Christina (in New York, USA) kept exclaiming while playing pickleball: ‘Oh my god, there are so many handsome guys here! There! There! Who knows what will happen’.
The girl who lives in Kips Bay, a neighborhood on the east side of Manhattan (New York), often spends every Sunday morning going to South Village Park to play pickleball, a sport that is “hot” all the time.
“Everyone here is very friendly. We play pickleball and have fun conversations,” Christina Ali shared.
Unlike tennis, pickleball players can communicate more easily thanks to the small space of the court. Many people say that this is the point that makes the atmosphere of this sport more comfortable.
Pickleball, more than just a sport!
Yael Yonah (24) and Emma Troxler (30) met at a pickleball court and started a relationship in December. “I beat her in a game. Who would have thought that winning would make her think ‘this is great’?!”, says Troxler.
Yonax adds: “That’s because I beat everyone except him. I kept wondering, ‘Who is this person who beat me?’. That prompted me to ask for your phone number, ni!”.
Daniel G. (25 years old), living in the West Village, New York, said that he also met his boyfriend on the same pickleball court. This person confirmed that he had known many couples before, but they were just “strangers” on the court.
Sharing with the New York Post, Sara Buffone (25 years old, living in Tribeca, New York) affirmed that she does not regret having to wait for half an hour at the pickleball court. That empty time, for her, is an opportunity to “check out” a series of potential partners on the court.
It seems that this court has become a gathering place for many young people, both young and strong, from all walks of life. Moreover, the characteristics of this pickleball sport have easily brought strangers together, more than any other game.
Kate Whittier (24 years old), an office worker, affirmed: “I will go to the pickleball court with carefully mascaraed eyelashes. Another tennis skirt, I will wear it”.
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