SluSignGuy Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenbill Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 Still waiting… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Elrond Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 Maybe they are buying up Harris-Stowe and plan to use it to expand parking at Chaifetz? Slowry likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Elrond Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 It’s team Pickleball!! BuiltFordBills and MusicCityBilliken like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenbill Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 No longer waiting. Will the Philly team use Tom Gola Arena and Pickleball Courts for their home facility? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobillsgo Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 Delete thread. Yawnnn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Pelican Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 I was so sure we were getting an NBA team. Seriously, I now see why he used the word "shock". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeseman Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 Just now, White Pelican said: I was so sure we were getting an NBA team. Seriously, I now see why he used the word "shock". Wait for it Cornhole is coming! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC1764 Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 Pickleball sounds like a younger Millennial/Gen Z game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoop Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 When you google MLP, you get my little pony. Box and Won likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoCoBillsFan Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 2 minutes ago, BC1764 said: Pickleball sounds like a younger Millennial/Gen Z game. Born in 2000 and I don’t know a single person that plays/played pickleball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiken Rich Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 12 minutes ago, NoCoBillsFan said: Born in 2000 and I don’t know a single person that plays/played pickleball In my experience it seems to be slow tennis for old people.... rgbilliken and slufanskip like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juniorbill76 Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 My wife and I are beginner tennis players and our instructor has had to add pickleball, but he hopes people will tire of it and want to take up tennis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laker119 Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 Of all the things i would have guessed this announcement would involve, team pickleball would never have come up lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 25 minutes ago, Scoop said: When you google MLP, you get my little pony. The St. Louis Bronies Box and Won and OkieBilliken like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlarry Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 30 minutes ago, BC1764 said: Pickleball sounds like a younger Millennial/Gen Z game. 27 minutes ago, NoCoBillsFan said: Born in 2000 and I don’t know a single person that plays/played pickleball pickleball is an old person game. 40+ would be the main demographic. Most parks in the south city area are converting their tennis courts to pickleball courts. If you drive by ona nice weekend they will be jam packed all day. The game has really turned city parks into hotspots which is awesome. I really enjoy playing. That said this news doesn’t excite me one bit. MusicCityBilliken likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeseman Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 9 minutes ago, brianstl said: The St. Louis Bronies Sweet midgets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
courtside Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 There are 3 similar but different sports that originated in the 1960’s: Padel or Paddle Tennis (By far the most popular Internationally, despite the recent dramatic increase in Pickleball in the U.S.) Paddleball. Pickleball. ………………… Some local St. Louis tennis clubs have offered Paddle Tennis for many decades. It’s popular in those circles. ………………. Pickleball is a good form of exercise for people of all ages, young and old. (Good for them). Obviously it’s good for very young kids and older adults, but, it is not limited to that. Several former professional tennis players are playing and owning teams too. ………………. It’s all good unless/until they try to convert tennis courts into pickleball courts. As long as they have their own courts separate from tennis, it’s fine. I am not in favor of converting tennis courts to pickleball, which has been an issue in a few (non local) geographies. ……………. Tonka likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlarry Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 3 minutes ago, courtside said: There are 3 similar but different sports that originated in the 1960’s: Padel or Paddle Tennis (By far the most popular Internationally, despite the recent dramatic increase in Pickleball in the U.S.) Paddleball. Pickleball. ………………… Some local St. Louis tennis clubs have offered Paddle Tennis for many decades. It’s popular in those circles. ………………. Pickleball is a good form of exercise for people of all ages, young and old. (Good for them). Obviously it’s good for very young kids and older adults, but, it is not limited to that. Several former professional tennis players are playing and owning teams too. ………………. It’s all good unless/until they try to convert tennis courts into pickleball courts. As long as they have their own courts separate from tennis, it’s fine. I al not in favor of converting tennis courts to pickleball, which has been an issue in a few (non local) geographies. ……………. They converted half of the tennis courts at Carondolet park and half at Wilmore to Pickleball courts. Before the conversion they were completely empty. After the conversion they are packed to the brim. People sit on the sideline waiting for a court to open. I see nothing wrong with converting something that wasn’t used into something that is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 i know nothing about pickle ball and have no desire to learn. two years to retirement and all i know is i get to play a LOT more golf. focusing on that.. brianstl likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennis_w Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 17 minutes ago, billiken_roy said: i know nothing about pickle ball and have no desire to learn. two years to retirement and all i know is i get to play a LOT more golf. focusing on that.. get retired roy and we will play a round together billiken_roy likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taj79 Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 @billiken_royRetire and come out to SoCen PA and we'll do my two, 18-hole courses on which I live. Seeing as I also work there, discounts abound! Open invitation to all but those on my ignore list. billiken_roy and Tonka like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicCityBilliken Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 59 minutes ago, dlarry said: pickleball is an old person game. 40+ would be the main demographic. Most parks in the south city area are converting their tennis courts to pickleball courts. If you drive by ona nice weekend they will be jam packed all day. The game has really turned city parks into hotspots which is awesome. I really enjoy playing. That said this news doesn’t excite me one bit. I am a boomer and I am addicted on playing pickleball. Fortunately, where I live has 10 courts. They just converted 2 of the 6 tennis courts we have to pickleball courts. Also, to be good at it is not easy. You have to play it a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billikenbooster Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 I wonder if the MLP matches will be held at Chaifetz Arena. Would be a win win for SLU and the Shock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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