Do you consider pickleball a sport?

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by Tyga11

I think the problem is the pickleball players think they are playing a real sport or doing something athletic when they are standing stationary or moving a couple of feet at a time. There is a reason why all the washed up tennis pro's like Jack Sock are dominating PB.
Back to your point - they are taking up valuable tennis courts just because every middle aged Karen thinks they're doing something.

Originally Posted by Tyga11

No, it is not as much as a sport as tennis. That is ridiculous.

Originally Posted by Tyga11

The point is there are different levels of sports...this qualifies as a lower level like Golf, Ping Pong.
A sport, to me, is not 85 year old women playing at their local country club everyday. Which is what Pickleball is

"Sport is a form of physical activity or game. Often competitive and organized, sports use, maintain, or improve physical ability and skills. They also provide enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to spectators."

Pickleball is a sport. Personally I never played it, but if an "85 year old woman" or a "middle aged Karen" enjoy regularly playing it and consider it "playing a real sport or doing something athletic" or "think they're doing something", I respect that. And so should you.

You have an M4 Competion. Some may tell you that BMW M cars are "high-performance cars" or "sporty cars" but "no real/true sports cars". Possibly you will disagree. Let's all agree on calling the car a "driving fun facilitator", instead of stealing someone's thunder or raining on someone's parade with pointless claims. As someone said: for every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

[RickFLM4]

Who are we to question what makes something a sport?

[Pauly Wauly]

Originally Posted by RickFLM4

Who are we to question what makes something a sport?

Don`t be jealous. Just because you can`t Kangaroo breakdance it doesn`t mean it`s not a sport

[dradernh]

Originally Posted by Esteban

Three Olympic gold medals.

Having watched every match, and as George Costanza said so well: "I'm aware1 I'm aware!"

Originally Posted by kscarrol

See page 5…

Edit: and I don’t play tennis

Thanks. I saw similar y-o-y data elsewhere, showing modest annual growth.

[carseatsm5]

Originally Posted by Tyga11

No, it is not as much as a sport as tennis. That is ridiculous.

Neat thanks for clearing that up.

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by dradernh

You'll need to provide one or more links to reliable sources for that assertion to be taken seriously.

The talking heads on this morning's NYC TV news reported that the US Open tennis tournament is giving away free admission to all fan week events.

Enough said.....

[MoeTE87]

Maybe..but I do enjoy playing with my family and get to bond with my 7 year old daughter that loves to play too. So it's a win win to me.

[XutvJet]

Originally Posted by Pauly Wauly

Is women's beach volleyball a sport???

I like to watch women's beach volley ball

God bless women's beach volleyball and indoor women's short shorts

What's really funny and is that a lot of people think women's indoor VB intentionally went to short shorts to draw more viewers but the reality was men's VB was wearing the same short shorts back in the 1970s and 1980s

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by XutvJet

God bless women's beach volleyball and indoor women's short shorts

What's really funny and is that a lot of people think women's indoor VB intentionally went to short shorts to draw more viewers but the reality was men's VB was wearing the same short shorts back in the 1970s and 1980s

Maybe the men wore them for the same reason.

[UncleWede]

Originally Posted by Esteban

Maybe the men wore them for the same reason.

"Staaawp it!"

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by UncleWede

"Staaawp it!"

You know, for the women viewers.

[Dick_Lexus]

Pickleball is the gateway to shuffleboard.

[bagekko]

Or Bocce

Originally Posted by Dick_Lexus

Pickleball is the gateway to shuffleboard.

A guy in his neighborhood spent a fortune building a pickleball court in his backyard. He has no backyard now, hopefully he moves before the fad dies out else no one will wanna buy his house.

I swear PB was invented by a couple drunk people at a family BBQ using some childrens outdoor toys.

Sure people have fun, but its for people that can't play tennis or ping pong. Rather see cornhole at the Olympics than pickleball.

[dradernh]

Originally Posted by bagekko

A guy in his neighborhood spent a fortune building a pickleball court in his backyard.

I used to travel around the country and the world with like-minded enthusiasts to big track meets (nationals, European Championships, World Championships, an earlier version of today's Diamond League, Commonwealth Games, Olympics, etc.), and one of the regulars was a fellow who had installed a top quality professional running track in his "back yard". This was in the mid-80s and, IIRC, the price was ~$950K in today's dollars.

That was, and still is, the most radical thing I've ever heard of in terms of a crazy person going beyond all-out to indulge himself because he could and was, apparently, unwilling to choose to travel a handful of minutes to enjoy an equivalent athletic surface in a publicly available venue.

Depending upon circumstances, I went down to either my local high school or state university when I was still seriously training. There was simply no place to install a 400-meter running track behind my San Francisco Twin Peaks home.

[David70]

I find it funny how many are bothered by pickleball and wonder about the rest of these peoples irritations and life.

I have never played pickleball but similar to other activities I have no interest in, bowling, badminton, shuffle board, bocci and the rest, I sure don't care if other people do it.

[bagekko]

Friends and I talked about how in every town in Utah there are multiple private pickleball clubs under construction in almost every town, will be interesting how quickly some go under. There's gotta be 20 public courts within a mile or two of my neighbor. He even installed lights to play at night.

Originally Posted by dradernh

I used to travel around the country and the world with like-minded enthusiasts to big track meets (nationals, European Championships, World Championships, an earlier version of today's Diamond League, Commonwealth Games, Olympics, etc.), and one of the regulars was a fellow who had installed a top quality professional running track in his "back yard". This was in the mid-80s and, IIRC, the price was ~$950K in today's dollars.

That was, and still is, the most radical thing I've ever heard of in terms of a crazy person going beyond all-out to indulge himself because he could and was, apparently, unwilling to choose to travel a handful of minutes to enjoy an equivalent athletic surface in a publicly available venue.

Depending upon circumstances, I went down to either my local high school or state university when I was still seriously training. There was simply no place to install a 400-meter running track behind my San Francisco Twin Peaks home.

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by bagekko

rather see cornhole at the olympics than pickleball.

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[DrVenture]

Originally Posted by David70

I find it funny how many are bothered by pickleball and wonder about the rest of these peoples irritations and life.

I have never played pickleball but similar to other activities I have no interest in, bowling, badminton, shuffle board, bocci and the rest, I sure don't care if other people do it.

I don't wonder at all, I know it is a shit show. Everyone claims to be all about "freedom" and cannot even manage to mind their own business.

[vreihen16]

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[jmg]

Hell yeah. As a tennis and racquetball player, I thought it was for seniors (it still it, but it isn't just), and resisted playing for awhile. I started playing last year and it can get intense. I can burn 2000cal in a morning and get a good workout. I'm finally decent enough to play intermediate and advanced intermediate and the strategies and physicality are no joke.

Tennis players, don't sleep on this. You're missing out and you can get 4 pickleball courts into one tennis court, which means more players and different experience levels with a large growing player base that can be as competitive as your skills allow. I have no problems finding a good game going twice a week. The best part is, even playing newbies can be fun.

[jmg]

Originally Posted by Tyga11

I think the problem is the pickleball players think they are playing a real sport or doing something athletic when they are standing stationary or moving a couple of feet at a time. There is a reason why all the washed up tennis pro's like Jack Sock are dominating PB.

Back to your point - they are taking up valuable tennis courts just because every middle aged Karen thinks they're doing something.

Go play with some decent pickleball players and tell me you're not going to move more than a few feet.