The pickleball craze, explained

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And how cities are dealing with the boom.
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Pickleball, a recreational racquet sport that combines tennis, ping pong, and badminton, became a national obsession in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic. The sport’s popularity is due to the social nature of the game, how easy it is to learn to play, and the game’s portability. With nets that can be set up on any hard surface, the game is generally more accessible than other racquet sports.
But pickleball’s spike in popularity created a public space problem when crowds of pickleball players began erecting temporary courts on public tennis courts, basketball courts, and parking lots. This, combined with the loud noises produced by rigid paddles and hollow, plastic balls, has created a new fight for space between pickleball players and pretty much everyone else.
As more pickleball facilities open across the country, the strain on other public spaces has been easing. Now, plans are being developed in cities and towns across the US and Canada to embrace the pickleball boom and develop free, dedicated spaces for the sport.
Learn about the rules and find pickleball tournaments near you at USA Pickleball:
usapickleball.org/
Find places to play in NYC:
www.nycpickleball.com
New York Times article, "Why is pickleball so popular?"
www.nytimes.com/2022/09/03/we...
This isn't the first time Vox has reported on pickleball. Check out this prescient 2015 write-up from our very own Phil Edwards, "Meet Pickleball, the next great American sport."
www.vox.com/2015/6/4/8715623/...
Note: The headline on this piece has been updated.
Previous headline: How pickleball took over
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@ukhawaja Жыл бұрын

As a serious and dedicated tennis player for many years, I assure you the turf war over courts are legit and passionate.

@wongjefx980 Жыл бұрын

Agree . When courts are being converted or made dual purpose.

@aaro14 Жыл бұрын

Exactly! There are a bunch of pickle ball players that took over my local tennis courts, and now I have to drive 20 more minutes to find somewhere to play 🙄

@bingoberra18 Жыл бұрын

@@aaro14 Is it not on a "who came to the court first decides" basis?

@kalvin126 Жыл бұрын

@@bingoberra18 Its a tennis court, not a pickle ball court. Having pickle ball lines on a tennis court is hinder in my opinion as a tennis player.

@ukhawaja Жыл бұрын

@@bingoberra18 some counties allow people to reserve courts ahead of time, or reserve them for lessons. And sometimes there's a long wait time.

@oliviakristina Жыл бұрын

I've never heard of pickleball...

@orlando5817 Жыл бұрын

same

@IN-pr3lw Жыл бұрын

You have now

@phillybeccio2782 Жыл бұрын

Me and your mom play on the weekends

@cepelinai123 Жыл бұрын

Maybe someone just did something good and shoved it up the a**

@bltvd Жыл бұрын

I only know about it because I am friends with old people on facebook.

@partlycurrent Жыл бұрын

This feels like the skateboarding discussion of the early and mid 80s tbh. "it's noisy, they take up all the space, blablabla"

@alexpalaciossantos4940 Жыл бұрын

i was about to say the same. create spaces for people to do recreations and then they wont be a nuisance. if miles are dedicated to on street parking, this should be entirely doable

@CoverGirly422 Жыл бұрын

I live in Victoria (which was actually mentioned in the video for banning it from our public parks) and the big issue wasn’t that the pickle ball players were making noise, it was how loud the noise actually is. The sound carries for blocks and blocks, if you live anywhere close to the courts you can hear the constant “thunk, thunk, thunk” with your windows shut and your TV on. It was seriously affecting the quality of life of everyone that didn’t play. It was also being played almost exclusively by retirees and they were not very receptive to being told they couldn’t permanently take over the tennis courts. Their attempts to try and get sympathy from the public backfired spectacularly.

@inscrutablemungus4143 Жыл бұрын

As someone who lives near a set of tennis/pickleball courts, the noise is annoyingly loud. I'm less outraged about courts being redesigned for pickleball (despite playing tennis very regularly), but the noise is definitely annoying.

@historyking9984 Жыл бұрын

I guess but I can actually see the annoyance of pickle ball allot more as you hear that sound constantly

@joem13yearsago73 Жыл бұрын

Those dagone kids and their loud music!!!

@islamsucksalways Жыл бұрын

It shows if sports facilities are made easily available for common public(which isn't an easy task),it can really make a change in their lives and connect communities.

