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Originally Posted by village dreamer
in pickleball at the net , its 7feet to the net , 14 feet from one side to the other
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You can tell the people who don't play pickleball. No one stands at the net; it's illegal to go into that area unless a ball happens to land there. And even if it did, the people on the other side of the net would still be seven feet away. The area around the net is formally called the no volley zone, colloquially called "the kitchen," and if you step into it when there's no ball there, you lose the point.
In doubles, team players are about six feet apart or more. The only contact from team to team is the ball, and unless you sneeze or cough on it, the likelihood of getting covid-19 is slim.
The problem I think the Rec dept is dealing with is the part called open play, where people line up to play. If they restricted four people to a court and went to a reservation or system like they do in golf, that problem would go away. There would be no line of people waiting to play.
Or, if they can monitor the pools and only allow a certain number of people in for a certain amount of time, they could do the same at the pickleball courts.