SAVING PRIVATE PICKLEBALL

LONG WAITS BETWEEN GAMES, CUTTING GAME PLAY TO 6 OR 9 POINTS, COMPLAINTS ABOUT PADDLE JUMPERS, OVERCROWING, TOO MANY BEGINNERS PLAYERS WHO ARE NOT YET READY FOR PRIME TIME OPEN PLAY, PADDLE ROTATION SCHEMES THAT NEVER SEEM TO WORK IN THE LONG RUN.  A GREAT GAME BEING DESICRATED BY TOO MANY PLAYERS, TOO LITTLE COURT SPACE, AND A LACK OF INSTRUCTONS.

ALL THE COURTSIDE GENUSES HAVE HAD  SOLUTIONS BUT NONE OF THEM SEEM TO WORK.
THESE SAME COURTSIDE GURUS DECIDE WHO PLAYS WHERE,  AND THEY'RE  NOT  SURE OF THEIR OWN SKILL LEVEL. OOOPS, I'M SORRY, I FORGOT, THEY ARE MOSTLY SELF ASSESSED ADVANCED PLAYERS.
ITS THE SIGN OF THE TIMES FRIENDS! PICKLEBALL IS GROWING FASTER THAN ANYONE PREDICTED, AND THE TWO MOST IN DEMAND SERVICES ARE MORE COURT SPACE AND MORE CERTIFIED PICKLEBALL INSTRUCTORS.
NOT TO WORRY FOLKS, ITS ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE. IF YOU ARE A SERIOUS PICKLEBALL PLAYER AND YOU ARE SEEKING PLAY WITH LIKE-SKILL PLAYERS, YOU ARE MOST LIKELY GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT PRIVILEGE.
THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS WE CAN SAVE OUR GAME BUT ITS GOING TO TAKE SOME RATIONAL EDUCATED PLAYERS TO GET THE "BALL" ROLLING.
BUT I REALLY DON'T THINK MANY OTHER PLAYERS CARE, AS LONG AS THEY HAVE A PLACE TO PLAY TODAY . . . TO HELL WITH TOMORROW.

  

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