LBlack14 black14 13 minutes ago
Never heard of it. What is it?
My thumbnail summary is it's similar to tennis but played on a court the approximate dimensions for badmitton hitting a softball sized whiffle ball using an oversized ping pong paddle.
I first heard about it reading an article in the Wall Street Journal where some residents in a retirement community sued the homeowner's assn. because they built courts and didn't put a curfew when it could be played. So, they were being used well past some neighbors' beddy bye times causing plaintiffs to lose sleep.
I first saw it played on Venice (Muscle) Beach while visiting SoCal. During the noon hour, there were office workers in business casual clothes, and wearing tennis shoes, cross the street from their offices and started their matches. I'm looking forward to my intro session tomorrow with friends.
http://www.usapa.org/what-is-pickleball/