Three options for tennis players who do not want to play Pickleball,

[sureshs]

If you are a tennis player who is old, injured, cannot find partners or simply unable to play outdoors due to the weather, and do not want to play Pickleball, there are now three options for you:

Typti: https://www.typti.com/

Skyball: https://skyball.us/

Lite Tennis: https://www.litetennis.com/

All are played on a Pickleball court, use some kind of a foam ball, and have slightly different and irritating rules, and the first requires special rackets.

@ByeByePoly @afalls @Bud

 

[TTMR]

You don't seem to understand network effects.

 

[Roforot]

there's also wii-tennis or mario tennis.
Google says theres a game called tennis elbow 4 which is very good.

 

[sureshs]

You don't seem to understand network effects.

Explain them to me

 

[onehandbh]

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If you are a tennis player who is old, injured, cannot find partners or simply unable to play outdoors due to the weather, and do not want to play Pickleball, there are now three options for you:

Typti: https://www.typti.com/

Skyball: https://skyball.us/

Lite Tennis: https://www.litetennis.com/

All are played on a Pickleball court, use some kind of a foam ball, and have slightly different and irritating rules, and the first two require special rackets.

@ByeByePoly @afalls @Bud

These new sports should be added to the Olympics.

 

[Curtennis]

Typti is almost as bad as pickleball. Instead of making use of what we already have (lines that are just slightly off from actual tennis court dimensions for example) it’s forcing new equipment purely for greed.

It’s actually comical how hard they tried with the racquets. A 22” racquet is standard? Hilarious. They make junior tennis racquets 21 and 23 but not 22. The idea I’m gonna spend $200 on a meme sport is absolutely stupid.

You want your own racquets, fine maybe. Just don’t be pricing them at $200 on your website. Just reeks of greed. Especially when it’s so close to the other options on the market.

 

[TTMR]

Explain them to me

All of the options you described are even less popular recreationally than pickleball and tennis, so it would be even harder to find groups to play with than tennis. So they aren't alternatives in any meaningful sense.

 

[sureshs]

All of the options you described are even less popular recreationally than pickleball and tennis, so it would be even harder to find groups to play with than tennis. So they aren't alternatives in any meaningful sense.

I am talking about the future

 

[sureshs]

Typti is almost as bad as pickleball. Instead of making use of what we already have (lines that are just slightly off from actual tennis court dimensions for example) it’s forcing new equipment purely for greed.

It’s actually comical how hard they tried with the racquets. A 22” racquet is standard? Hilarious. They make junior tennis racquets 21 and 23 but not 22. The idea I’m gonna spend $200 on a meme sport is absolutely stupid.

You want your own racquets, fine maybe. Just don’t be pricing them at $200 on your website. Just reeks of greed. Especially when it’s so close to the other options on the market.

Skyball offers 2 rackets and 3 balls for $74.99

 

[sureshs]

I think Skyball will emerge as the winner due to the racket issue, and Steve Bellamy's Typti will end up as a massive waste of invested money.

 

[TTMR]

I am talking about the future

We both know these children have no future.

Prove me wrong, kids. Prove me wrong.

 

[toth]

Here in Middle-Europe pickleball is not a popular sport. Luckily after prp injection i can still play tennis doubles on clay.

 

[MarinaHighTennis]

This would be the easiest way to play as all this equipment is out there:

- pickleball paddle
- pickleball court
- Babolat red foam ball

 

[atatu]

This would be the easiest way to play as all this equipment is out there:

- pickleball paddle
- pickleball court
- Babolat red foam ball

Those guys aren't decrepit and they look like decent athletes, why don't they just play tennis ?

 

[innoVAShaun]

Those guys aren't decrepit and they look like decent athletes, why don't they just play tennis ?

They realized they can't wear those hats to play tennis?

 

[afalls]

The anthology of Typti from the creator himself!
A long watch but explains a lot about the game.

I love tennis, but I enjoy Typti.

 

[Bud]

I think Skyball will emerge as the winner due to the racket issue, and Steve Bellamy's Typti will end up as a massive waste of invested money.

Agreed. He played it all wrong from the outset based on pure greed. He should not have declared in the rules it can only be played with approved Typti branded racquets and balls. That's clearly a cash grab and stifles competition and innovation with the equipment. He should have also taken a hit on the chin and treated the racquets as a loss leader, pricing them at 2 for $99 with 3 Typti balls just to get people on court playing the sport. It needed exposure and people playing.

To date I've not seen a single Typti match on a pickleball court in person. Skyball has a better chance of catching on, IMO. The equipment is much less expensive and less restrictive if any tournaments were to be created.

