It's okay. Not much of a workout, but it does allow you to hand anybody a paddle and they can at least hit the ball back and rally.
I see this critique often and it make me wonder who you play with. Your great grandmother?
I agree. I'm on the shelf right now because I had surgery eight weeks ago for a fully torn rotator cuff I suffered while hiking. But, when playing, I play 3-4 times a week and in a two hour session I am a puddle. Our matches are highly competitive with major hand battles at the kitchen line.
That said, the laughter from all the fun we have is undeniable as well!
The only problem I have is the way it's been introduced/expanded in many communities. Soccer fields and tennis courts have been replaced with pickleball courts, largely because the game is adored by seniors and they hold so much political power.
I hear this complaint all the time. Trust me, pickleball players would love to have their own dedicated courts and they don't have to be converted tennis and basketball courts. If the parks departments can use taxpayer money for tennis and basketball they can use it for pickleball too. The truth is many tennis courts are unused most of the time while the pickleball courts are packed. And the age range for my groups are 25-70...so not necessarily seniors.
I think the truth is tennis players feel threatened that some people are gravitating towards a different racket/paddle sport.
Two examples...two towns near me.
One had a mayor who was an avid PB player. He proposed converting two of the town's tennis courts (which were at a more isolated park) into six PB courts. The tennis players came to meeting to fight it saying they didn't want to lose courts. So the town did a "count" at the tennis courts over the next summer and it showed the isolated courts were almost never used. Tennis players preferred the non-isolated courts. Understandable. So town converted the non-used courts into PB courts. Seem reasonable to use your resources so they are actually utilized?
One built eight dedicated PB courts (that can handle 32 players at a time). They hold open sessions five nights a week. Regularly there are 50+ players ranging in age from probably 12-70. I suspect the town's tennis courts ever see that kind of activity.
I’ve been playing since high school, which ended 24 years ago for me…. I’ve got a pickle all court a couple miles from my house. Highly enjoyable, but I f***ed up my shoulder the last time I played and am pissed about it. Hahaha. Chiropractor has helped. Probably get back to playing in a few weeks I hope.
Good luck with the shoulder. Living in the state where PB was invented...nice!