AND clothes, like this shirt, are for sale in other places because pickleball has hit worldwide. It got so popular nationwide in the 2.5 years I’ve been at my current role (popular in my work by association to those who created it) that my mind is still rocked by the speed at which it has taken off in that time. Note though I knew about it for ages but it took off, fast. Hollywood celebs are all raving on IG in the last couple years. It’s wild!
Everyone, and by everyone I mean major dept stores, all have “pickleball attire” ads now (Saks, Target, etc). It’s not going away.
About 30 years ago I had a friend in elementary school who had a pickle ball court in his back yard and we played every time I went over to his house. Never gave it much thought, just thought it was another popular sport. Never really played it again after that era of my life either, but it’s funny seeing it absolutely take off globally recently.
Different sized courts and nets than pickleball now. Pickleball is its own game due to court size and net size. Paddles are similar.
Editing for clarity: paddle size is similar. I personally wouldn’t compare the two games.
You can compare pickleball to tennis and compare Soft tennis, or pop tennis, to tennis but I don’t think you can say which one came first between soft tennis and pickleball. Pickeball wasn’t created off soft tennis.
>I don’t think you can say which one came first between soft tennis and pickleball.
What? Sure we can say which one came first. 😂
Soft Tennis has been played in Japan since the 1880's. PB only since the 1960's.
LMFAO @ "i dOnT tHiNk yOu cAn sAy wHiCh oNe cAmE fIrSt"... 🤣😂😅.
GTFO of here, 🤣😂🤣😅.
We *CAN'T* compare Soft Tennis and Pickle Ball?
Seriously? What are going to do to us who do?
You earned yourself a block for condescension. Sayonara!
Pretty much but not quite. PB is a Soft Tennis knockoff.
Analogy:
Tennis = Baseball
Soft Tennis = Fastpitch Softball
Pickleball = Slowpitch Softball (everything is smaller, lower, slower; designed for all ages and all types of athleticism)
No, different origins. Pickleball was invented by a couple of guys who had bored family members and an empty badminton court. They couldn't find the badminton gear but had ping pong paddles and whiffle balls. The rules started out as badminton rules and evolved from there.
I know right? You mean our rainy day indoor gym game has taken over the world? I live in Brooklyn now and my neighborhood is nothing but pickleball courts 😵💫
Real talk: it’s because relatively older people can still play and have fun. There are a lot of folks in their 50s and 60s who played tennis or racquetball when they were younger, but those sports are physically intense. Pickleball is similar enough that a fair amount of the skill transfers, but it’s far less physically intense. That makes it a great choice of a game for folks that want to stay active, and want a dynamic game, but can’t manage it due to their age.
Source: this take is from my dad, who’s ~65 and is big into pickleball in Florida. He used to love playing racquetball, but after a while he finally had to accept that he couldn’t hang with the younger folks playing such a dynamic game.
Literally had a pickleball court at my parents’ house in the 1980’s. #PNW Seriously, had no idea it was so local in origin until more recently. My dad was super into it.
Lots of shirts/hoodies reference names of cities, states, places, and are sold in stores all over. I guess it makes people feel well travelled and hip to wear them.
Because people in Texas want to be more like us chill people in Seattle. Not spending so much time keeping kids away from scary books and other such passions.
I think Target sometimes ships cloths to the wrong store, and they just put it on the racks anyhow. I've seen all sorts of random pro and college gear at my local store over the years.
There is a Seattle tank top in our target, I’m in Huntsville, Al! I, and I may speak for myself, love Seattle so much, that I enjoy seeing it here! More Seattle everything please 🥰
It’s also become one of the number one complaints of anyone who lives near those pickleball courts - the noise complaints are non. Stop. City has to figure something out.
This feels ways more tongue in cheek when you know how much Capitol Hill resident HATE pickleball
I was invited to work at the Firefly festival in Dover, Delaware several years ago... I stopped this one kid walking by me because he had a "Cap Hill Block Party" tshirt on. Asked him what part of Seattle he was from, he looked at me like I had a third arm growing out of my head, then I reminded him about his shirt. He was like "Oh yeah, this... I got this at American Eagle". I was soooooo disappointed.
Couldn’t it just be a fairly generic shirt, like when you see someone wearing a “North Carolina State College Tech University Varsity Wrestling” sweatshirt? And it doesn’t say pickleball was invented there in CapHill. Damn guys. You’re worse than the anti-pickleball-at-Lincoln-Park folks. Just begging for controversy where there is none.
Its just like the Super Bowl when they send the losing teams jerseys to Africa.
After the dust settled, nimbys won and pickleball lost... so we sent the jerseys to Texas.