@spooky.- Жыл бұрын

🏳️‍🌈❌

@islamsucksalways Жыл бұрын

@@spooky.- 🏳‍🌈❤

@germancroissant7514 Жыл бұрын

🏎💨

@Zervoich Жыл бұрын

No LGBT 💀

@winfield1775 Жыл бұрын

Already true for basketball

@kencube86 Жыл бұрын

I am not American. This is my first time heard of pickleball. It looks and sound like table tennis but on a larger scale.

@matthewandkristenturvin9049 Жыл бұрын

It's basically like playing table tennis while standing on the table. It's really fun!

@JimmyKip Жыл бұрын

In NZ we had Padder Tennis, similar thing to pickleball but quieter :)

@dylanh3712 Жыл бұрын

Same never heard of it as a european

@Ki_Thi Жыл бұрын

@@dylanh3712 het heet paddel bij ons

@KC-fb8ql Жыл бұрын

I just heard of it a few months ago and now it’s annoyingly everywhere. There’s even a restaurant/pickleball establishment being built locally called ‘chicken and pickle’. Are people really asking for that? Good grief...

@pjotrtje0NL Жыл бұрын

In the Netherlands a sport that looks a bit like pickleball is booming: padel. And the exponential growth as well as the noise complaints are identical!

@SiiteerGaming Жыл бұрын

the same has happend in sweden padel is super big

@aname4700 Жыл бұрын

same in Spain (same name even) some years ago it started to get more and more recognition, and it keeps growing

@azzanqk908 Жыл бұрын

Same all over the middle east.. Never heard of pickleball

@ricardorivera806 Жыл бұрын

Padel is a bit more interesting though, since the courts are a bit harder to DIY! Though the walls are an intrindic part of what make padel so fun

@joelmonteiro1419 Жыл бұрын

Padel is huge in Portugal. I had never heard of Pickleball before though.

@brycewalburn3926 Жыл бұрын

You asked how pickleball took over and then never really answered that question. The whole reason I watched this video was to hear what exactly happened to increase its popularity. The title kinda indicates that would be the focus of the video, not putting a sound meter near a tennis racket.

@andrewpratt3861 Жыл бұрын

As a tennis league player, I have conflicting feelings. Pickleball is so much fun and maximizes the ROI on previously underused courts. Further, pickleballers are far more social than tennis players in my experience. As a tennis player, though, it is hard not to get upset when courts that were always reliably open are now flooded with pickleballers. It's a lot like owning a condo unit in a building and overnight over half of the units become airbnbs and there is always chaos.

@Dipesh1234 5 ай бұрын

Don't all these craze does not more than a year or so....

@rusty1411 Жыл бұрын

I've never thought about how the sound difference could cause complaints, but I agree. When pickleball is played next to my tennis match you can't hear anything over the ball

@alexhutchinson4138 Жыл бұрын

Man, going around my city trying to find tennis courts recently and finding all but the largest set of courts either converted or just occupied by pickle-ballers… the feelings are complicated. I like that there’s a more accessible sport out there that the older generation can enjoy, but it’s a growing city and the pickleball fans should be first and foremost lobbying for a new space for themselves, not trying to take it away from others. As a tennis and badminton player I’d never think of trying to convert, say, a basketball court, even if I saw basketball as a stagnant sport only enjoyed by some nebulous set of elite athlete types.

@houseboat1101 Жыл бұрын

Yeah I went to my local park that has always had a wide variety of tennis courts only to find they were all converted to pickle bar courts :/

@grapefruitsyrup8185 Жыл бұрын

Bro bring a conceal carry next time. Works like a charm.

@shiverian5970 Жыл бұрын

i dont think you're serious about that basketball comment and you were just using that as a reversal of what pickleballers say... but if you are serious about that its incredibly rich coming from a tennis player lol

@lainee_kwongg Жыл бұрын

I'm a tennis player and I'm telling you, the sound of that plastic wiffle ball hitting the court is literally nails on a chalkboard to my ears

@paperblackwriter 7 ай бұрын

> nails on a chalkboard to my ears english is not my first language, what does this mean?

@ThomasEdits 7 ай бұрын

@@paperblackwriter google my friend

@TheChangeYT 7 ай бұрын

@@paperblackwriterjust use Google translate bro, the noise of nails on chalkboard is usually a horrible screeching noise, he compared that noise to the noise of the ball

@paperblackwriter 7 ай бұрын

@@TheChangeYT thanks.! I'm too lazy to google, lol.

@TheChangeYT 7 ай бұрын

@@paperblackwriter no worries 😁

@DeepMeditationMusic1 Жыл бұрын

Wow, I had never heard of Pickleball. I think it is a combination of tennis, ping pong, and badmintonIt. It seems to be a fun recreational sport. I will certainly try it.

