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Order on the pickleball court!!!

Outside/In

NHPR

Society & Culture, Documentary, Natural Sciences, Nature, Science

4.71.5K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Pickleball is the fastest growing sport in America. It may also be the most hated. Tennis and basketball players are complaining about losing court space because of an “invasion” of pickleballers. Residents are losing sleep because of the incessant noise. Fights over pickleball have led to a slew of petitions, calls to the police, and even lawsuits. So why do pickleball players love this sport so much? Just how annoying is it to everyone else? And what will it take for everyone to just get along?  Producer Felix Poon visits one of the most popular courts in Boston to see how the drama is unfolding there. Featuring Kemardo Henry, Martha Merson, Soren Whited, and Zariyah Cherise. For a transcript and full list of credits, go to outsideinradio.org.    SUPPORT Outside/In is made possible with listener support. Click here to become a sustaining member of Outside/In.  Follow Outside/In on Instagram or join our private discussion group on Facebook.   LINKS Want to play pickleball, but don’t want to annoy the neighbors? Check out this guide to quiet pickleball paddles. Read the petition that first raised concerns over the popularity of pickleball at the South Street Courts in Jamaica Plain. Learn more about the history of pickleball, which was invented near Seattle in Bainbridge Island, WA. For more on the various conflicts arising from pickleball’s growing popularity, read One Man’s Lonely War on Central Park Pickleball (NYTimes), and Shattered Nerves, Sleepless Nights: Pickleball Noise Is Driving Everyone Nuts (NYTimes) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

What's up, Felix?

0:01.3

Nate Hedgie. Have you ever played pickleball?

0:03.5

No, I have not.

0:04.7

So I've mentioned on the podcast that I'm a fan.

0:07.5

Is it mean of me to say, when I think of the activities that you do,

0:11.2

sometimes I think of like Felix doing like old man activities?

0:14.4

What other old man activities do I do?

0:16.7

Didn't you do Tai Chi as well?

0:18.6

Did I mention that when you were talking about retirement accounts?

0:22.4

You did.

0:23.3

I mean, you're one to speak.

0:25.0

You're talking about retirement accounts.

0:27.8

That's fair.

0:28.8

That's fair.

0:30.0

And now you're playing pickleball.

0:32.3

Nate, pickleball is the fastest growing sport in America.

0:35.4

Get with the times.

0:36.2

Pickleball.

0:36.9

Pickleball.

0:37.5

Pickle ball. Yes, pickleball.

0:39.3

This is pickleball.

0:43.4

So I've seen a lot of different numbers, but reports say that the number of pickleball players

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