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Point 1 is maybe a downside. Point 2 is neither here nor there. If all those people were playing tennis instead, the courts would be equally inaccessible. Poi

Point 1 is maybe a downside. Point 2 is neither here nor there. If all those people were playing tennis instead, the courts would be equally inaccessible. Point 3 could be a positive!

lapcat 2y ago
> Point 2 is neither here nor there. If all those people were playing tennis instead, the courts would be equally inaccessible. The problem is that the courts were built only for tennis, often many decades ago. Now pickleball has adopted the same courts rather than using different courts of its own, so there are two sports competing for the same existing volume of courts. And since the tennis courts already exist, there's a lot less incentive and motivation for communities to spend money and other resources, such as land, building brand new courts to handle the new pickleball players. Imagine if tennis and basketball used the same courts; that would be a major problem. > Point 3 could be a positive! Not in one of the most obese countries in the world.
- elil17 2y ago
  Actually I think it’s an upside even then. It’s a lot easier for someone who’s out of shape to start trying pickleball compared to a lot of sports since you don’t need to run as long. Once someone starts to get in shape, they can still get plenty of exercise playing pickleball (I’ve even seen several people at my local court using weighted vests to make the game more of a workout).
- jstanley 2y ago
  > Imagine if tennis and basketball used the same courts; that would be a major problem. It would only be a problem if you closed half the courts. Otherwise it would better spread the load over the existing courts. And if twice as many people started wanting to play tennis it would be the same problem as if they want to play Pickleball on tennis courts. It's just gatekeeping tennis courts.
- stouset 2y ago
  > Not in one of the most obese countries in the world. Obesity is primarily resolved through diet, not through exercise. It is exceedingly difficult to lose weight through cardio. Not only do calories take a drastically greater amount of effort to burn than to consume, but exercise directly increases hunger.
- BurningFrog 2y ago
  It's definitely a problem for tennis players. For society, which kind of sport people play on those courts doesn't matter.
slillibri 2y ago
Point 1 is absolutely a downside, at least for people near the court. The city decided that putting a pickleball court across the street from my building would be a great idea, and now my summers are filled with the pock-pock-pock of pickleball. From 9am to 8pm nearly every day that is nice. Also, since we cannot have nice things / people are assholes, they had to come back and put up an 8 foot tall fence because people were simply stepping over the shorter fence and playing until after midnight.

Point 1 is maybe a downside. Point 2 is neither here nor there. If all those people were playing tennis instead, the courts would be equally inaccessible. Point 3 could be a positive!

lapcat 2y ago

> Point 2 is neither here nor there. If all those people were playing tennis instead, the courts would be equally inaccessible. The problem is that the courts were built only for tennis, often many decades ago. Now pickleball has adopted the same courts rather than using different courts of its own, so there are two sports competing for the same existing volume of courts. And since the tennis courts already exist, there's a lot less incentive and motivation for communities to spend money and other resources, such as land, building brand new courts to handle the new pickleball players. Imagine if tennis and basketball used the same courts; that would be a major problem. > Point 3 could be a positive! Not in one of the most obese countries in the world.

elil17 2y ago
Actually I think it’s an upside even then. It’s a lot easier for someone who’s out of shape to start trying pickleball compared to a lot of sports since you don’t need to run as long. Once someone starts to get in shape, they can still get plenty of exercise playing pickleball (I’ve even seen several people at my local court using weighted vests to make the game more of a workout).
jstanley 2y ago
> Imagine if tennis and basketball used the same courts; that would be a major problem. It would only be a problem if you closed half the courts. Otherwise it would better spread the load over the existing courts. And if twice as many people started wanting to play tennis it would be the same problem as if they want to play Pickleball on tennis courts. It's just gatekeeping tennis courts.
stouset 2y ago
> Not in one of the most obese countries in the world. Obesity is primarily resolved through diet, not through exercise. It is exceedingly difficult to lose weight through cardio. Not only do calories take a drastically greater amount of effort to burn than to consume, but exercise directly increases hunger.
BurningFrog 2y ago
It's definitely a problem for tennis players. For society, which kind of sport people play on those courts doesn't matter.

slillibri 2y ago

Point 1 is absolutely a downside, at least for people near the court. The city decided that putting a pickleball court across the street from my building would be a great idea, and now my summers are filled with the pock-pock-pock of pickleball. From 9am to 8pm nearly every day that is nice. Also, since we cannot have nice things / people are assholes, they had to come back and put up an 8 foot tall fence because people were simply stepping over the shorter fence and playing until after midnight.