By GUY WINDHOLZ
For Hays Post

Ribbon Cut, Courts Open, Play Pickleball
by Guy Windholz

Compulsion, obsession and addiction may be defined in different ways, but in the world of pickleball, they are the same. Like Lays potato chips, they advertised that “betcha can’t eat one”. So betcha you can’t play one game? (side note, maybe Lays will co-sponsor the next Hays tournament.)

Evidence is seen that weekly, returning newbies on the courts are taking on signs of these COA traits. It is not a disorder to worry about unless you are playing alone under the lights of the newly opened courts at Frontier Park in Hays, Kansas, from dusk to dawn.

However, if you are fast enough to serve up a ball over the net and get to the other side to return the volley, within the marked lines, you are destined to earn some gold medals in national competitions. You might be more concerned if you get a bill from the city for the electric light usage. That problem would be solved by having any one of the good City Commissioners with you that have blessed and funded the restoration of these outdoor courts. Add pickleball to the list as an additional quality of life activity we have in this community.

Photos and video courtesy Guy Windholz