@sparky16261 Жыл бұрын

Few try it, once you play it you are hooked.

@DarrenBates Жыл бұрын

First time I've heard of it too. Might give it a go!

@colescalisthenics Жыл бұрын

its very fun

@sparky16261 Жыл бұрын

@@colescalisthenics yup

@expandedhistory Жыл бұрын

I currently work part time at a Pickleball facility in the United States and for the past several months, this sport has boomed in popularity. It was originally not so popular, with the older generation playing it but now I’ve seen an uptake in the younger generation getting involved. I think the fact that celebrities such as Lebron James, Tom Brady, etc are buying Pickleball teams definitely has an impact on its popularity. The sport is really simple to learn yet hard to master. It’s great for all ages and a great way to stay active.

@westhoodqualzini7884 Жыл бұрын

It’s a tennis knockoff and it’s a waste of time. You can’t win an Olympic medal playing pickle ball. I’m not into gimmick sports

@Moreorlesss996 2 ай бұрын

@@westhoodqualzini7884Cool. Then don't play.

@flavio8003 Жыл бұрын

I feel for the tennis players as my local gym converted one of the basketball courts into 4 pickleball courts. A lot of sad and confused faces near the courts yesterday

@sharadchauhan1 Жыл бұрын

Would loved to know a bit more about why the sudden increase in adoption of the sport. I now understand the current state and whats going on, but would be interesting to know how a sport can just go 'viral' in a short amount of time

@ALEJANDROMESIAS Жыл бұрын

Yes the title was not fulfilled. This is more of a portrayal than an explanation

@cTron417 Жыл бұрын

Right. I played it way back in high school in the early 2000s. I loved it an looked forward to it each time but I haven't jumped on the craze lately. I don't know why.

@jokesonme1997 Жыл бұрын

My guess would be it requires less skill and physical movements. The cost of gear seems to be much lower also.

@gregkessing7213 Жыл бұрын

Low cost of entry and shallow learning curve would be my assumption. It's very easy to pick up a paddle and be a full participant compared to other sports.

@michaelhagerman1074 Жыл бұрын

Combination of low cost and effort for entry, coupled with the covid push in 2020/21 to find outdoor activities. Add to this the broad appeal of a multigenerational sport (I've played a game with an 85 year old and a 9 year old at the same time). It's less physically demanding so non athletic people can pick it up and get better over time while at the same time offering a challenge for more athletic competitive types with the existing widespread tournaments.

@andrebenites9919 Жыл бұрын

2:36 it is not 2 times as loud, it is 10 times as loud. 1 bell increase means a 10 time increase (because it is on a base 10 logarithmic scale). 10 decibels = 1 bell

@gh_pics Жыл бұрын

It's still twice as loud in terms of perceived loudness to our brain but the intensity you're right is 10 times as loud

@andrebenites9919 Жыл бұрын

@@gh_pics i get what you are saying. It is twice the size in a logarythmic scale... But, in my head, twice is very drawn to multiplication by 2, so when someone says twice as loud, gives me the wrong impression. But sure Edit: Maybe I said something wrong. Because it is not double the logarythmic, it is just adding. ... I'm trying to make sense of the "sensation of hearing", but... When you measure, it is 10 times more. 10 times more energy, etc... But okay, I get.

@andrebenites9919 Жыл бұрын

@@123brinkman You are using a linear thinking for a non-linear problem. Example, using your example. If 3 decibels is twice as loud. Then 6 decibles increase is x*2*2=4x. So 9 decibels is 8x (because you are increasing by 3 in 3 different times, which is the same as doubling three times) So you can see that when you say increasing by 10 is 3 and a 1/3 times louder is not the correct call (I see you divided 10 by 3, you could have doubled it, but even so, it is not correct because you are using the operations in a wrong context) But, your first assumption was not wrong. To double the loudness, you need a 3 decibel increase. But it is because log2=0,3 (in base ten). So, 3 decimals... Decibels Using this, we can known that to get 8 times louder, you need 9 decibel increase. And, by default, 10 times louder is 10 decibels. But it is not like "so 5 decibels increase is 5 times louder". No. That is a wrong assumption because you are using linear thinking in a different context Sorry for the math lecture. I just really like the subject and can't contain myself. I'm a math teacher btw

@bitcodercz Жыл бұрын

Literally didn't know it existed before watching this video

@benjaminscott6060 Жыл бұрын

So addictive and I never heard of it

@JacobBongers Жыл бұрын

Same lol

@arthurmorgan332 Жыл бұрын

True

@davinbrown3072 Жыл бұрын

Lol same

@Astral_Blitz Жыл бұрын

Same.

