Pickleball is America's fastest-growing sport since 2019. But the outdoors, court-based paddle game is garnering a fair amount of critics too.
"I discovered pickleball about four years ago, and a light went off in my head," said player Lisa Klein."It’s like ping-pong, it’s like tennis, it’s like racquetball, all mixed together," said Cindy Gershen, the secretary for the Walnut Creek Pickleball Club.
From 8 a.m. until 1 p.m., members do a form of daily athletic worship at Rudgear Park in Walnut Creek.The city converted several tennis courts into pickleball courts six years ago, due to growing demand. And then in 2020, COVID hit, pushing more people out of gyms and indoor recreation spaces, and into parks, like this one.Many complain the noise from the paddles, jammed street parking, and an influx of people are making this court action untenable.
Other players say a different, softer ball, might help. Both players and neighbors have an opportunity to weigh in at a city council meeting Tuesday night, over the fashionable game threatening suburban tranquility. Jesse Gary is a reporter based in the station's South Bay bureau. Follow him on Twitter @JesseKTVU or Instagram @jessegontv.that I have read and agree
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