Dartagnan64
G.O.A.T.
One unmentioned feature of Pickleball is that it allows athletic people to shine who otherwise would not get past the technical barriers of tennis, table tennis or badminton. This seems to be especially true for athletic women. In many cases, women are fitter than men because they are seriously into yoga, pilates, gym etc. Now these women can shine in a sport in which they did not have to pay the dues from childhood. In the Pickle social I attended, more than half were women. Finally, we have a sport which rewards athleticism instead of technical skills and yet is social and affordable and not dangerous.
I'm sorry but fit yoga women still suck at PB. It's a total hand eye game. My sister and brother in law are workout junkies but play few sports. They took up PB for the ease of entry and had been playing regularly all summer and fall. They introduced my wife and I to the sport. By the second time out we were blanking them 11-0.
To me the game is for unfit coordinated people with fast reflexes.