making overall total of sports related injuries come from this particular sport) and a lot of those players are old (meaning they’re more likely to suffer injuries from activity anyway). Still not exactly something that entices me to play.
@GospelX@haydesigner And then there are those of us that look at the booming popularity and think “Just what I need, a new way to be humiliated while breaking something expensively. Screw that.”
@GospelX@haydesigner@werehatrack Considering you have to be pretty active to play pickleball* I am not surprised there are injuries. I am way more surprised at the number of injuries in golf.
There are now “pickleball shoes” that cost upwards of $125. What started as a fun easy version of “hit the thing over the net” has been corrupted by the usual commercial suspects and those that have to make anything a serious competitive effort.
@stolicat There are professional leagues now & everything, it’s really out of control! Lol… Tom Brady co-owns a team, along with a bunch of other celebrities.
Man, this pickleball craze is so weird to me. We played this in high school gym class in the early 20-oughts nearly every day for half a year. No one had ever heard of it, and half of us believed it was the fever dream creation of our boisterous octagenarian PE teacher. Didn’t play it, hear about it, or even think about it for nearly 20 years…and now it’s the biggest craze in the world. Just weird.
@rawhite37 When I was in high school (early 70’s), we often played a variation of dodge ball in gym class that the teacher called pickle ball. One guy, who was the star pitcher of the school’s baseball team, could hurl a volleyball with enough force that it would leave big red welts. And, of course, we usually played with teams of shirts and skins. Afterwards in the locker room there were always a bunch of kids (myself included) with battle scars from the “game”. I think the jock gym teacher found it amusing.
Fun times.
For people who are too old to play tennis. Too afraid of foreigners to play badminton. Ping pong would admit that they are confined to the nursing home.
Dill or sweet?
I’ve never played, but my neighbors play in their back yard and I have a collection of their pickleballs that went over the fence. Looks fun enough I guess.
@awk You don’t return their pickle balls to them?
@Lynnerizer Sure, the first few hundred times.
@awk Oh yeah, guess I wasn’t thinking, that probably gets old pretty quick!
I imagine it’s even worse when/if you’ve got a lawn to mow! 
@Lynnerizer Yup. They also like to practice golf drives into a big net. The balls slingshot in random directions (including my yard). Mostly yellow foam practice balls, so no harm done.
Semi-seriously… I’ve been hearing more and more about pickleball injuries.
@haydesigner That’s the first thing that came to mind for me, too. But it may just be a matter of the fact that it’s a sport that immediately boomed in popularity (so a lot of people play, making overall total of sports related injuries come from this particular sport) and a lot of those players are old (meaning they’re more likely to suffer injuries from activity anyway). Still not exactly something that entices me to play.
@GospelX @haydesigner And then there are those of us that look at the booming popularity and think “Just what I need, a new way to be humiliated while breaking something expensively. Screw that.”
@GospelX @haydesigner @werehatrack Considering you have to be pretty active to play pickleball* I am not surprised there are injuries. I am way more surprised at the number of injuries in golf.
*Dill or sweet.
There are now “pickleball shoes” that cost upwards of $125. What started as a fun easy version of “hit the thing over the net” has been corrupted by the usual commercial suspects and those that have to make anything a serious competitive effort.
@stolicat There are professional leagues now & everything, it’s really out of control! Lol… Tom Brady co-owns a team, along with a bunch of other celebrities.
https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/tom-brady-kim-clijsters-major-league-pickleball-owners-91434262
…is noisy, at least according to the plaintiffs.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/pickleball-grows-popularity-noise-complaints-rise/story?id=102450818
@ircon96 Yes! It’s been in the news a lot around here. For example:
Not for me. I’m still trying to master bicycle polo.
Once you play, you’ll play a lot. It’s addictive.
Man, this pickleball craze is so weird to me. We played this in high school gym class in the early 20-oughts nearly every day for half a year. No one had ever heard of it, and half of us believed it was the fever dream creation of our boisterous octagenarian PE teacher. Didn’t play it, hear about it, or even think about it for nearly 20 years…and now it’s the biggest craze in the world. Just weird.
@rawhite37 When I was in high school (early 70’s), we often played a variation of dodge ball in gym class that the teacher called pickle ball. One guy, who was the star pitcher of the school’s baseball team, could hurl a volleyball with enough force that it would leave big red welts. And, of course, we usually played with teams of shirts and skins. Afterwards in the locker room there were always a bunch of kids (myself included) with battle scars from the “game”. I think the jock gym teacher found it amusing.
Fun times.
@macromeh @rawhite37 I hated all my PE teachers!
For people who are too old to play tennis. Too afraid of foreigners to play badminton. Ping pong would admit that they are confined to the nursing home.
The baby of those statements: Pickleball!