[Polar Bear]

Are there still safety measures being taken in pickleball? If you go to open pickleball, is there hand sanitizer available? Do players bring their own? Are balls wiped regularly? Other? Or has pickleball moved beyond that?

I want to have an idea what to expect when I start playing again.

Thanks.

[Laker14]

I would say that Pickleball, during open play, is just about exactly as it was before COVID.

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by Laker14

I would say that Pickleball, during open play, is just about exactly as it was before COVID.

I agree with that. They are now stocking the ball bins, as opposed to having a few balls out with a sanitizer spray and paper towels. Within the last two weeks, they have restored the water coolers to the courts. There are no longer any size limiting the number of players per facility.


We don't do open play anymore. We have groups of friends that either have reserved courts or people we play with at times when the courts are mostly empty. We're all vaccinated. But I have observed open play recently, and all is as it was before lockdown.

[Brownmoose13]

I play PB 3 times a week and glad that we are finally getting back to normal. My question for those that choose to only play with friends...I did not realize that you could only get COVID from strangers.

[Two Bills]

Originally Posted by Brownmoose13

I play PB 3 times a week and glad that we are finally getting back to normal. My question for those that choose to only play with friends...I did not realize that you could only get COVID from strangers.

But it is so much nicer if you catch Covid from a friend.
Who knows what strangers have been up too!

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by Brownmoose13

I play PB 3 times a week and glad that we are finally getting back to normal. My question for those that choose to only play with friends...I did not realize that you could only get COVID from strangers.

I know where my friends have been. I know they are vaccinated. I don't get the reason for your sarcasm. I still will not go into a place full of strangers, like an audience or a restaurant as long as there's a variant circulating. And tht includes open play, where people are standing in line right next to each other, waiting to get onto a court.



You do you and I'll do me.

[giorgio1948]

I suggest visiting one our hundreds of PB courts for a first hand look!

[Polar Bear]

Originally Posted by CFrance

I know where my friends have been. I know they are vaccinated. I don't get the reason for your sarcasm...

Totally agree, CF.

I may consider playing with strangers again...with my own precautions in place...but it’s totally different than playing with friends, a known quantity.

[stan the man]

I don't worry about catching from friends -- have no friends

[Laker14]

Originally Posted by CFrance

I know where my friends have been. I know they are vaccinated. I don't get the reason for your sarcasm. I still will not go into a place full of strangers, like an audience or a restaurant as long as there's a variant circulating. And tht includes open play, where people are standing in line right next to each other, waiting to get onto a court.



You do you and I'll do me.

I am not uncomfortable playing in open play, but I respect your choice. I think your comment "you do you and I'll do me" makes perfect sense. There is still a lot about COVID and it's variants we are still figuring out, on the fly.

I am not comfortable flying, or being in crowded situations, especially indoors. I think my chances of catching it outside, in a Pickleball situation, are slim but that's just my opinion.

[Brownmoose13]

Originally Posted by Two Bills

But it is so much nicer if you catch Covid from a friend.
Who knows what strangers have been up too!

You are right I do not know what strangers are up to but I also do not have my friends report to me either.

[jonathanb]

We play everyday. It is back to the way it was pre covid. We played right through last year too at Pear Park in Leesburg. Never got sick. Never stopped playing. Being out doors is a very low chance of getting sick

[Topspinmo]

Pickleball ball never a threat IMO it’s the people playing pickleball that spread Covid just like in golf, tennis, bocce, shuffleboard, and indoors. Majority are vaccinated now why rec centers allow more and more activity. IMO be more worried about all the travelers you come in contact during day which we don’t know where they been or are carrier or not.

Now does that mean I don’t take precaution? No, I don’t get too close to people and I wash up. Now it I was 80 plus and in frail health I probably would rarely come in contact with strangers unless no way to avoid it.

[donassaid]

It should never have been shut down to begin with. Did you not hear the latest from CDC? The virus cannot be passed from contact with inanimate objects. Nor can it survive outside in the heat and humidity. Good grief can we just get over this nonsense? Guessing you were also in favor of shutting down all golf for a year.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by donassaid

It should never have been shut down to begin with. Did you not hear the latest from CDC? The virus cannot be passed from contact with inanimate objects. Nor can it survive outside in the heat and humidity. Good grief can we just get over this nonsense? Guessing you were also in favor of shutting down all golf for a year.

Golf was never a player, why it’s money maker.