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Participation over the past two years has grown 39.3%, bringing the number who play in the U.S. One thing that they do agree on is that the game – once known for its reputation as a sport for retired people – has made a huge leap in popularity among many age groups, a leap only amplified in the COVID era.

The answers don’t always satisfy everyone - neighbors, tennis players, pickleballers. But even the noise of the plastic ball hitting a paddle has ruffled feathers. Do you sacrifice tennis courts for pickleball courts? Longer term pickleball plans are in the works. Recreation departments are weighing the demand for more courts against the ever present limit on resources. The crosscurrents have led to pickleball politics.

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to Long Beach, cities are aptly tuned into the craze, which from lively social scenes at public parks has cascaded into a full-on money-making enterprise, complete with a professional circuit and high-profile names such as Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who profess to their “obsession” to a game they never thought would become so popular.īut with its stunning growth, cities across the San Gabriel Valley and the region are scrambling to keep up, as the pickleballing masses demand more court space. From the Inland Empire to the San Gabriel Valley and from the O.C.

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