And suddenly, short skirts and tight bras for women who play sports become "victims" of... hate, while knowing that, all it takes is Taylor Swift to post a photo wearing a skirt. purple, holding a pickleball racket, in just a short time, that dress... sold out. The sold-out dress is a representative image of a trend, a "fever" reaching its peak like pickleball is creating. And criticizing this sport is also a "fever" - in the opposite direction. But, is that fever really strong enough to push pickleball out of Vietnam, to remove pickleball from its position as a sport ?
Pickleball, with its original meaning in 1965 as "family entertainment", is now recognized as a sport. So if you "hate", find some professional reason.
In May 2023, the Washington Post published a personal opinion article with the headline: "Why I hate pickleball". The article points out many reasons, from objective to subjective. Subjective reasons - that is, technical reasons , are listed as “Not as fun as table tennis. Not as elegant as tennis. Not as beautiful as golf"; or “in tennis, Roger Federer runs the equivalent of 3 blocks in New York City just to score 1 point, while you can play pickleball for a month and not run that far”… However, it is necessary to press Again, that is just a personal opinion and the article does not force anyone to agree. That is, you can accept it or not, accept the experience or ignore it, but judging a game based on women's clothing (even the few who intentionally show off their figure) becomes one-sided. Know, understand, then conclude!
Therefore, it is impossible to deny the fact that 1 year after the article in the Washington Post, pickleball is not only growing stronger in the US but is "fevering" in many countries around the world, including Vietnam. Controversy is also one of the driving forces for development.
