Pickleball

[Ready]

The name is silly, and I have to admit that it didn't exactly draw me to play. But after taking a lesson and playing a few games I found it quite addictive. I played for seven hours yesterday, which is not a good idea. And my body is reminding me of this today.

[tmm99]

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Originally Posted by HadEnuff I think that's the design. First of all you have a smaller court so a ball whizzing by at 80mph would be a hard one to return. With the "non-volley zone" you have a lot of dinking, and eventually some volley play, with players standing right behind the non-volley line, so slowing it down a bit is conducive to extending rallies. All of which makes the game more playable for beginners, and older folks.

Yes, I guess it's by design that the ball goes a bit slow. It's OK that it goes slow when I hit lightly, but it still bothers me that it doesn't accelerate in speed the way I expect when I hit it hard. It does give me time to get to the ball even when I don't dash out right away. I have a feeling I will enjoy it once I become too old to play tennis. It's good to have a backup, for sure, and you can play pickleball indoors and that helps in the winter time here in Canada .

[doneat54]

I'm 56 years old and have been playing racquetball for 42 years. Played last night. I'll leave it at that........