@maxhill9254 Жыл бұрын

@tapiocamango Жыл бұрын

I wish table tennis got this popularity in the States. It's overlooked here and that's why every country, especially China beats us at that sport. People underestimate how cool TT is.

@caspermadlener4191 Жыл бұрын

Europe has padel as a pickleball equivalent. It grew extremely fast, came out of nowhere, is easy to pick up, and it is really similar to tennis. Also, don't forget the sound complaints.

@mex5341 7 ай бұрын

I found pickleball a good way to exercise, meet new people, and spend time outdoors. It's like running/walking, but just more fun

@leezap 4 ай бұрын

The social aspect of pickleball. It's easy enough for kids and seniors, thus, cover everyone in between.

@geraldlaval-williams544 Жыл бұрын

I work in employee wellness for a major hospital system. They have been loving the pickleball clinics we put on for the past year, any age can compete, it is so much fun and brings people old to young together in a time where we do not always see eye to eye

@michaelnelson2976 Жыл бұрын

I played this game alongside Takraw in middle school in the last decade, thought it was silly, and am AMAZED that it's a craze now. I'm looking for you next, Takraw!!

@ergicgaming1618 Жыл бұрын

Bro takraw requires alot of athleticism to be played by alot of people

@doormantdarner7815 Жыл бұрын

This’ll never happen with takraw, way too physically demanding for most and way too injury prone for anyone over 30

@justinoakley8558 Жыл бұрын

It's nice to see people outside, doing something as a group! I thought it was really neat how the NYC resident simply joined a group playing near his home. Anything that fosters community and connection is a good thing!

@AlexanderBlues1228 Жыл бұрын

I first heard of it about ten years ago from an older coworker. He had been a tennis player in his youth and was now an avid pickle ball player. I thought it sounded weird then, and I still cannot fathom ever wanting to play. Then again, I’ve never been a tennis player.

@mysticman9425 Жыл бұрын

Well, as long as it takes people outdoors and away from their phones for a while, it's good in my books.

@ecliqsly6585 Жыл бұрын

@@lumpylumpyloo think u need to grow up

@Ill_trigger_you_lol 10 ай бұрын

I agree. It’s why golf boomed during the pandemic

@FinancialShinanigan Жыл бұрын

Pickleball sounds like a regional food staple at a food fair

@arothmanmusic Жыл бұрын

I worked at that park in Cincinnati back in the day. Nice to see them building some new stuff!

@Leon575 Жыл бұрын

Pickleball: lack of skills for padel Padel: lack of skills for tennis

@zachcarmichael699 Жыл бұрын

Says a person who probably has never played pickleball.

@sparky16261 Жыл бұрын

@@zachcarmichael699 Yes once they get to the 5 0 level they find out fast though

@coachmcguirk6297 Жыл бұрын

Tennis: lack of skills for racquetball Racquetball : lack of skills for squash Squash: lack of skills for dating life

@Leon575 Жыл бұрын

@@coachmcguirk6297 Table tennis: "what about me? 😲" 🤣

@johnwaldt2898 Жыл бұрын

haha. as a padel player I confirm

@PincheBrayan101 Жыл бұрын

My buddy in 2014 was major fan of the game, he played with the #2 best player in the world. Once he left my job in 2015, I completely forgot about it.

@Pacific-Myth Жыл бұрын

Local legend here in Thunder Bay Ontario, our first outbreak of deaths is because an old age facility decided to hold a pickleball tournament mid covid. Can't imagine a more embarasing death than attending a pickleball tournament.

@VinceroAlpha Жыл бұрын

what about a Trump rally?

@Pacific-Myth Жыл бұрын

@@VinceroAlpha Haha! I stand corrected.

@Ayush_A Жыл бұрын

I think there was a mistake in how you explained the decibels. 70 decibels is 10x louder than 60, not 2x. That might explain why people find it a nuisance.

@-zgizmo224-5 Жыл бұрын

I’m in Louisville and we’re on the brink of civil war, people are violently advocating for this sport, parks are being mass expanded and other sports for parks are being forgotten

@andrews2727 Жыл бұрын

We used to play this in middle school gym, now my neighborhood has a dedicated court, it's wild

@MagnumoftheMountains Жыл бұрын

I love how Vox makes compelling videos about subjects I know nothing about and care nothing about, and then by the end, I'm deeply intrigued and care about the subject.

