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Pickleball Hopeful
When I started playing pickleball a few years ago I couldn’t quite explain why I found it so addictive. (See Pickled!)
Until then I’d been playing lackluster tennis with frustrating results. (See Tennis Woes)
Then I realized what it was – pickleball is much like tennis – except much more fun!
The fastest growing sport worldwide, there’s a push to see pickleball in the Olympics. But – to mix metaphors – a sport has to go through many hoops to gain Olympic status.
Yet there is a slight chance that pickleball will be an Olympic sport in 2028. Of course I’ll be 84 then, but if I train real hard for the next four years – who knows!
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– Dana Susan Lehrman
Dana Susan LehrmanThis retired librarian loves big city bustle and cozy country weekends, friends and family, good books and theatre, movies and jazz, travel, tennis, Yankee baseball, and writing about life as she sees it on her blog World Thru Brown Eyes!
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I know so many people who LOVE pickleball—including you! The backlash from tennis reminds me a bit of the reaction of skiing to snowboarding, which could not be stopped and did in fact become an Olympic sport. A difference being that the snowboarders were all younger daredevils and the pickleball players are older for the most part—but both enjoy the hell out of their sport.
Yep Khati, it’s certainly not a daredevil sport but it’s so much fun! I’m really addicted, and would play everyday for hours if I could!