voice
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Post by voice on Aug 12, 2023 16:03:24 GMT
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Post by perrykneeham on Aug 12, 2023 16:31:54 GMT
My friend has become a real fan of pickleball. She's a real racketball player and has waaaay too much time on her hands.
She's getting a new puppy though, so we'll see if it lasts.
She's the only one I know that plays this.
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Post by mids on Aug 12, 2023 16:54:14 GMT
Aaaah. A friend of mine was talking about this the other day. She's been playing it in Spain. The way she described it made it sound like tennis for retards.
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Post by wetkingcanute on Aug 12, 2023 17:03:20 GMT
I had never heard of Pickleball until reading this post.
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Post by perrykneeham on Aug 12, 2023 17:08:11 GMT
Do you remember they tried to introduce Short Tennis back in the 80s? That was shite too.
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Post by voice on Aug 12, 2023 19:02:42 GMT
From what I've seen, I doubt I'll be trying it any time soon. Most players round here are right coders mind, perhaps it appeals to the alzhimers crowd.
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Post by flatandy on Aug 12, 2023 22:40:30 GMT
I've played a few times. It's fun. It is, basically, tennis for people who can't move any more. It's not, you know, an athletic pursuit. But for people of a certain age it's a way of remaining mildly mobile. For very young people like me it's just a fun game. But it is fun - more fun than tennis, at least.
The chagrin generally isn't from tennis people having their courts taken over, but basketball people. A lot of basketball courts are finding the pickleball crowd setting up nets and hogging the space, creating something of a standoff between the urban yoot and the people who are actually dangerous - 60 to 70 year olds with too much time on their hands.
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Post by Repat Van on Aug 13, 2023 18:34:04 GMT
I had never heard of Pickleball until reading this post. Same. |
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