@dawn94762030 Жыл бұрын

Not sure what the outcome ending up being but here in the Detroit area over the summer, a neighborhood protested a country club adding more pickle ball courts because of the noise level.

@rlwelch 7 ай бұрын

This is frustrating because there are already massive lines and waitlists for tennis courts in cities like NYC and Toronto. Now there's one more obstacle to playing. I don't blame it on pickleball though, the root cause is disinvestment in our parks, and the real solution is more public facilities

@dylanjames50 Жыл бұрын

Increasing Decibels by 10 increases the amount of sound by a magnitude of 10 not 2. 90 decibels is not twice as loud as 80 decibels but is actually 10 times louder.

@captaincouchpotato7374 Жыл бұрын

I've been playing pickleball since I was a kid. A lot if the time I wasn't allowed to play because the older folks didn't want anyone under 18. I think that would make an interesting video

@scallaghan2118 8 ай бұрын

In most areas, we live far too close to each other now. Neighborhoods are too dense. An activity with such noise doesn't suit a neighborhood where people live so close. Take it to a gym, or somewhere where people won't be so bothered by it.

@PeggyLame Жыл бұрын

As a tennis player I’ve been victimized by pickleball players and their court hogging in what are supposed to be shared spaces. If there are pickleball lines on tennis courts, can guarantee that no tennis will be played there, it needs to stop.

@osint6372 5 ай бұрын

First come first served.....

@lamar4333 8 ай бұрын

I find the noise of pickleballs relaxing. Sometimes I go to courts to watch and listen.

@DragonHeartGamer Жыл бұрын

"by now surely youve heard of pickleball" this is the first time i have ever heard the word never mind know it was a sport

@jmms93 Жыл бұрын

Padel became the craze in Portugal during the pandemic, turning dozens of 5-a-side football pitches into padel fields. The place where I used to play football every week for years is now exclusively a Padel center marketed towards the rich (2-4 people paying to rent a field is a lot more expensive than 10-12). It's hard for me and my friends to find any basketball or football pitches nearby anymore, even around a football-crazed city like Lisbon, and I imagine it's a similar situation around Europe. Yeah, I'm part of the haters :)

@krob2327 Жыл бұрын

That’s awful to hear. Hope it gets resolved. Portugal is a great country don’t let the rich dictate to you!!

@borsukbezlap Жыл бұрын

3:25 wins it all :D

@carinamcallister9730 Жыл бұрын

I think what should be added to the conversation is that the more public facilities for youth and young adults are invested in the less street crime we see. It’s important we revitalize our parks and I’m glad that pickle ball something fun, easy to learn, and inclusive is the one on the frontlines making this change

@Timothy-xd Жыл бұрын

This is literally happening in europe with padel

@AndreasHolmgren Жыл бұрын

and now when the hype have died down the buisinses are going under

@CrossfacePanda Жыл бұрын

@@AndreasHolmgren With a bunch of facilities that are now sitting empty and have to be sold and converted into someting else (after owners buying up and even building them everywhere during the pandemic). I literally saw one out in the middle of the country side. And not even a converted barn or something, just a brand new building that’ll probably have to be sold as generic storage or something, or just sold for its plot. Such a waste.

@sparky16261 Жыл бұрын

@@AndreasHolmgren Where are you from. PB is taking off in Asia as well. Here in Canada too many players not enough courts. They just built about 12 new dedicated courts here. Weather here the big problem. Like Tennis.

@imsleep6706 Жыл бұрын

I remember playing pickle ball with my friends in middle school ( I’m a junior in hs now) It was a lot of fun and I had no idea it became so popular

@FIREcrochethairstyles Жыл бұрын

The editing on this channel is sooooooooo freaking GOOD

@mc-ge2bt Жыл бұрын

Pickle Ball is the next Silicon Valley back fluff sport that isn’t as popular as its hype.

@johnlane8053 Жыл бұрын

The noise the sport makes sure is a pickle!

