Recommend the best gear to me (Budget is no issue)

maxowono

New User
I play tennis on the weekend but I'm thinking to try Pickleball for a few weeks, I've been reading and watching a lot of reviews to equip myself with some of the best pickleball paddles, do you guys have any recommendations? Also, recommend me some pickleball courts in Washington?
 
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Curtennis

Hall of Fame
Well I’m glad budget is no issue, because it’s said that money can’t buy dignity. But you can start by paying reparations to the tennis community and fixing all the destroyed courts across our once great nation.

Then with that unlimited budget, build your own courts.

Lastly invest that unlimited budget into some sort of sound deadening materials so no one ever again has to hear the scourge that is the pickleball thud.
 

Radicalized

Professional
I was all geared up to watch the spectacle of TT members listing 12 packs, and Lobsters, and Pro stocks, etc. Not much has been going on. The chance to wax poetic (not myself)... And then...

There is a pickleball section at bottom of main page. :sick:
 

vex

Legend
Don’t do it. You’ll thank us. Unless you have one foot in the grave and/or no athletic ability try to play tennis or even ping pong, anything but Clack Clack.
Honestly, tennis seems so dead right now. Everyone and their sister is playing PB and having a ton of fun. You don’t have it hate on PB, in fact you should like it b/c it’s emptied out all the tennis courts for you. No more jammed, crowded courts!
 

vex

Legend
you can start by paying reparations to the tennis community and fixing all the destroyed courts across our once great nation.
This was 2 years ago and pickleball has quadrupled since then lol. RIP those tennis courts!
 

Curtennis

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This was 2 years ago and pickleball has quadrupled since then lol. RIP those tennis courts!
Luckily I haven’t seen any growth in my area. Certain tennis courts are still packed with PBallers but it hasn’t pushed further. That would be a disaster.
 

vex

Legend
Cracks me up that pickleballers actually think they’re playing a sport
Cracks me up that random tennis guy who played grandpa at the park one time thinks he could compete in a 5.0 PB match. You'd get double bagel'd if you played anyone your own age that actually plays pickleball consistently.
 

bobleenov1963

Hall of Fame
Cracks me up that pickleballers actually think they’re playing a sport
I hate to break this to you buddy, but Jack Sock, Genie Bouchard, and countless former D1 tennis players are playing PB on the PPA and MLP tours. Last time I checked, they are elite athletes. I also saw Blaine Hovenier, former UCLA tennis player, on the PPA tour. Are you aware that over 50% of PB players on the PPA were tennis player? Quang Duong was as good as Learner Tien before he gave up and tennis and pursued PB full-time, and he is doing quite well on the PPA tour. As more former tennis players cross over to PB, it gives PB more credibility.

Yes, PB is a sport.
 

silentkman

Hall of Fame
I hate to break this to you buddy, but Jack Sock, Genie Bouchard, and countless former D1 tennis players are playing PB on the PPA and MLP tours. Last time I checked, they are elite athletes. I also saw Blaine Hovenier, former UCLA tennis player, on the PPA tour. Are you aware that over 50% of PB players on the PPA were tennis player? Quang Duong was as good as Learner Tien before he gave up and tennis and pursued PB full-time, and he is doing quite well on the PPA tour. As more former tennis players cross over to PB, it gives PB more credibility.

Yes, PB is a sport.
The big names jumped becuase it was the easy way out. They knew they couldn't make money in something significantly harder. Pickleball is on par with Bowling.
 

Ronaldo

Bionic Poster
The big names jumped becuase it was the easy way out. They knew they couldn't make money in something significantly harder. Pickleball is on par with Bowling.
Played paddleball with a needled-out rubber ball on an indoor court. Fun till getting clipped on the ear. Pickledball safer?
 

bobleenov1963

Hall of Fame
The big names jumped becuase it was the easy way out. They knew they couldn't make money in something significantly harder. Pickleball is on par with Bowling.
It is like saying Scottie Scheffler plays golf and not tennis because he knows he knows he can't make money in tennis, and that tennis is harder than golf. A really ill-informed thing to say.
 

silentkman

Hall of Fame
It is like saying Scottie Scheffler plays golf and not tennis because he knows he knows he can't make money in tennis, and that tennis is harder than golf. A really ill-informed thing to say.
A horrific analogy. There is no comparison between tennis and golf. Jack Sock lost to a part time tennis player that was ranked 794. Bouchard is in the same boat as Jack. The tennis grind was too much for them. Sheesh.
 

5sets

Hall of Fame
Cracks me up that random tennis guy who played grandpa at the park one time thinks he could compete in a 5.0 PB match. You'd get double bagel'd if you played anyone your own age that actually plays pickleball consistently.
You’ll never get a clack clack paddle in my hands you can keep those bagels. When my knees give out I’ll hang up my tennis racquet and play golf.
 

5sets

Hall of Fame
I hate to break this to you buddy, but Jack Sock, Genie Bouchard, and countless former D1 tennis players are playing PB on the PPA and MLP tours. Last time I checked, they are elite athletes. I also saw Blaine Hovenier, former UCLA tennis player, on the PPA tour. Are you aware that over 50% of PB players on the PPA were tennis player? Quang Duong was as good as Learner Tien before he gave up and tennis and pursued PB full-time, and he is doing quite well on the PPA tour. As more former tennis players cross over to PB, it gives PB more credibility.

Yes, PB is a sport.
All those names you mentioned are sellouts anyway. Sam Querrey, Jack Sock, off course they’re going to bail for some easy clack clack money when they can’t get enough ATP wins. I am referring to the average rec player wasting their time clacking a ball back and forth with no athletic inclination. Pickleball has become popular because of the learning curve, you can’t dispute that. Tennis takes hours of practice just to rally. It’s not a friendly bridge game on a court.
 

vex

Legend
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