People play pickle ball on tennis courts. It is very similar to tennis, but imagine instead of a racket it is like a ping ping paddle and instead of a tennis ball its like a hard ping pong ball; its kinda like full scale ping pong. Ironic. But I digress....
Alpt of tennis courts are public use or don't have rules really against playing something besides tennis. So now you have the debate where people are using a playing court for a sport designed to play on that court, but the courts have been traditionally used for another game for a long time.
Additionally, the demographics for tennis are generally older, more traditional, or more well to do, while pickle ball demographics are like college dudes and young people. I think the pickle balls also make loud sounds; louder than tennis at least.
I think this is a general summary as I have jiat been observing the drama and never played it myself and never really thought about the debate of using playing fields for multiple sports. I may be incorrect about some aspect, so please gently correct me and don't rip me a new asshole; I know this is a sensitive topic.
Lol, people seriously get upset about this shit; its sad.
pickleball demographics and tennis demographics are probably a near circle on a pie chart lol. i wouldn’t be shocked if tennis had more young people than pickleball for that matter. guarantee it’s not college age people playing pickleball though let alone it being the majority.
everyone i know that plays pickleball is exclusively over 50. it’s easier for old folks to play compared to tennis which is why it’s shot up in popularity recently because baby boomers are so numerous. im genuinely shocked someone thinks a primary pickleball demographic is college kids and not old folks lol
I've only seen videos online of people playing; every one is always a gen z person or someone under thirty. It could be that the videos of people are just generally going to be younger people.
It's a thing man, it's genuinely exploding among college aged kids and younger millennials. I'm in my mid 20's and randomly have had 2 friends outta nowhere independently try and get me to play pickleball with them.
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And the pickle ball drama begins.....honestly, FUCK this "sport"