@VicVonDOOOM Жыл бұрын

I first heard of pickleball on th eUS version of Ghosts, and was certain they had made it up. What a name lol

@chasenhorizons 8 ай бұрын

Just played it for the first time this weekend…and yep the addiction hit quick. It’s fun, fast, and fairly easily to learn (rotations and terms). Genuinely hooked, and it’s much less impact on my feet and knees than skateboarding

@nsebast Жыл бұрын

As a tennis player, I can understand pickleball. Tennis needs at least two years of practice before for you able to enjoy it. Not many people has the dedication to learn it. Plus tennis is quite a demanding sport on your joints. Although we enjoy watching singles tournaments more than doubles, in real life not many people can play single in tennis as it is very physically demanding. Pickleball is easy bite tennis.

@savavgecabbage9442 Жыл бұрын

As an outsider, this is the most American sounding thing I've ever heard

@sparky16261 Жыл бұрын

Started there but is big time in Canada as well. Thousand here playing both indoors and out. I do not play anymore but huge numbers do. I enjoy the Pro league in the US .

@theyreMineralsMarie Жыл бұрын

What exactly is so American about this?

@arrowrod 6 ай бұрын

I play Pickleball every day. I go to any of 5 local public gyms that have Pickleball. Usually open for Pickleball 3 to 8 hours a day. All of the games are pickup games. Put your name on the next slot available on the signup board. Win or lose, sign up for another game. To play tennis, I have to find 3 other people who will meet at one of the empty tennis courts, of which there are many. Haven't played tennis in twenty years.

@jakefashionista 4 ай бұрын

But tennis is so much better. It's true it's also harder to learn. But once you learn tennis its beautiful

@grokker99 Жыл бұрын

The sound alone is worthy of a drive-by with a tennis ball machine set to 140 mph.

@lillieallen6376 Жыл бұрын

I spent a semester in high school gym playing pickleball... I'm good

@dathunderman4 Ай бұрын

The turf wars kinda remind me of basketball vs volleyball. I play basketball and there always a little war in the gyms I go to over volleyball players coming and setting up their nets.

@CoverGirly422 Жыл бұрын

I live in Victoria and pickleball was a massive issue here and rightfully so. Mainly it’s the elderly who play here and they have been at war with everyone who lives anywhere near the courts they take over. It is so loud!! It’s almost impossible to stress how loud and annoying the sound actually is, you can hear it for blocks.

@sheilakijawani2526 Жыл бұрын

Why you guys have so much problem with sound that goes a little above you pallette? It doesn't seems to be much.

@CoverGirly422 Жыл бұрын

@@sheilakijawani2526 it was literally so bad that the city banned it. What part of that suggests it’s not too much?

@sheilakijawani2526 Жыл бұрын

@@CoverGirly422 my bad

@krob2327 Жыл бұрын

Yeah it’s an incredibly annoying sound. Table tennis is also bad but obviously isn’t usually around residents. At least in tennis the ball noise isn’t so bad. It’s also incredibly bad for elders knees to play this sport. I hope it’s just a craze that dies out.

@JusNoBS420 Жыл бұрын

I was in High school in the late 90’s and we played Pickle ball in PE for like half the year lol. Hadn’t thought of this sport until it got hot again last year or whenever 😂

@AmamiKurosagi Жыл бұрын

There is also competition for indoor spaces as well between pickleball and badminton.

@diplomaticthreshold Жыл бұрын

my university just turned half of our tennis courts into pickleball courts, had never heard of it before lol

@j2simpso Жыл бұрын

And no one stood up to the vandalism?

@AGBDej Жыл бұрын

@3:26 😂 “kikikikikikiki” I feel your pain Joanne Spruce!

@imnobodywhoareyouu 7 ай бұрын

0:46 xD the lantern flies of the sports world 😂😂😂

@TheeVande Жыл бұрын

It's so weird because my elementary school in the early 2000s and middle/high schools in the 2010s played pickleball all the time!

@genghisbunny Жыл бұрын

Surprised nobody is tackling the noise issue. That's loud enough that you'd want to wear hearing protection to play, I'm glad it's not popular next to our house.

@NyAppyMiku22 Жыл бұрын

lol i used to play pickle ball when i was younger in Western Mass in high school like 2009/2010 era miss that game, it was really fun!~ i think they were just wooden rackets and a whiffle ball, good times~

@elijahharrison4164 Жыл бұрын

Hi Vox interested in your data around, "...where pickleball goes, other facilities benefit." 4:51 Please share links! Are there any studies backing this assertion up? In lieu of that what articles did you encounter which lead you to feel comfortable making that assertion? Trying to see if it's a worthwhile approach for generating more parks funding in my city!

