Why is everyone talking about pickleball?
The enthusiastic chorus comes from several players on the closest court, members of a tight-knit group called LGBTQIA2S+ Pickleballers, which plays every week. Despite rain in the forecast, all four pickleball courts are full with four players each, and more players wait on the sidelines. As the passersby continue their walk, one woman calls out: “Anyone can play, even your child!”
The game is crazy fun, and it’s easy to get hooked. In winter, pickleballers who are used to outdoor courts—you can play indoors or out—will grip paddles in mittened hands rather than skip a game. “It gets to be so cold in winter that the ball will crack,” says Laura Penn, a regular at Fox’s Friday pickleball games. Another player, Miriam Zoila Pérez, describes clearing puddles off the court with a windshield ice scraper and a towel so they could play on a rainy day.
In DC, the Department of Parks and Recreation has seen the number of pickleball participants jump from between 70 and 100 in 2018 to 600 or 700 today, according to Andrew Acquadro, who heads the department’s tennis and pickleball programs.
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