Anyone else not get pickleball?

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Anonymous wrote:The anti- pickle ballers are SO SAD. Omg- in five years Pickleball with be even more the rage. Sorry not sorry that we're taking away your tennis courts, lol.

Typical dumb dumb response by a pickleballer.

Rules are rules, and the Fairfax County Park Authority (FCPA) is building PB courts all over the county to accommodate the demand. If you don't like it, you can vote for politicians that will get rid of PB courts. Until then, more PB courts are being built by FCPA. FCPA is talking about removing some tennis courts at Wakefield Park and replacing them with PB courts.

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Anonymous wrote:The anti- pickle ballers are SO SAD. Omg- in five years Pickleball with be even more the rage. Sorry not sorry that we're taking away your tennis courts, lol.

Typical dumb dumb response by a pickleballer.

At least where we live the public tennis courts aren’t used much…I would wager they are only used perhaps 25% of reasonable daylight hours.

I don’t care much about pickleball…but I do want public space available for things people want to do…why there are so many tennis courts when honestly it’s no longer that popular of a sport is beyond me…other then of course it is expensive/difficult to rip up concrete (which is why you either add another basketball court or pickleball courts.).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The anti- pickle ballers are SO SAD. Omg- in five years Pickleball with be even more the rage. Sorry not sorry that we're taking away your tennis courts, lol.

Typical dumb dumb response by a pickleballer.

Calling people dumb doesn't take away the fact that dense areas like the DMV are working hard to accommodate the high demand for courts. I'll continue to take an unused parks and rec tennis court to play PB with friends any day

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Anonymous wrote:I get it. It's for nonathletic people to socialize and pretend like they're getting exercise.

It is exercise. Non athletic people need a lower level of intensity.

Steady walking is more aerobic can pickleball. There's a whole lot of standing around in pickleball.

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Anonymous wrote:Besides the top player who is making money

All of the players in Premier and Challenger League of MLP have guaranteed contracts. Plus many make a ton with sponsors, endorsements, etc. There are only a few of the top pros who still have full time jobs; vast majority are full time pro pickleball.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pickleball-professional-sport-how-much-you-can-earn/

LOL... They don't make as much money as you think.

In 2022, the average PPA pro earned $96,000 in payouts, according to the league.

"The economics are much, much smaller for others who are just getting into the sport," he added. "They're taking sponsorship deals for $500 or $1,000 to be an ambassador of some brand."

96K is not a lot of money when you factor in the cost of travel, room and board.

Those are 2022 numbers. If you are remotely familiar with pro pickleball, you’d know the pro compensation has changed dramatically.

Yes, I am aware about the 2022 stats. However, I know the person who won the APP tournament in California recently, and her winning prize is 2k, for four days of competition. She actually lost money after spending on travel, hotel, food, etc...

You know you just described 99% of all professional tennis players, right? I meant that literally...only a handful can even do better than break-even.

And golfers

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Anonymous wrote:I’m the PP with the long post above.

Just got back from playing. 56 year old woman, 4.0.

Played w a retired neurosurgeon, University of Arkansas tennis athlete, and owner of a paddle company. We play a format where winners move up and split, losers move down and split. So it’s completely random on the pairings.

This is one of the many things i love about pickleball. Easy to meet people you would never intersect with in real life.

Agreed!

I play the same format so if I want to play hard and try to stay at the top competitive games I do, if not a bounce around the middle.

Met a woman who is 55 starting law school, former nurse, professor at a college. A former Stanford soccer player, a former lawyer, a 30 yo doctor.

Who hates people for getting out, exercising, having fun and making friends.

Wild thing to hate.

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Anonymous wrote:I feel like every other day another friend becomes obsessed with pickleball or another place I go to installs pickleball courts.

I don’t get it. It’s just hitting a ball around, right? Like I get that might be fun sometimes but I don’t get the obsession.

What's there not to get?

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Anonymous wrote:I feel like every other day another friend becomes obsessed with pickleball or another place I go to installs pickleball courts.

I don’t get it. It’s just hitting a ball around, right? Like I get that might be fun sometimes but I don’t get the obsession.

What's there not to get?

It is basically ping pong. Not a real sport when retirement home residents can compete.

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Pickleball is a JOKE

[Anonymous]

Agree with PP, you get more excercise with walking than PB. Too much stopping, talking, no continuous play, score reset often. Boring for everyone except Millennials.

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So glad we have so many haters here. The courts are packed, so please continue to wallow in your misery at home.

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I’m considering pickleball just for socializing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The anti- pickle ballers are SO SAD. Omg- in five years Pickleball with be even more the rage. Sorry not sorry that we're taking away your tennis courts, lol.

Typical dumb dumb response by a pickleballer.

At least where we live the public tennis courts aren’t used much…I would wager they are only used perhaps 25% of reasonable daylight hours.

I don’t care much about pickleball…but I do want public space available for things people want to do…why there are so many tennis courts when honestly it’s no longer that popular of a sport is beyond me…other then of course it is expensive/difficult to rip up concrete (which is why you either add another basketball court or pickleball courts.).

I agree, I'm not particularly into either of them, but why can't they use them interchangeably and also put a volleyball net on one? Why do all the net sports have to have their own court? But what about badminton... I mean basketball has been living with volleyball lines on our courts for years, why can't the tennis folks share with pickle ball?

That being said, have you been to ping pong club these places are cutthroat.

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Anonymous wrote:So glad we have so many haters here. The courts are packed, so please continue to wallow in your misery at home.

Pickleball is about on the same level as frisbee golf or bowling.

We are happy for people to socialize but if they think they are playing a real sport, well no. No they are not.

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Anonymous wrote:So glad we have so many haters here. The courts are packed, so please continue to wallow in your misery at home.

Pickleball is about on the same level as frisbee golf or bowling.

We are happy for people to socialize but if they think they are playing a real sport, well no. No they are not.

hobbies, pastimes, games, etc. There aren't many that fall into the proper sport category, though it could I suppose. I mean baseball, basketball, football were all games before they had clubs and what not.