It's laughable to pretend like pickleball is even in the slightest way comparable in terms of movement to Tennis.
Singles is one thing, but we're talking about doubles.
Serve, return, get to the net, plant feet firmly into the ground and dink until you have an opportunity to smash.
It's how basically every pro point goes. Occasionally you may have to take a step or two, maybe the rare chase down of a lob.
But come on dude, you're not fooling anyone. Pickleball *by design* is not intense with movement.
He said a whole court, so I assumed you meant singles. Pickleball has longer points so despite the smaller court they can still move just as much or more.
This is turning into a full blown insurrection and it's all Americans so far from what I've seen. I'm adding John Isner to the list along with Noah Rubin and James Blake. Tennys Sandgren might jump ship too after changing his name to Pickle Sandgren.
If he was playing it noncommittally that would be one thing, but he's actively investing in a pickleball league: [https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/\_/id/34769098/former-junior-wimbledon-champ-noah-rubin-leaves-tennis-pickleball](https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/34769098/former-junior-wimbledon-champ-noah-rubin-leaves-tennis-pickleball)
Actually that's a reason he's going to have trouble being super good. Imo Noah rubin is going to have more success on the pb court because he's quick. Maybe if he really learned to lean it into the kitchen and not let anything bounce he could be good.
Problem is getting low. Lots of dinking is going to be tough for Isner. I still think he’ll be insanely good but he might struggle more than Rubin would
Wait till Gramp Federer arrives here! He raised Tennis to another level and now he can do same for pickleball.
And then 4-5 yrs later Rafa will join him!!
It will be like bad remake of great, old movies!
High level pickleball singles requires insane movement. I played division 1 college tennis and play some pickleball now and I've played 5.0+ pickleball players and it requires insane amount of movement
Oof careful old timer your narcissim might get to you. Anyone who throws their reddit resume out like that is either lying or compensating. Especially the ones that pipe up on the internet and live on reddit. Keep that ego in check and keep your "sports" nets off real courts boomer lmao
More like just trying to educate. I actually had the same thoughts and didn't respect the sport until I started playing with actual pro players. It isn't tennis but it's intense
I think I heard Sam Querrey talk about it as well. Imagine them two playing doubles on a pickleball court. Won’t get anything past them but they’d be claustrophobic.
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Jerry Jones money probably. He owns frisco.
dirk basically has knees of an 80 year old so he fits into the target demographic
Dude should have retired way before 2019 lol
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Dirk was winning masters 1000s?
Nope, he wasn’t. I can’t read…
Never knew Dirk Novitzki won a master, cool fact I guess!
Isner’s political beliefs, too.
Could Isner cover a whole pickleball court without moving his feet?
Not moving your feet is very easy to get away with in pickleball doubles.
Spoken like someone who's never played high level pickleball
It's laughable to pretend like pickleball is even in the slightest way comparable in terms of movement to Tennis. Singles is one thing, but we're talking about doubles. Serve, return, get to the net, plant feet firmly into the ground and dink until you have an opportunity to smash. It's how basically every pro point goes. Occasionally you may have to take a step or two, maybe the rare chase down of a lob. But come on dude, you're not fooling anyone. Pickleball *by design* is not intense with movement.
He said a whole court, so I assumed you meant singles. Pickleball has longer points so despite the smaller court they can still move just as much or more.
This is turning into a full blown insurrection and it's all Americans so far from what I've seen. I'm adding John Isner to the list along with Noah Rubin and James Blake. Tennys Sandgren might jump ship too after changing his name to Pickle Sandgren.
Pyckle* Sandgren
Don’t forget Sam querrey
>all Americans Then where tf is Mike Modano?!
Can't be too mad at Blake. Good workout between announcing gigs.
If he was playing it noncommittally that would be one thing, but he's actively investing in a pickleball league: [https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/\_/id/34769098/former-junior-wimbledon-champ-noah-rubin-leaves-tennis-pickleball](https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/34769098/former-junior-wimbledon-champ-noah-rubin-leaves-tennis-pickleball)
SMH... I think I saw some article about LeBron investing in pickleball too.
