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offhand observation: I prefer both playing and, if i'm gonna, watching "bad" pickel ball. once the game gets optimized it turns into lots of dinks in the kitch
by recursivedoubts 2y ago
offhand observation: I prefer both playing and, if i'm gonna, watching "bad" pickel ball. once the game gets optimized it turns into lots of dinks in the kitchen until someone makes a mistake, rather than longer, more interesting shots.
pickle ball is one of the sports in the United States where chesterton's quote still applies:
> "It is a good sign in a nation when such things are done badly. It shows that all the people are doing them. And it is a bad sign in a nation when such things are done very well, for it shows that only a few experts and eccentrics are doing them, and that the nation is merely looking on. "
i hope that doesn't change.
- zemvpferreira 2y agoI'm with you and would hope pickleball continues to have its essence as a game, rather than a sport. It's much more interesting played for fun.
- yapyap 2y agosame with ping pong, if you ever see a professional match they can go for 5 minutes over one damn point
- BobaFloutist 2y agoThough frankly at a beginner level it feels like you're constantly chasing the ball, which is the same complaint I have with learning tennis.
- uses 2y agoFunny, as a casual player starting out, dinking was a skill I really wanted to gain proficiency in. But now most of my opponents just drive or overhead as hard as they can, which I think is very un-fun to play against. The points are short and there's a lot of randomness. And the best counterplay is to just do what they're doing.
- dwaltrip 2y agoLearn how to drop. It resets the pace
- NickC25 2y ago"Pro" pickleball is quite possibly the most boring sport I've ever seen. Hope to (deity of your choice) that this is a fad that dies out. The game has already been optimized. It's tap-tap-tap and winner. There's very little room for tactical adjustments, no room whatsoever for different styles of play (unlike tennis). The ball doesn't move that quickly and apparently one isn't allowed to even hit sidespin on their serve. The sport is quite literally jumbo ping pong for seniors who can't move without the speed or spin of ping pong. Somehow it's caught on to the masses. I don't get it. It's as if someone intentionally took the worst elements of every major racquet sport and turned it into a game.
- bdangubic 2y agoI believe the core reason for popularity of it is that literally anyone can play it. this is also why - as you stated - “pro” makes no sense and it is boring as shit.
- apitman 2y agoI tend to agree. 3.0 can be reached fairly easily, and I think is the funnest level with the most players.