United States’ Most Popular Racquet Sports Gets Banned in New York Neighborhood After Months of Conflict Between Players and Parents

Pickleball players and parents have been in a “pickle” for quite some time now. The argument started when pickleball players chalked on every possible playground to make it into their court. In one such pickleball versus parents case, West Village’s Seravalli Playground restricted pickleball on their premises.

Parents are not having it as they fear their children getting injured and also not having enough space to play on the grounds with pickleball courts. Recently, pickleball players have also gone vocal to vouch for their case.

Is Pickleball banned in Seravalli?

The parents in West Village feel their children are unwelcome in the park. They felt that the pickleball players had left no space for their children in the 1-acre asphalt area. They raised their concerns about their children’s safety as well and this grabbed the attention at the public hearing.

Now a sign reads at the fence at the 17 Horatio St. playground, “Pickleball is no longer allowed in Seravalli Playground.” The sign also stated that new courts are located at J J Walker Park, William Passannante Ballfield, and the Gertrude Kelly Playground.

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At the Community Board 2 Parks and Waterfront committee meeting, Terese Flores (the city Parks Regional Manager ) thought of this rule as a “win-win”. She thinks this decision looks to “balance access between all the different age groups and sports and people who enjoy” the park. She also said that the handball courts at J J Walker Park are an “underutilized space” and should be used by the pickleball players in the area.

What do the players think?

However, pickleball players find this decision problematic. For them, it harps on their freedom to enjoy the game. They feel that the decision is taken in haste and only look at the time when the timings of the pickleball players and the toddlers coincide. As with every issue in America, this has also gone political with city council members intervening in the matter. A council member tweeted.

Children have reported feeling out of place at the parks due to the makeshift pickleball courts all around. In a video posted by Corporayshid, a pickleball player alleges that the department official threatened to cuff them if they do not take their courts down. Certain pickleball players also complained that parents are forcing their children to intervene in the game to agitate the players.

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