I've never played pickleball, but I hate tennis. I'm not an especially out of shape person (I am physically active from dawn to dusk most days), but nor am I particular into aerobic conditioning. Even so, I find tennis just about impossible to play meaningfully. The court is just too damn big, and minor disparities in skill and physical …
I've never played pickleball, but I hate tennis. I'm not an especially out of shape person (I am physically active from dawn to dusk most days), but nor am I particular into aerobic conditioning. Even so, I find tennis just about impossible to play meaningfully. The court is just too damn big, and minor disparities in skill and physical conditioning are dramatically amplified by this. I never thought about it before, but tennis IS elitist and exclusive for this reason. And I'm sure the culture follows suit, as your article tends to suggest.
I might have to give pickleball a try. It makes sense to fix tennis into an actually fun game for regular people.
I've never played pickleball, but I hate tennis. I'm not an especially out of shape person (I am physically active from dawn to dusk most days), but nor am I particular into aerobic conditioning. Even so, I find tennis just about impossible to play meaningfully. The court is just too damn big, and minor disparities in skill and physical conditioning are dramatically amplified by this. I never thought about it before, but tennis IS elitist and exclusive for this reason. And I'm sure the culture follows suit, as your article tends to suggest.
I might have to give pickleball a try. It makes sense to fix tennis into an actually fun game for regular people.