# Bad bad bad Pickleball and cute pink shorts. (psst? Anyone got a spare room?) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 27, 2024, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-pickleball-and-cute-pink-shorts-psst-anyone-got-a-spare-room/1003384 "2024-06-27T03:12:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-pickleball-and-cute-pink-shorts-psst-anyone-got-a-spare-room/1003384/1 "2024-06-27T03:12:17Z")
Well. It’s happening. The super deluxo set was ordered. Son-of-a-wrek researched, clickety click and got the measurements for a amateur court size. I caught him fixin’ to spray paint my lawn with glow-in-the-dark fluorescent yellow paint, with the boundary lines. That I’m positive he measured oh, so carefully. It is at the badminton net, so maybe not 🤔. I hollered don’t paint the grass. He hollered “Aw, Ma. I have to mow this place every week. You need to worry about getting me more paint, not the grass!” Well, alrighty then. I really hate the idea of Pickle ball. There’s the irritation of the noise. But mostly just because of the name. Kinda like Cornhole. I have to add his Cornhole extravaganza only lasted one summer. He spent more time on the construction than the games. I can have some hope of it ending as quick as it started. 😏 Badminton tourneys have lasted 3 summers. And is quite pleasant to watch. Til they start fighting. It seems plausible _the Ball o’Pickle_ could be a winner. Go ahead. Mock me, point at me or better yet, put me outta my misery, humanely. So far, I’m out the cost of the Deluxo set, the glow-in-the-dark paint(4 cans) the Lil’wrekkers new shorts. (Pink and cute with pockets that zip). Probably have to get more paint. And the balls themselves look like dogs might like them a little too much. I can’t tell you how many shuttlecocks I’ve bought due to the dog shrinkage loss. Reminds why the ping-pong table was put away, long ago. That and paddle wars. Oh crap! I’d hate to see grown adults chasin’ each other trying to whack each other with Pickle ball paddles. How embarrassing. Even in cute pink shorts with zippered pockets.🤭 ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-pickleball-and-cute-pink-shorts-psst-anyone-got-a-spare-room/1003384/2 "2024-06-27T05:04:51Z")
[Cornhole](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornhole) has other names you can use. And pickleball is a great sport. The key thing, IMHO, is to forget how other sports (tennis, badminton) are played, and follow the court layout and playing rules for pickleball. The noise of pickleball doesn’t even approach the annoyance level for me of table tennis. Luckily this year’s cohort of students in my building don’t play ping-pong. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-pickleball-and-cute-pink-shorts-psst-anyone-got-a-spare-room/1003384/3 "2024-06-27T05:12:36Z")
I assure, great anticipation has led to research, note taking and arguing the rules. We shall see. Please don’t tell me it has to be a concrete court. I’ll just die. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-pickleball-and-cute-pink-shorts-psst-anyone-got-a-spare-room/1003384/4 "2024-06-27T05:22:08Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Please don’t tell me it has to be a concrete court Pretty sure it does. Those balls won’t bounce more than an inch on the grass. Please don’t die. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-pickleball-and-cute-pink-shorts-psst-anyone-got-a-spare-room/1003384/5 "2024-06-27T05:43:58Z")
Oh no! Don’t tell Son-of- a-wrek! ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-pickleball-and-cute-pink-shorts-psst-anyone-got-a-spare-room/1003384/6 "2024-06-27T05:46:10Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > > > Please don’t tell me it has to be a concrete court > > Pretty sure it does. Those balls won’t bounce more It can be done on grass. Here’s some tips: > **[Can You Play Pickleball on Grass? Required Changes](https://pickleballinform.com/can-you-play-pickleball-on-grass/)** > > To be honest, I felt a little awful when I first heard this question: “Can You Play Pickleball on Grass”? A few games with a little restyling and Whosh! I And Beck, please, please, please don’t die. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-pickleball-and-cute-pink-shorts-psst-anyone-got-a-spare-room/1003384/7 "2024-06-27T05:56:21Z")
Oh thank goodness! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-pickleball-and-cute-pink-shorts-psst-anyone-got-a-spare-room/1003384/8 "2024-06-27T06:06:05Z")
Now I know why I saw Son out there bouncing balls and chasing the dogs to get them back. I thought he was playing. Silly me. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-pickleball-and-cute-pink-shorts-psst-anyone-got-a-spare-room/1003384/9 "2024-06-27T07:22:38Z")