 

[MarinaHighTennis]

Those guys aren't decrepit and they look like decent athletes, why don't they just play tennis ?

mainly bc the rallies aren't as cat and mouse and too short for tennis. A 10 second point with 25 sec rest, especially for 5.0 when most points are based on serve, isn't as fun or as good exercise.

 

[Curtennis]

I think Skyball will emerge as the winner due to the racket issue, and Steve Bellamy's Typti will end up as a massive waste of invested money.

Absolutely my take as well. A 22” racquet? What a joke. Jr racquets are made at 21 and 23. Dude literally picked an arbitrary number to sell gear. Eff him. I’m down for anyone trying to have fun with even a mediocre level of athleticism mixed in. No reason to buy all new equipment to play an emerging game.

 

[sureshs]

Absolutely my take as well. A 22” racquet? What a joke. Jr racquets are made at 21 and 23. Dude literally picked an arbitrary number to sell gear. Eff him. I’m down for anyone trying to have fun with even a mediocre level of athleticism mixed in. No reason to buy all new equipment to play an emerging game.

All of these new attempts can be avoided and people can just use 21 or 23 inch frames and the USTA Red Ball, and make up their own rules about serves, kitchen, bounce on return of serve etc by mixing and matching tennis and pickleball rule and have a fun time

 

[sureshs]

Anyone interested in a version of Pickleball played with USTA Red Balls and 21 inch frames and with Pickleball rules?

It will be called SureshsBalls (TM).

@ByeByePoly

 

[ByeByePoly]

They realized they can't wear those hats to play tennis?

I bet @travlerajm could.

 

[ByeByePoly]

Anyone interested in a version of Pickleball played with USTA Red Balls and 21 inch frames and with Pickleball rules?

It will be called SureshsBalls (TM).

@ByeByePoly

no

 

[sureshs]

no

Are you objecting to the new idea or the name?

 

[ByeByePoly]

Are you objecting to the new idea or the name?

Do I have to pick just one?

Just like using a racket in mini tennis warmup was lame … any racket used on a pickleball court will be lame. It is a tiny, tiny, tiny court.

Also … there is this little scale:

1) hitting a tennis ball with racket and strings - the meaning of life
2) hitting plastic ball with paddle - soul crushing but you can get over it
3) hitting foam ball with anything - hideous

btw - 100% agree that Typti reeks of $ grab. But … you can add pickleball (DUPR ratings, rec tournament pricing, apps, paddles, etc).

That is a lot from me who seldom has strong opinions.

 

[sureshs]

Do I have to pick just one?

Just like using a racket in mini tennis warmup was lame … any racket used on a pickleball court will be lame. It is a tiny, tiny, tiny court.

Also … there is this little scale:

1) hitting a tennis ball with racket and strings - the meaning of life
2) hitting plastic ball with paddle - soul crushing but you can get over it
3) hitting foam ball with anything - hideous

btw - 100% agree that Typti reeks of $ grab. But … you can add pickleball (DUPR ratings, rec tournament pricing, apps, paddles, etc).

That is a lot from me who seldom has strong opinions.

What about the USTA Orange balls then?

I am willing to work with you and even name it PolyBalls.

 

[ByeByePoly]

What about the USTA Orange balls then?

I am willing to work with you and even name it PolyBalls.

Maybe it is just me … but I’m going to say neither Suresh or Poly balls in a can should exist.

 

[Automatix]

All these "mutated" racket sports are money grabs. The direction is simple - make it easier so more people shell out $$$. Money is in the numbers.
Like it or not tennis doesn't give you much unless your level is decent. If it's not, you're doing more mileage from picking up balls then from actual play. Even more so it puts a toll on your body.

I've found my peace by going back to table tennis.
Fun, dynamic and cheap.

I'm ready for what's coming after this...

Spoiler

 

[konstantinos kalfountzos]

If courts available nearby and cheap enough, Padel is the way to go, guys!
I pay 10€ for 1.5 hours of Padel and the court is just a ten-minute-drive from my place. A second Padel court opened-up this year, 5 minutes farther.

I have 2 municipal tennis courts I can book and play free-of-charge, but they are empty most of the time. From 2022 when I started Tennis, until 2024, there were many people playing tennis. Last couple years, number have gone way down.

Many tennis club players convert to Padel for various reasons. Especially, those club players with the ego of paying private courts to play their tennis, while there are 2 empty and free tennis courts next to their tennis-club, they pay the same money now and gradually get into Padel.