I’ve never played Pickleball but I’ve watched several YT videos and shorts about it (the algorithm moves recommending shorts with titles such as “best Picklebal

I’ve never played Pickleball but I’ve watched several YT videos and shorts about it (the algorithm moves recommending shorts with titles such as “best Pickleball point” to me). And it looks like such an awful game. There’s very little nuance to the game. The combination of the paddles, the plastic ball, and the size of the court means it’s really difficult to do any of the things that make either tennis, or table tennis challenging. And that’s exactly the point of pickleball’s popularity. It allows anyone who’s hardly ever played before to immediately play with an expert. They will still lose, but they could actually hold a couple of rallies. OTOH, if you’re playing tennis with someone above your level you’re unlikely to even be able to return their serve because of the pace, spin, and disguise. And if you’re playing table tennis someone a couple of levels above you could serve with certain spins and they could do the exact same thing a hundred times in a row and it’s unlikely you will get the ball back even a handful of times.