its all fun and games until Barney and Jane who are 68 and 72 beat the brakes off you because you are playing like its tennis and they are actually playing pickleball.

Its a whiffleball, you really cant just blow through people because it only goes like 50 mph no matter how hard you hit it. Ive seen many good athletes from other sports think they could just step on and be great right away and get wrecked by old folks.

Its not for everyone, but seriously I lol at everyone thinking its just old people standing still. Even old people can be really good, which is exactly the draw of the game, you dont need ot be an elite athlete, you just need to drill and practice the specific skills needed and movements needed, and yep the ceiling is much lower and the floor is much higher than most sports.

But make no mistake, the better you get the more effort it requires, its not a game you can beat actual good players until you get very good yourself.

I played pickle ball a number of months ago and embarrassed myself. I'm a half way decent tennis player, but with the shorter pickleball paddles I kept whiffing the ball, mentally thinking the paddle was longer. Around here the pickleball players tend to be of Asian ancestry.