OT: Pickleball Fever: anyone here catch it?

[AngryScientist]

Interesting conversation.

How popular are racquet sports in general where you guys live?

I never played tennis before, but my young son has taken a real interest in it, so I'm trying to learn the game myself and we go to the local courts somewhat regularly these days. We always have the courts to ourselves. Some of my regular cycling routes go past a number of tennis courts and I rarely see anyone using them. Since we are [very] bad at tennis, and balls go everywhere, it's nice for us to have the courts to ourselves as we learn the game.