@napoleonibonaparte7198 Жыл бұрын

The appeal is that everyone can play it. In tennis, you have to be young and fit mostly.

@rlwelch 7 ай бұрын

The demographic of people playing in my doubles tennis league definitely contradicts this claim :)

@77ford20 Жыл бұрын

I had to play Pickle Ball in middle school, and just assumed it was a really niche random sport that we had to play since it was invented in my home state of Washington. Didn’t realize it became so popular elsewhere.

@xxxnightsky14 Жыл бұрын

Pickleball is the official state sport where I live (Washington) so I've been aware of it for a while but I've never played. For the past 2 years, I have lived across the street from some outdoor pickleball courts and I can hear them playing everyday for about 6-8 months of the year. We had a local controversy bc we had city funds to make new outdoor courts and a "lively debate" broke out between the basketball people and the pickleball people lobbying to their sport to get the funds.

@Jdwill206 Жыл бұрын

It is? I've only really heard about it this year as it's blown up. Not saying it wasn't popular among people before the blow up but never really heard people talking about it at levels that would make me think official state sport.

@sparky16261 Жыл бұрын

@@Jdwill206 I played this 30 years ago and the place I played added over 30 new courts. While I do not play there anymore I am told there are over 1200 members of the club I used to belong to.

@anthonylin1164 Жыл бұрын

Decibels are explained incorrectly. A 10db difference is a 10x difference not 2x. For a 2x difference, it is around 3db.

@kaleraven2000 Жыл бұрын

You're confusing sound pressure level and perceived loudness. 10 dB is 10x sound pressure but only 2x perceived loudness.

@diegosa1530 Жыл бұрын

What is the development of padel in the US compared to pickleball? The advantages of pickleball that I spot right away are that it needs less less space and seems easier to play. On the other hand I find padel way more dynamic and rich from a technical and tactical point of view (humble personal opinion without having tried pickleball).

@jakefashionista 4 ай бұрын

Tennis is honestly so much better but it's harder to learn. Tennis is class, speed, not giving up. That's what i love about tennis.

@wafflemation6887 Ай бұрын

i love both

@elkoikan5993 6 ай бұрын

As former Tennis player, i have to admit Pickeball is way more fun. That is why most Tennis courts are empty and pickeball courts are packed!

@MatrimoniosEnOracion 6 ай бұрын

Tennis people it's very gently and elegant when thet play pickeball!! Sometimes some tennis people play with us and we have tons of fun

@jakefashionista 4 ай бұрын

I found tennis so much better

@djb903 Жыл бұрын

I went to the YMCA to shoot hoops and the court was being used by some old folks playing pickle ball.

@johnrudd6311 Жыл бұрын

for places where it’s controversial, it seems like tennis court fences could be draped with heavy padded plastic “sheets” (as opposed to the thin green material usually used on tennis courts). They use those for both sound and wind mitigation in construction. It would contain the parts of the sound wave that are moving horizontally, and probably keep the nay-sayers from being as bothered by it. But it would also put more burden on the people who play in random places with portable nets.

@tsakeboya Жыл бұрын

First time I've heard of this "craze" lol

@rampart5631 7 ай бұрын

I will say, Sawyer point in Cincinnati is always busy with people playing pickleball now. Before, you would see at max 4 people playing tennis and the courts were so dilapidated and never fixed cause only like 20 people played on then a year

@gerryj313 7 ай бұрын

As a dedicated tennis fan and player, I hereby declare my perpetual participation in the war against pickleball.

@ARSebs2096 Жыл бұрын

I about died when that women on the news report was like “Clank clank clank clank” 😂

@JimmyKip Жыл бұрын

I'd have thought a solution was to play Padder Tennis - its a small short paddle similar to what pickleball uses, the court is slightly larger at 15x6 metres, and it uses a very similar ball to tennis (25% less compression) so is way quieter.

@Tax_Collector01 Жыл бұрын

My church group plays pickle ball every Saturday recently, I have vaguely heard of the sport…but I never knew why they started playing. Now I know.

@yoyoYoav Жыл бұрын

pickleball and Padel are New For Me And it is Nice game i need to Try For Sure

@joescrivano5285 Жыл бұрын

Good video, but the decibel explanation was wrong. While decibels do increase on a log scale, so too does our ability to sense sound. It’s actually precisely the reason sound is measured on a log scale instead of a linear scale. This means that we do not perceive a sound as twice as loud when increasing 10 decibels, even if this is what is actually happening in the objective quantification of sound levels

@min-yishen9324 7 ай бұрын

80dB is 10 times, not twice, as powerful as 70dB.