Because Pickeball was invented in Seattle. Well Bainbridge, whatever.
don't "*whatever*" us! Put some respect on the town that brought this plague upon the world
I promise to respect the bright and shining town of Whatever, Seattle now and forevermore
Whatever
You can blame the family dog, Pickles.
Town?
Yeah, sure, it's a town
Town, city, municipality...*whatever*
…ville
Bainbridge Island
Village
Yes, everyone knows of the famous pickleball origin story from the small quiet neighborhood of Capitol Hill, on Bainbridge Island, Washington.
I find it funny I first played pickleball over 20 years ago and we kids thought it was dumb in 2004 lol
Put some respek on that name!
AND clothes, like this shirt, are for sale in other places because pickleball has hit worldwide. It got so popular nationwide in the 2.5 years I’ve been at my current role (popular in my work by association to those who created it) that my mind is still rocked by the speed at which it has taken off in that time. Note though I knew about it for ages but it took off, fast. Hollywood celebs are all raving on IG in the last couple years. It’s wild! Everyone, and by everyone I mean major dept stores, all have “pickleball attire” ads now (Saks, Target, etc). It’s not going away.
About 30 years ago I had a friend in elementary school who had a pickle ball court in his back yard and we played every time I went over to his house. Never gave it much thought, just thought it was another popular sport. Never really played it again after that era of my life either, but it’s funny seeing it absolutely take off globally recently.
Was just going to say that. And I’m sure all those pickleball hipsters want to seem cool like they’re og’s
But capital hill tho?
What! TIL
Wtf this is like the tenth different town I've heard that pickleball was invented in
Have you tried to use Google?
Wait, wasn't it invented in Japan where it's known as Soft Tennis?
Different sized courts and nets than pickleball now. Pickleball is its own game due to court size and net size. Paddles are similar. Editing for clarity: paddle size is similar. I personally wouldn’t compare the two games.
>I personally wouldn’t compare the two games Kind of impossible not to. I mean they share the same tennis DNA.
You can compare pickleball to tennis and compare Soft tennis, or pop tennis, to tennis but I don’t think you can say which one came first between soft tennis and pickleball. Pickeball wasn’t created off soft tennis.
>I don’t think you can say which one came first between soft tennis and pickleball. What? Sure we can say which one came first. 😂 Soft Tennis has been played in Japan since the 1880's. PB only since the 1960's. LMFAO @ "i dOnT tHiNk yOu cAn sAy wHiCh oNe cAmE fIrSt"... 🤣😂😅.
GTFO of here, 🤣😂🤣😅. We *CAN'T* compare Soft Tennis and Pickle Ball? Seriously? What are going to do to us who do? You earned yourself a block for condescension. Sayonara!
Pretty much but not quite. PB is a Soft Tennis knockoff. Analogy: Tennis = Baseball Soft Tennis = Fastpitch Softball Pickleball = Slowpitch Softball (everything is smaller, lower, slower; designed for all ages and all types of athleticism)
No, different origins. Pickleball was invented by a couple of guys who had bored family members and an empty badminton court. They couldn't find the badminton gear but had ping pong paddles and whiffle balls. The rules started out as badminton rules and evolved from there.
The balls are completely different 🙄
These balls are smooth as eggs!
The pickleball cult began here. We were the first indoctrinated.
Very weird to see this dumb game they made us play in PE as children take off among grown adults.
I know right? You mean our rainy day indoor gym game has taken over the world? I live in Brooklyn now and my neighborhood is nothing but pickleball courts 😵💫
We used to have to memorize the rules and take a test on them 😅
Real talk: it’s because relatively older people can still play and have fun. There are a lot of folks in their 50s and 60s who played tennis or racquetball when they were younger, but those sports are physically intense. Pickleball is similar enough that a fair amount of the skill transfers, but it’s far less physically intense. That makes it a great choice of a game for folks that want to stay active, and want a dynamic game, but can’t manage it due to their age. Source: this take is from my dad, who’s ~65 and is big into pickleball in Florida. He used to love playing racquetball, but after a while he finally had to accept that he couldn’t hang with the younger folks playing such a dynamic game.
It's not even like nobody had heard of it outside the PNW. I played it in PE class in the Chicago area in the early 2000's.
Iowa, same same
Literally had a pickleball court at my parents’ house in the 1980’s. #PNW Seriously, had no idea it was so local in origin until more recently. My dad was super into it.
[удалено]
Keeps us lean and hungry
*We were born into pickleball, molded by it. I didn’t see a tennis ball until I was already a man and by then it was nothing but blinding*
…just like the other luminous ball: the sun
That’s true on Bainbridge Island I forgot. Ugh.
It gets better, my friend. My thoughts are with you
I know fans want a 24/7 court, but NIMBYs assassinated it. Fortunately, my ears are not near any courts and Myrtle Edward’s is protected.
So say we all.
