Move Over, Tennis: How Pickleball Became the Preferred Sport of The One Percent

Brené Brown, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Larry David are all playing—are you?

On a recent sun-drenched Sunday morning in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, a crew of celebrities, Hollywood executives, and glamorous Southern California ladies gathered for a green juice and a sweat at the Riviera Country Club. But it wasn’t golf that brought this group together, and it wasn’t tennis, squash, or even Pilates—it was pickleball.

Some of the players have courts in their home, but, as a social sport, pickleball is best played in a club setting. And although there were many Hollywood types on the court that morning, there was no talk of business—just some good old-fashioned volleying, chopping, and dinking.

Think of pickleball as a miniature form of doubles tennis, played with a whiffle ball on an asphalt court one-fourth the size of a tennis court. The fence is a little lower, there’s less sprinting involved, and you’re physically closer to both your teammate and your opponent, making it inherently a lower-impact sport that’s big on on-court banter. It’s less physically demanding—though certain enthusiasts are said to be prone to injuries—and doesn’t necessitate the years of technique that other country club sports can require. It’s easier to get into, it’s got a quirky name, the ball makes a satisfying sound when it whacks against the pavement—and the sport is spreading like wildfire.

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