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Posted by: @boogie

Posted by: @noodle

Attending the dreaded firm retreat in a few weeks and I signed up for the pickleball tournament. I've "played" exactly four times, with my son. I think our longest rally was a total of 7 shots (not each - total).

What shoes should I wear so that my coworkers know I mean business when I walk onto the court? I plan to wear my retro Yonex racquetball shirt (red) and Adidas shorts (dark blue). 

 


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Uh, those shoes are only for cookouts, going to Cracker Barrel,  then mowing the lawn.

 


 
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Topic starter Posted : 08/25/2025 12:57 pm
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Posted by: @bulk-vh

Posted by: @boogie

Posted by: @noodle

Attending the dreaded firm retreat in a few weeks and I signed up for the pickleball tournament. I've "played" exactly four times, with my son. I think our longest rally was a total of 7 shots (not each - total).

What shoes should I wear so that my coworkers know I mean business when I walk onto the court? I plan to wear my retro Yonex racquetball shirt (red) and Adidas shorts (dark blue). 

 


air monarch dad shoes

 

Uh, those shoes are only for cookouts, going to Cracker Barrel,  then mowing the lawn.

 

 

And now, pickleball

 


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Posted : 08/25/2025 2:13 pm
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@sig I played a few times and was very good.  It fixed the worst thing about my tennis game. I can’t serve. As in basically at all


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Posted : 08/25/2025 2:57 pm
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Posted by: @mcm666

@sig I played a few times and was very good.  It fixed the worst thing about my tennis game. I can’t serve. As in basically at all

I’m interested in how PB helped with your tennis serve.

 


 
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Topic starter Posted : 08/25/2025 3:23 pm
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@bulk-vh I don’t have to do it. No more tennis


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Posted : 08/25/2025 3:41 pm
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Posted by: @mcm666

@bulk-vh I don’t have to do it. No more tennis

Ha! My serve is the best part of my game.  If I can't win a point in three hits, I'm done.  

 


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Posted : 08/25/2025 4:24 pm
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Posted by: @mcm666

@bulk-vh I don’t have to do it. No more tennis


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Topic starter Posted : 08/25/2025 4:31 pm
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@bradstevens lol. Whatever the mechanics of serving the ball in tennis I can’t do. It takes me four or five throws just to get an attempt and then the serve is a disaster


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Posted : 08/25/2025 4:35 pm
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Ha! My serve is the best part of my game.  If I can’t win a point in three hits, I’m done.  

I played on the HS tennis team. Never was much good, barely made the team. Even though I'm short, my serve was my best shot. Boomer. Never let up on my second serve, either. Decent forehand, too. But absolutely no backhand whatsoever. Once my opponent realized that, I was sunk.

 


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Posted : 08/25/2025 4:48 pm
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Posted by: @bradstevens

Ha! My serve is the best part of my game.  If I can’t win a point in three hits, I’m done.  

I played on the HS tennis team. Never was much good, barely made the team. Even though I'm short, my serve was my best shot. Boomer. Never let up on my second serve, either. Decent forehand, too. But absolutely no backhand whatsoever. Once my opponent realized that, I was sunk.

 

Ooooo, fancy.  You went to a HS with a tennis team.

My home town had one tennis court...and it was gravel.

 


 
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Topic starter Posted : 08/25/2025 4:50 pm
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Ooooo, fancy.  You went to a HS with a tennis team.

My home town had one tennis court…and it was gravel.

Gravel might have been an improvement for ours. We played all our matches on the road, by request.


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Posted : 08/25/2025 6:40 pm
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Stella Artois, Matt Damon, and David Beckham running commercials during the US Open taking shots at pickleball, @bulk-vh 


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Posted : 08/25/2025 7:49 pm
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Posted by: @bradstevens

Stella Artois, Matt Damon, and David Beckham running commercials during the US Open taking shots at pickleball, @bulk-vh 

I guaran-frickin-tee they both play.

Plus, Willem Dafoe would beat the shit out of both of them.

 


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Topic starter Posted : 08/25/2025 7:56 pm
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Apparently PB has had a rise of injuries to players over 50.  In fact a doctor my wife knows from Indy now living in Colorado is a paraplegic due to a terrible fall on the court.


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Posted : 08/26/2025 5:53 am
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Posted by: @unclemark

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Ooooo, fancy.  You went to a HS with a tennis team.

My home town had one tennis court…and it was gravel.

Gravel might have been an improvement for ours. We played all our matches on the road, by request.

Did you have to dodge cars?

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