A Boston Globe article poses the question, “Is pickleball the new tennis?” The article juxtaposes the intensity of some players – with private courts, coaches, and heart-pounding games – against the light-heartedness of others – with après pickleball and a comparison to pickleball being “the Wordle of the sports world.” With that said, the sport of pickleball is what you make of it. And, regardless of where you fall on the spectrum of intense competition or social recreation, we hope you stay true to the culture of pickleball, which is what sets the sport apart from others, like tennis. As the article states correctly, pickleball’s “goofy name and (mostly) no-judgment vibe, is what many people need.”