I’ve only the vaguest concept of what pickleball is, but I like pickles. Does that count? But I’m not anti-sport. At our country cottage when I was a kid, the racket sport of choice was badminton. We didn’t have official courts marked out or anything, but we’d string badminton nets between two poles we’d stick in the ground. The difference between badminton and tennis or pickleball is that the “birds” didn’t have to bounce – they just flew on an arc. And miraculously always turned around in mid-flight so that the rubber end was always facing you. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-pickleball-and-cute-pink-shorts-psst-anyone-got-a-spare-room/1003384/10 "2024-06-27T07:39:13Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > I’ve only the vaguest concept of what pickleball is, but I like pickles. Does that count? Sure. Pickles are dill-icious! It was badminton at our summer place too. Same arrangement, just set up a net on the back lawn, and play. There was a tennis court not far away that we could use, but badminton birdies didn’t bounce, so we weren’t chasing them like we were tennis balls. The game was fun, and I even played it at high school. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-pickleball-and-cute-pink-shorts-psst-anyone-got-a-spare-room/1003384/11 "2024-06-27T13:04:36Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > I’ve only the vaguest concept of what pickleball is, but I like pickles. Does that count? Pickleball is tennis, except changed just enough that people who were previously good at tennis aren’t particularly good at pickleball. It experienced a surge of popularity because, with it being new and nobody being good at it, anyone could consider themselves good at it. But we’re now starting to see a few folks (through a combination of selection and practice) who are genuinely good at it, at which point the duffers won’t be able to compete any more, and it’ll soon sink back into obscurity. Aside: Gym teachers make it a deliberate point to come up with weird sports that nobody actually plays, in order to level the playing field among their students. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-pickleball-and-cute-pink-shorts-psst-anyone-got-a-spare-room/1003384/12 "2024-06-27T13:47:43Z")
AIUI, one of the key design points for pickleball was to slow game play and de-exertionize it to be more geezer-compatible than e.g. tennis. A goal they seem to have succeeded at, **Beck** ’s youthful contingent notwithstanding. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-pickleball-and-cute-pink-shorts-psst-anyone-got-a-spare-room/1003384/13 "2024-06-27T14:00:56Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > But we’re now starting to see a few folks (through a combination of selection and practice) who are genuinely good at it, at which point the duffers won’t be able to compete any more, and it’ll soon sink back into obscurity. That’s a bold statement about the fastest growing sport in America. I play several times a week. My town has three sets of city courts and they have organically shaken out into novice, intermediate, and advanced by location. Only the assholes seek out competition below their class and they soon find that nobody will play with them. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-pickleball-and-cute-pink-shorts-psst-anyone-got-a-spare-room/1003384/14 "2024-06-27T14:59:01Z")
Apparently Pickleball is the rage. I don’t see it being a made up gym teacher game. Maybe the name of the game was facetiously made up. On the whole I don’t see anything wrong with it as a game. If it didn’t cause Son from going bonkers in preparation. I did have a problem with the Glow-in-the-dark paint lines. Last night it confused the fire-flies. It looked like runway lights out there. Son was so happy. “Night Games will happen!!” sez he. Good grief!! It could be worse, his last idea was _'Slip ‘n’ Slide Badminton_ ! There’s something _wrong_ with that boy. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-pickleball-and-cute-pink-shorts-psst-anyone-got-a-spare-room/1003384/15 "2024-06-27T16:11:22Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > There’s something _wrong_ with that boy. I have a theory about who he caught that from. Just sayin’. Still awaiting an update on the pink shorts. If you didn’t want to share, you shouldn’t have brought it up. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-pickleball-and-cute-pink-shorts-psst-anyone-got-a-spare-room/1003384/16 "2024-06-27T16:30:00Z")
We’ll see. They should show up today. She’s kinda judgy about her fashions. I’m wary about the shocking pink color. And…zippered pockets ain’t all they’re cracked up to be. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-pickleball-and-cute-pink-shorts-psst-anyone-got-a-spare-room/1003384/17 "2024-06-27T16:51:20Z")
Hey whatddya know, I have shocking pink shorts _and_ (try to) play pickleball. Not at the same time, though. Does anyone else remember playing it in school, when it was called paddle tennis and played with wooden paddles and a tennis ball? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-pickleball-and-cute-pink-shorts-psst-anyone-got-a-spare-room/1003384/18 "2024-06-27T17:27:18Z")
I was excused from gym class. 😋 ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-pickleball-and-cute-pink-shorts-psst-anyone-got-a-spare-room/1003384/19 "2024-06-27T21:47:15Z")
The only thing I’ve heard about pickleball is that the courts are smaller. You can transform tennis courts into more pickleball courts and let more people play at once. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-pickleball-and-cute-pink-shorts-psst-anyone-got-a-spare-room/1003384/20 "2024-06-27T22:11:31Z")
In a lot of areas, tennis courts are a standard amenity that nobody uses. Converting it/them to any number of pickleball courts greater than zero probably afford more players and more playing. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-pickleball-and-cute-pink-shorts-psst-anyone-got-a-spare-room/1003384.md?page=2)