[village dreamer]

no pickleball but , you can play corn toss , horseshoes , shuffleboard and bocce??? what up with that.

[Cheeks]

Noise abatement...................kidding it makes no sense at all

[tophcfa]

Originally Posted by village dreamer

no pickleball but , you can play corn toss , horseshoes , shuffleboard and bocce??? what up with that.

Using the above as examples I can see allowing singles only pickleball, but not doubles. I suppose if both teams in doubles are Couples that live together, doubles would be OK. The only difference between pickleball and the other activities is that the players in the other activities are separated by much more than 6 feet. In pickleball, players can come closer than 6 feet at/near the net.

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by village dreamer

no pickleball but , you can play corn toss , horseshoes , shuffleboard and bocce??? what up with that.

Social Distancing................apples & oranges. Duh.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

Using the above as examples I can see allowing singles only pickleball, but not doubles. I suppose if both teams in doubles are Couples that live together, doubles would be OK. The only difference between pickleball and the other activities is that the players in the other activities are separated by much more than 6 feet. In pickleball, players can come closer than 6 feet at/near the net.

IMO There no connection between outdoor sport and catching the virus. It all speculation. Golfers get closer than 6 feet, people in restaurants get closer than 6 feet, people in stores get closer than 6 feet. No reason to Not open out door activities for individual play. I can see restrictions large group activities as precaution. Can’t stay closed for ever. I will admit bocce and shuffleboard are closer and harder to keep separated.

[village dreamer]

in pickleball at the net , its 7feet to the net , 14 feet from one side to the other

[perrjojo]

Bocce, shuffleboard, etc. you may be social distancing but all are possibly touching same equipment.

[Pballer]

I read in the Sun today that basketball is going to be allowed to. If you are not within 6 feet of each other you are not playing it right.

[JGVillages]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

Using the above as examples I can see allowing singles only pickleball, but not doubles. I suppose if both teams in doubles are Couples that live together, doubles would be OK. The only difference between pickleball and the other activities is that the players in the other activities are separated by much more than 6 feet. In pickleball, players can come closer than 6 feet at/near the net.

Not when tagging someone out at a base!

[shut the front door]

Originally Posted by JGVillages

Not when tagging someone out at a base!

In senior softball in TV, tagging is never required. It's a safety issue.

[Marathon Man]

Originally Posted by village dreamer

no pickleball but , you can play corn toss , horseshoes , shuffleboard and bocce??? what up with that.

But only if you have your own equipment.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by village dreamer

in pickleball at the net , its 7feet to the net , 14 feet from one side to the other

Tennis is even better, nobody around here can make it to net!

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by Marathon Man

But only if you have your own equipment.

News flash tennis you always had you’re own equipment, that is if you know how to play, nobody that plays game regularly plays with the dead balls and Wally World rackets in sports sheds, they are there for visitors.

At the end of pickleball we had Our own equipment and water also.

[thelegges]

Dead balls go to the dog (so to speak) and who doesn’t own at least 3 racquet

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by village dreamer

in pickleball at the net , its 7feet to the net , 14 feet from one side to the other

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.