Is Pickleball a Threat to Tennis?

[@rubberducky4074]

Tennis has so many years of history and prestige attached to it. It’ll always be cherished by so many.

[@sharaizahmad1847]

tennis is way \better

[@GilangRamadhan53]

Pickleball is quite boring to watch. it's a volley game basically. If they extend the no-volley zone then maybe it'll get interesting

[@counterpuncher]

i have a tennis channel plus subscription and the livestreaming of pickleball over a tennis match is common and annoying asf! tennis channel needs to fix their laggy streaming service and upgrade their streaming quality (only can stream in 720p like it's still 2009 🙄) then worrying about streaming other sports on their service

[@conniebauer4128]

Pickleball is growing amongst the older population and retirees, those that have time and money and are looking for ways to stay active. I'm in my 50s and I play both but admit PB is easier on my body than tennis.

[@kogarfire22]

Damn a 1 week premiere?

[@BaselineTennis]

Got to build up the suspense.....

[@rusticheritage]

They've got to make pickleball rallies 2,365 shots each time to out-appeal modern tennis' 2363-shot dingdong rallies! Modern audiences love 2300+ shots per rally!

[@marvinp.morenomfbbchannel2288]

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[@zahed3021]

Tennis is the world's best sport in my opinion. We are lucky to have this game, I wonder if it's a sport played in heaven.

[@arunkrishnamoorthy9038]

Agreed - it's widely played, it's the absolute king in terms of testing all-round ability to play (mental, physical, technique) and also entertaining to watch as it can be played so many different ways (S&V, aggressive baseline, counterpunching, slowballing) and the top players play each other lots (the top mens rivalries are 50+ matches, the top boxing rivalries are single digits for example)

[@gasperm3]

They did a fantastic job developing the tennis ball, its unique because you can either generate pace/spin on it easily, or you can take pace off the ball as well. I don't like that pickle is a wiffle ball, just too easy. I take a lot of pride in being good at one of the most difficult sports you can learn and after 30 years of playing has continued to reward/challenge/keep me in shape! I also don't like all the bending over you must do in pickle, and how you cannot step into the kitchen with your feet forcing us to just use hands. I think pickle is great, but I hope eventually these newbies will give tennis a try in the future.......

[@jacksonbyrne5835]

no

[@federicotown8052]

Maybe it will be a threat in the future who knows

[@Nfulks96]

Lol absolutely not at the professional level. Pro pickleball looks like 4.0 tennis. However at the amateur level, pickleball is a huge threat due to dumbed down nature of the game.

[@offthefront7537]

It's not a racket sport it's a paddle sport.

[@offthefront7537]

Yup

[@federicotown8052]

A new phenomenon ? Maybe

[@babysauceproductions7433]

Can’t wait for breathing to be a sport

[@federicotown8052]

Padel 2.0 hahahahha

[@MarcelloN]

it is different (court balls racquet movement) and 1vs1 pickleball is hard without tennis ' background while padel is more intuitive

[@ericwebster1390]

No.

[@jippysquirmwood4566]

Nope