I enjoyed playing competitive tennis for years, but I just can't warm up to pickleball. I know it's immensely popular.
I think that the orthopedic surgeons from Jackson Hole, Aspen, etc. needed to increase business in the summertime and invented it. It sure keeps the bone guys busy down here in The Villages.
Pickleball is sure big here in Franklin NC. Meanwhile my sport, Bowling, has gone straight downhill and almost disappeared. We don't even have an alley here anymore.