What Would You Guess Ended the Pickleball Craze?

[GreatGazoo]

"From 2022 through 2024, pickleball was the fastest-growing sport in the U.S"

And now?

"These project are starting to default on their loans and go out of business," said the business expert in his TikTok video. "These developers thought that the sport would continue growing at the same rate, but this might be the beginning of the end for the sport's dominance."

https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/pickleball-dying-analyst-lays-signs-100000440.html

[Harker]

1. Non-participants rejecting the annoying noise?

[GPV]

12. Very much this.

[CrispyQ]

2. They installed several pickleball courts at our recreational lake.

I never go to that side anymore, so I don't know if they're still popular like they were. I liked the area better when it was just open grassland, but it was technically part of the park & apparently people wanted pickleball.

[Chasstev365]

3. Mid-age to elder injuries?

[GreatGazoo]

16. A big factor - yes

From the article:

>The game started as a low-impact version of tennis ideal for seniors and others with mobility issues or higher risk of injury. <

[Give Peace A Chance]

22. Oh Yeah...

Hubby broke his shoulder playing p-ball.
Put an end to it alright.

[Lochloosa]

4. A comfortable chair in the AC?

[GreatGazoo]

15. LOL

Lochloosa FTW

[Floyd R. Turbo]

5. Cranky old people and

cranky old people!

[Diamond_Dog]

6. I see empty courts most of the time. Outdoor courts down the road from my house hardly ever are used.

There’s actually an indoor set of pickleball courts in my area and since it’s near the pet food store I drive by it occasionally. Never see more than a few cars there.

[House of Roberts]

7. People went back to playing Cornholio?

[MyOwnPeace]

8. Too many.........

aching knees, ankles, and doctor visits!

[some_of_us_are_sane]

9. Weird, but I think...

It's because of the tragic overdose death of Matthew Perry in his swimming pool AFTER he played pickle ball, which he loved and played avidly.

I think it threw a pall over its association with that sad event.

[Polly Hennessey]

10. Pickleball has been a mystery to me.

Not sure 🤔 I know what it is? Why Pickle? Seems strange. Adults throwing pickles at each other, maybe? Guess the craze is over. I missed it without even knowing what it was. Why was it noisy?

[doc03]

11. Last summer the three women in our bike

riding group that played pickleball were wearing boots from pb injuries.

[SWBTATTReg]

14. peanut butter injuries? And then I realized you were talking about pickleball injuries!! I am so used to seeing PB as

peanut butter instead of pickleball my eyes and brain automatically translated to peanut butter! Ha ha heh. Thanks for the laugh though!!

[doc03]

18. Pickleball has given Orthopedic surgeans a lot of buisiness lol.

[SWBTATTReg]

19. I'll bet!!

[rurallib]

13. like other exercise fads, when people found out it involved sweat

and breathing hard they found something else to do.

I am an old racketball player. there was a time the courts were all booked up. Lasted about a year or two. Then folks disappeared about as quickly as they came.

[OldBaldy1701E]

17. It sure has not ended here!

There is a converted tennis court at a tiny park close to me. It has players every single day.

On the weekends, it looks like they are holding tournaments. They have freaking spectators, for freak's sake!

It isn't dead here, but anyone who was thinking it was going to be added to the Olympics and stuff was just being delusional.

It was a fad. Like all fads, it had an 'in' time, and now that time is gone.

[Marthe48]

20. Maybe they ran out of recruits

People finally stopped asking me to join up when they realized i wasn't going to budge from my house!

[LudwigPastorius]

21. "What Would You Guess Ended the Pickleball Craze?"

People just soured on it?

Personally, I never thought it was that much of a big dill.

[some_of_us_are_sane]

24. GOOD one!

[Xavier Breath]

23. It seems to still be going gang-busters around these parts.

Maybe we're just slow adopters? I was walking in the park yesterday morning and there was a group of four playing good old-fashioned doubles tennis, so maybe that's a sign?