@jdllim 5 ай бұрын

💀 That explains a lot

@reddcube Жыл бұрын

Weird that pickleball is now popular. My town has indoor courts for decades.

@wongjefx980 Жыл бұрын

Annoying and addictive....kind of sums it up. I normally play tennis. Like golf, tennis is a precision sport where racquet face position supported by form is really important and frustrating. When started playing PB with the family, it just took 3x out with experienced players to pick up the rules and weird scoring and be moderately competitive. Although the tennis player hitting approach to PB didn't sit well with some PB guys. The PB community was very welcoming, but still prefer tennis.

@Yutappy99 Жыл бұрын

So... table tennis but without the table?

@eloquentcontraband Жыл бұрын

I remember seeing an article in April about pickleball noise complaints in niagara on the lake and thought it was just rich ppl complaining but I kinda get it now lol

@oscarbizard2411 Жыл бұрын

2:19 a slight imprecision: It is indeed the case that the decibel level vs perceived loudness have a linear relationship. It would be accurate to say that the decibel level vs measured sound have a logarithmic relationship. The thing is that our senses (from us humans) interpret external stimuli logarithmically: It's easier to differentiate 1 from 2 matchsticks falling on the ground than 11 from 10.

@o4_ Жыл бұрын

I really wish they elaborated more on meeting more people being appealing at the end, because it's probably a really big factor for pickleball's popularity in the suburbs. (tl;dr at end if you don't want to read) SO, in a city, since people often walk or bike everywhere, you can easily stumble into a cafe that is visited by a diverse range of people from the city, so that cafe becomes a social melting pot (which is called a "third place," more about that on Wikipedia and KZfaq if you want). But since American and Canadian suburbs are generally designed for car travel, these social melting spots are harder to form because you can't just stumble into a cafe driving around; you have to take deliberate effort to find parking, get out, and walk into the place. This means that social interactions in the USA's and Canada's suburbs can't really accidentally form; deliberate effort is needed for social interaction. This makes American and Canadian suburban people less socially connected, and less fulfilled in their social lives. Then comes pickleball. Remember how pubs and cafes are great social hubs in dense cities because anyone from anywhere can stumble into it? Its ease of picking up means that anyone can get into it, and its hotness means that it is being carried by word of mouth, so you can stumble into pickleball just like you can stumble into a city "third place." And because it's so fun (subjective), people in suburbs deliberately want to come back despite the tedious car journey, which solves the problem of easy-accessibility in suburbs. Another thing: Unlike church, where you pray first and socialize second, pickleball puts fun first. And unlike school, which is meeting ground mainly only for children, pickleball is a meeting ground for everyone. This means that pickleball serves as a more effective social spot than church and school, which were the two main community meeting grounds of suburbs before pickleball became the third. TL;DR, that is also a conclusion: Social lives in American and Canadian suburbs are hard because they are designed around cars, but pickleball is the one thing that can solve that. (idk just a urban planning nerd that wanted to throw in my two cents)

@toivoni4221 Жыл бұрын

Never heard of pickleball

@mukesh4169 Жыл бұрын

Went to Athens in January 2022 and EVERYONE was playing this, I’m now learning the name of this sport.

@ryanknight3273 Жыл бұрын

"It's as loud as a rock concert" lol. Okay guy.

@janniegurl05 9 ай бұрын

I can’t believe I had never heard about pickle ball up until like three weeks ago. 😂

@Brandon_n18 Жыл бұрын

1:55 I think that's my school's tennis courts 😭

@adblaze4808 Жыл бұрын

This is clearly a pickleball ad

@blooptev Жыл бұрын

my mom plays pickleball all the time, happy for her because it got her out and moving but i hate that she keeps trying to get me to come play with her. i went once and it was just a bunch of old people.

@sparky16261 Жыл бұрын

Not any more it isn't perhaps where she plays but universities have leagues and schools all over. My friends play in the Pro league.

@sonnycruz7032 Жыл бұрын

Next time you go out with your mom bring one of your friends. Then your friend and your mom can team up against you and another one of the older folks.

@Ccccc-mi3tr Жыл бұрын

You’ll regret not playing with her when she’s gone. Don’t waste opportunity’s to spend time with her. Life is short

@Ill_trigger_you_lol 10 ай бұрын

@@Ccccc-mi3tr this right here.