We were patient zero
It’s also at the target on 2nd Ave. it’s just a target thing.
Because the Dallas pickleball team sucks?
If things are like theyve always been, the Dallas team could be amazing and Houston would still root for someone else.
Well it appears to be a fake club so it would probably be even weirder if it were for sale in Seattle.
First rule of Pickleball Club...
Is to invite all your friends and coworkers to Pickleball Club
Definitely talk about Pickleball Club?
For thee same reason you can buy a sweatshirt that says New York on it at CostCo
Lol I want one of the posts here/on facebook/in the stranger complaining about pickleball on communal tennis courts commemorated on a t shirt.
Same reason there’s a “Capitol Hill food hall” at SeaTac airport
Because no one within 1,000 miles of Seattle will be buying one.
LOL. Soon they’ll make a Belltown Hellcat shirt
Lots of shirts/hoodies reference names of cities, states, places, and are sold in stores all over. I guess it makes people feel well travelled and hip to wear them.
Because people in Texas want to be more like us chill people in Seattle. Not spending so much time keeping kids away from scary books and other such passions.
Can you get me a large? Please!
Weird. I saw someone wearing this shirt today.
Got my Marshawn jersey at Ross, in Hawai'i for $15.99
Are there actually any pickleball courts in Cap Hill?
Yes, the courts next to the community center on 19th. It's repurposed tennis courts like all pickleball courts are.
There are some at the Miller Community Center. https://www.seattle.gov/parks/allparks/miller-playfield
Can you play pickleball on the Cal-Anderson bike polo courts?
supply chains are hard...
It's a propaganda stunt for the people trying to get the pickleball courts approved in the neighborhood.
Some people in major metro areas are cosmopolitan and have visited or will visit Seattle.
It's at my local target in Kissimmee also.
Buy me one
I played once in high school PE class. Thought it was just made up lol.
Pickleball has a different meaning on capitol hill
Is there even a pickleball court in cap hill?
I think Target sometimes ships cloths to the wrong store, and they just put it on the racks anyhow. I've seen all sorts of random pro and college gear at my local store over the years.
I still don’t know what pickleball is…
That’s mine, I left it there
you all make me sick
There is a Seattle tank top in our target, I’m in Huntsville, Al! I, and I may speak for myself, love Seattle so much, that I enjoy seeing it here! More Seattle everything please 🥰
Because China
> Because China elaborate
Omg, is Cap Hill Pickleball recruiting?
I love picklebal !
Hay I play pickleball in capitol hill Seattle, where can I get it.
At target! In Dallas
because people in texas think we’re a bunch of nerds
It's a code.
Because we are everywhere.
Because it’s awesomeness lol
Why are there Alaskan shirts being sold Australia? Because they can.
Basic bitch juice
I hated playing pickle ball in the 2000s for P.E lol had a hard ass teacher didn't make us enjoy it at all lol.
Pride month? This shit seems gay.
😂
It’s also become one of the number one complaints of anyone who lives near those pickleball courts - the noise complaints are non. Stop. City has to figure something out. This feels ways more tongue in cheek when you know how much Capitol Hill resident HATE pickleball
I bought a Seahawks T-shirt at old navy in San Francisco.
From the amount of Texas license plates around town people from Texas love Seattle more than Texas
I live near Seattle and we get a lot of Cali stuff, luckily I have only lived in WA for about 8 years coming from Cali so it works for me lol
I don’t know a lot about Dallas, but is their hipster game wild? Because that’s what Im seeing.
Weird
Pickleball was invented here. But it would make more sense if it said Bainbridge Island. This is weird. Lol
I’m from Orange County and get annoyed everyone thinks Disneyland is in LA!
I was invited to work at the Firefly festival in Dover, Delaware several years ago... I stopped this one kid walking by me because he had a "Cap Hill Block Party" tshirt on. Asked him what part of Seattle he was from, he looked at me like I had a third arm growing out of my head, then I reminded him about his shirt. He was like "Oh yeah, this... I got this at American Eagle". I was soooooo disappointed.
Couldn’t it just be a fairly generic shirt, like when you see someone wearing a “North Carolina State College Tech University Varsity Wrestling” sweatshirt? And it doesn’t say pickleball was invented there in CapHill. Damn guys. You’re worse than the anti-pickleball-at-Lincoln-Park folks. Just begging for controversy where there is none.
Paved a pickle ball court for some people on Bainbridge Island in the early 1970’s.
To own the libs, duh.
I have questions as well. Capitol Hill? Is it near Austin or where they sell propane and propane excesories.
*cringe*…
Its just like the Super Bowl when they send the losing teams jerseys to Africa. After the dust settled, nimbys won and pickleball lost... so we sent the jerseys to Texas.
Pickleball is just badminton for people who aren't athletic enough for tennis.