Why pickleball getting popular in SG

[Cedr1c]

Suddenly everyone wana play

 

[dambio]

Extremely noisy

 

[AuraKUPO]

Vietnam also a lot of people playing now

 

[buttbERry]

iirc got MP ask for more courts

 

[ots]

Play cricket better

 

[Iamnobodyla]

iirc got MP ask for more courts

Who? They calling for more courts ?

 

[madcampus]

iirc got MP ask for more courts

The current outdoor badminton court is good enough. But not many around. Used to have alot last time like table tennis table. All gone.

 

[deathan9el]

not me
have no idea what or how to play it either

 

[standarture]

Cos it is less intensive than badminton or table tennis. Hybrid of tennis and table tennis. Used to be mostly old people dominated but recently got a lot of youngsters playing already.

 

[buttbERry]

Who? They calling for more courts ?

yes i rmb is call for more courts

 

[tyr9292]

popular cause many chiobu play

 

[Flexamoria]

Irritating, boomer like to play

 

[focus1974]

i think because it combines everything of all the other racket sports
1) small court (table tennis too small, tennis too big)
2) height of court (badminton net.. gives tall players advantage)
3) racket (size of racket , not too small like table tennis, not too big like tennis. portability)
4) multiplayer and good for all ages.

cons.
noisy to the poor folks living near the courts.


Tennis sound in condo is muffled coz the ball is like wooly ..and softer..
this one is a ping pong ball on steroids.

 

[Subprimer]

it gained popularity in US few years ago, SG slow to catch up as usual

 

[orpisia]

What on earth is it

 

[Dracky]

Looks like children's game played mostly by boomers. Back in secondary school days, my friends used a ping pong ball and a slim hardback to play similarly.

 

[artncraft]

The ball moves slower and it can touch the ground.

In tennis, I can't even respond to the ball coming at me.

In badminton, I have trouble keeping the shuttlecock in the air.