Why pickleball is gaining popularity in the U.S.

Over the past four years, pickleball has suddenly become the fastest growing sport in America, with nearly five million people playing the game. CBS News correspondent Dana Jacobson takes a look at why the sport has gained recent national attention.
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[@tonyguinn566]

I've lost an eye to Cancer and I can't wait to get back to Pickleball..

[@suelyons531]

Its unfortunate that this story made this seem like an old persons sport. It actually started as a young kids sport. Teenagers and millennials play as much as 60 somethings. Our courts are filled with teenagers playing PB.

[@pdcdesign9632]

The first thing it need is NAME CHANGE. They're in a bit of a pickle!!!! 🤣😬

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Football Soccer Play Beautiful

[@suelyons531]

@@NazriB Try responding in proper English.

[@747jpdrummer]

"Kitchen" = Non-Volley Zone. People who are trying to explain the sport, need to explain the concept of this critical part of the game like no volleying, dinking, Ernies...

[@kol_athletics]

love to see it!! 🥳

[@s.l.3673]

Why it's gaining popularity? How about, It's far easier to play, It's not as taxing on the body, It uses so much less space, and It's fun.

[@tiffanifloyd1552]

Love it!!🤩🤩

[@efilwv1635]

How does it make you feel when you play?

[@tiffanifloyd1552]

@@efilwv1635 Great!! My youngest daughter and I started playing about 5 years ago and we have blast every time!! 😍😍

[@rcvillapando]

I’m interested to see it mainstream. Senior and juvenile games for the undercard matches on TV, then followed up with the top players as main events.

[@747jpdrummer]

It is on the the Tennis Channel, ESPN, and National TV. It is trying to become an Olympic game. Yes, we are going mainstream.

[@pdcdesign9632]

The first thing it need is NAME CHANGE. They're in a bit of a pickle!!!! 🤣😬

[@osceola7497]

What you described is what is included in the major tournaments. The Atlanta Open had almost 1200 registered to play. Most were amateurs of all ages.

[@rcvillapando]

@@pdcdesign9632 in all seriousness, how would you rename a mainstream league?

[@Leomerya12]

0:11 Look at that awesome footwork you need to be successful at the game.

[@shivasuresh5957]

Big investors are behind the pickleball marketing madness. It is tennis for people who aren't fit enough to play tennis or don't want to put in the work and time to learn tennis. If people like it then good for them but please build separate courts instead of interfering with tennis courts.

[@seanhalili4464]

I play tennis and pickleball and i understand your point however the tennis courts in my area aren’t being used very often and I see the transition of the courts over to pickleball. It really is about demand. If it gets more of the community to be active I think it should be supported.

[@juliuscaesart]

“Hey man, wanna go out for a couple cold ones?” No, got pickleball at 5:30. It’s pretty serious.”

[@emiliobello2538]

Not much people talk about this. We need a movie about pickle ball

[@SbwrielYT]

We should call it 'Ain't No Fickle'

[@conniebauer4128]

There literally is a Broadway play about pickleball, it's by the actor Jeff Daniels.

[@greatscott88mph]

Way too many people playing and not enough public courts… there I said it…

[@efilwv1635]

“Is pickle ball a cult”? Haha now that’s some Onion News Network stuff.

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[@TheCommunicationCoach]

It's like racquetball, even the old, obese guys can play since the don't have to move much.

[@artvandelay7687]

Play against Moscoso in singles and then say racquetball is an old obese guy game.

[@terranrepublic7023]

because someone in the business paid you to promote them

[@AmandaHugginkiss69]

Pickleball? O crap! I've had my hand down my pants all day cause I thought it was tickle ball. My mistake

[@pdcdesign9632]

The first thing it need is NAME CHANGE. They're in a bit of a pickle!!!! 🤣😬

[@lillah2k3]

Sooo it’s gaining popularity because it’s easy?

[@aj4256]

Most people are poor can’t afford a tennis mebership

[@guslevy3506]

Eventually, they will need to make a slightly bigger court. Pickleball as it currently plays is nothing less than a senior activity on a cruise ship…very little running and athleticism involved which limits the broad long term appeal as a sport. The problem with tennis is that there is too much running…the problem with Pickleball is that there is no running involved…

[@elvnprince]

Have you watched the pros play or played against athletic players? It's a small space but if you are athletic, you go for balls the seniors can't/won't go for. It's a lot of sudden sprinting in multiple directions. I wore my fit watch and tracked 6,500 steps per hour of pickleball vs, just under 4,000 steps per hour of community volleyball.

[@TheCommunicationCoach]

Because they can't play tennis, and never could. This looks boring.

[@Melodie007]

❤

[@artvandelay7687]

I don't understand why everyone feels they have to either love or hate the game. I don't love it but it's okay once in awhile. It doesn't give me enough of a rush to ever be my primary sport but plenty of players of more athletic sports treat themselves to a bowling or pool night on their rest days to do something fun to mix it up. Pickleball is no different. Do you guys (whom this applies to) think you're sharing groundbreaking information when you enlighten us on how it doesn't require as much athleticism as tennis? Nobody is trying to convince you that is does, and the dimensions of the court are already letting you know that it doesn't. That being said, every sport has its levels of competition, any sport can be a senior citizen game when senior citizens decide to play it together, and any sport can be less physically demanding when people decide to play doubles instead of singles and cut the running in half. If any of us ever have the experience of Ben Johns alone on the other side of the net, I'm sure the sport won't feel anywhere near as un-intense as this video leads some of you to believe.

[@dradenhaven1549]

It's a good introduction to tennis, the most entertaining sport out there, when you learn how to play.

[@pdcdesign9632]

The first thing it need is NAME CHANGE. They're in a bit of a pickle!!!! 🤣😬

[@gomerhanger2285]

what a whitebread game lol

[@HenggaoCai]

I learned Pickleball 12 years ago. Nothing new!

[@PlannedObsolescence]

Nobody said it was new.

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[@dainguyen784]

nahhhh

[@chiloveradiouncut]

This looks goofy.

[@dellbussey267]

😂😂😂

[@justrelaxing1501]

This is the stupidest game on the planet! People with too much time on their hands shirking work and personal obligations to play badminton!!!

[@slowbro1337]

Sounds like literally any hobby or self intrest in existence then

[@mikekelsey6777]

And this is the stupidest comment I have read on the Internet today.

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Simple answer- $$$$$$$$. And another distraction

[@TooHonestButtTrue]

easy to learn hard to master

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Oh look...lazy tennis.

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[@antoinetbd8016]

Because it's played by people who have no athletic ability..

[@laurendavis9777]

So noisy.👎🏾

[@Shane-zl9ry]

People are too lazy to play tennis.

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LOL

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[@parislondonbranch.....149]

pickle only for elderly as toy fun..

[@suelyons531]

My 17 year old and his friends play PB and it's competitive. It's huge where I live. You must not get out very often.

[@sbjr5504]

@@suelyons531 exactly, our parks here in San Diego are filled with players both young and old.

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Is it stupid? Yanks will like that.

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