Pickleball popularity exploded last year, with more than 36 million playing the sport

[Joe Cool]

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/05/pickleball-popularity-explodes-with-more-than-36-million-playing.html

Pickleball now boasts the support of LeBron James, Tom Brady and more than 36 million other Americans.
The rapidly growing sport is easy to learn and inexpensive.
The pickleball restaurant-entertainment model is also gaining steam. From Chicken N Pickle to Camp Pickle, entrepreneurs are hoping to capitalize on the craze.

[hlthe2b]

1. Can anyone explain the difference between pickleball and paddleball?

I don't get it.

[Joe Cool]

2. Pickleball vs. Paddle Tennis - What's The Difference?

https://www.pickleballace.com/pickleball-vs-paddle-tennis/#:~:text=Pickleball%20uses%20a%20small%20plastic,you%20of%20ping%20pong%20balls.

[hlthe2b]

3. not sure I could tell as an onlooker, but I guess there are some subtle differences.

[bullimiami]

4. The most dangerous sport in the us. Find a pickleball player that hasn't been injured.

[ProfessorGAC]

6. Racketball Was Like That

Everyone started wearing goggles because of all the eye injuries.
Floor burns, smashed fingers, broken noses, head cuts...
I played in a league for a few years, and every week someone was out because they got hurt last week.
I was lucky in that I got one floor burn and one nasty calf bruise.

[bullimiami]

8. Well take racketball and make most of the players over 60. BAM.

[ProfessorGAC]

9. Count Me Out!

I quit before I was 30! I played basketball in a couple leagues for another 7 or 8 years, and quit before I hurt myself!
I play golf & pool now. Unlikely to get hurt that way.

[ProfessorGAC]

5. Saw A Piece On That On ESPN

They actually went into the history of the game and the guy who invented it was interviewed.
Pretty fun 7 minutes.

[GreenWave]

7. Man I laid my Louisville slugger into that pickle

and everyone relished the explosion. I got an inside the parker too as they couldn't reassemble the pickle fast enough to tag me out.

[True Dough]

10. This explains

the "GreenWave".