With so
many different sports to choose from, why play pickleball?
A
pickleball game is fast-paced, action-packed and easy-to-learn but challenging
to master. It is an amazingly fun game that people who have other racquet
sport experience pick up quickly. But one of the best things about pickleball
is that, unlike tennis, even if you’ve never played a racquet sport in your
life you can be playing and having a blast within the first hour.
Here are the
top 5 reasons a game of pickleball is SO much fun compared to other racquet
sports:
5: You
don’t have to go so far to chase a ball.
(Usually,
unless you are playing on a tennis court instead of a badminton or dedicated
pickleball court).
4: The
rallies last longer.
You often
have more hits in a pickleball rally than in tennis, table tennis or badminton
and, at least compared to tennis, you have many more hits on average in a
five-second period.
3: The
ball is slower – sort of.
Because of
the holes in the ball, you can smack it really hard, but it isn’t going to fly
nearly as far as a tennis ball. This effect leads for a lot of
zippety-zap, super-fast, back-and-forth volleys at the net, which are one of
the most fun parts of a pickleball game.
2: The
smaller court makes it easier to talk, laugh (and occasionally trash-talk) the
other players.
Enough said.
1: Winning
isn’t about speed, power or strength. It’s about patience, strategy and
placement.
THIS is
the reason “old duffers” can beat the bejesus out of the fast, young
athletes. It’s also the reason you can have an 8 year old, an 80 year
old, a pregnant woman and a teenage boy all playing pickleball on the
same court together, ALL having fun. It is one of the truly unique things about
pickleball, and is definitely the number 1 reason a pickleball game is SO much fun!
Ready to
give it a try?
Buy some
paddles and balls, book a badminton court and get cracking!
Already
hooked?
Check out
the internet to get advice, strategies and drills to help you play better and
win more games. If you need to update your paddle, check out the selection on
my website.