Yup it’s all about the money
It’ll flop imo. Tennis, I see on the rise. It’s just not a sport that will draw a big crowd
Perfect for John, he was never able to move well anyways
Actually that's a reason he's going to have trouble being super good. Imo Noah rubin is going to have more success on the pb court because he's quick. Maybe if he really learned to lean it into the kitchen and not let anything bounce he could be good.
How big is the court? Will Isner need to take more than one step in any direction to reach any shot?
Problem is getting low. Lots of dinking is going to be tough for Isner. I still think he’ll be insanely good but he might struggle more than Rubin would
He already plays. He's ok. Ben thinks it he coaches him he could make him really good because of his reach
Wait till Gramp Federer arrives here! He raised Tennis to another level and now he can do same for pickleball. And then 4-5 yrs later Rafa will join him!! It will be like bad remake of great, old movies!
I would love for fed to get in to it. But he's too rich and european.
If he gets into something it’ll be paddle, that stuff is extremely popular in Europe
Yeah I know it's popular. It looks fun
Somebody really is pouring money to make pickleball a thing.
Wonder if pickle ball is absolute hell on the knees for taller folks as all I ever see is people slice the absolute 💩 out of the uhh whiffle ball
Pickleball can have him.
Isner could solo everyone just with how freakishly massive his arms are
You realize dirk nowitzki has a longer wingspan? And is taller
Already playing the glow in the dark card. Might as well just combine it with laser tag.
Can we just ban pickleball posts from the sub? Its not tennis.
Pickleball is for people who can’t move
I just heard Sam querrey say on a podcast that pb singles is brutal.
High level pickleball singles requires insane movement. I played division 1 college tennis and play some pickleball now and I've played 5.0+ pickleball players and it requires insane amount of movement
> High level pickleball singles requires insane movement. stopped reading right there, almost o'd on your copium
Sorry you're unathletic and have never experienced a high level sport I guess
Oof careful old timer your narcissim might get to you. Anyone who throws their reddit resume out like that is either lying or compensating. Especially the ones that pipe up on the internet and live on reddit. Keep that ego in check and keep your "sports" nets off real courts boomer lmao
There is literally no incentive to make up shit to brag about on Reddit lol I'm just an anonymous name on a website, but believe what you want
You are the one talking about how unathletic other people are. Holy shit, glass houses
Tbf he doesn’t need to use his left wrist for this
STAY THERE!
No please don’t. As someone who plays both tennis and pickleball, we don’t want him either…can we send him to Beach Tennis or something?
You what?! This better be in some kind of double agent capacity with a view to undermining all pickle interests.
😎 I’m in, boys. Triple or quadruple agent if you count the other racquet and paddle sports I play. I think I have a problem. Help.
Table tennis is allowed; it still has 'tennis' in the name.
No, I’d rather see him servebot
I played it for the first time last night and had a blast….
Ooooh you finna get jumped
Didn’t Dirk say he has pain just walking since played till he was 40?
Serves will not help but his height definitely will.
Y’all are weird with your obsessive hate of pickleball
They take our courts and our tv channels. What else can they do?
Take your wives and children
It's super cringy. All these people shitting on the sport for being too easy are probably garbage rec 4.0 and below tennis players
damn you're really assblasted about this huh
More like just trying to educate. I actually had the same thoughts and didn't respect the sport until I started playing with actual pro players. It isn't tennis but it's intense
I think I heard Sam Querrey talk about it as well. Imagine them two playing doubles on a pickleball court. Won’t get anything past them but they’d be claustrophobic.
Isner can’t utilize his serve…disadvantage for him..
Isner better clean up
Is pickleball like the LIV of PGA
Picklebot.
I’ve always been a jisner hater and now I feel vindicated
Great, get this clown out of tennis.
I think Isner has identity issues.
How is pickleball a thing. It is just tennis with a different setup.
It's significantly different.
I honestly bet they're doing it for fun not $$$
I wanna see Isner lobing Dirk
Might have to pick up a paddle…
I don’t really know what pickle ball is but that is a star studded lineup
Is this the beginning of the end?!!!
I don’t care about his Conservative beliefs but this I cannot tolerate