What’s the “it” sport/activity among young adults in your city right now?

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Pickle ball for sure. I do not understand it, but the place has great cheese curds so wtf am I supposed to do? Not eat the cheese? Well that's not what's happening. I'd ask someone to explain it to me but I honestly don't care

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Punchasheep@reddit

A lot of our tennis courts in our town's parks were recently converted to pickleball. Now where there used to be 5 tennis courts, it'll be 8 pickleball and one tennis court left over.

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jsieg22@reddit

SF or Austin?

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JeanBonJovi@reddit

Yup I've probably seen more people playing pickle ball in the last few years than I ever saw people playing tennis on the tennis courts near me over the course of my life.

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needsmorequeso@reddit

I drive by a whole weird pickleball gym that used to be a big box store on the way to work every day.

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DesertWanderlust@reddit

Yep. They've taken over the tennis courts and I wish the trend would end.

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TheHondoCondo@reddit

It’s not gonna end any time soon. Pickleball is a way more accessible sport for the average person and in my opinion more fun than tennis for some reason. I guess I see why tennis players are mad, but pickleball players in America have exceeded the number of tennis players at this point, so it does make sense to convert tennis courts that barely get used.

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Genesis72@reddit

Nah, I think its really great. We have tennis courts near my house that used to sit empty except for Saturday/Sunday afternoons. They converted them to like 6 pickleball courts and now theres people out there pretty much every evening from spring to fall.

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MundaneHuckleberry58@reddit

Im in the greater phx area. Pickleball eVeRYwhEre. Including where the “nationals” are played.

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sadthrow104@reddit

Same. Honestly don’t mind it at all. Keeps people active indoors during 110+ summers :)

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rogomatic@reddit

That's certainly not what most young adults do, as far as I can tell. It's mostly a sport for folks who are too old and/or lazy to play real tennis.

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emmie-claire@reddit

This take is about ten years out of date. Pickleball is popping off. Much more forgiving learning curve than tennis, making it much easier to have a couple friends tag along for their first time and enjoy themselves.

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rogomatic@reddit

I'm sure it's "popping off" among people who complain bitterly about having to work outside their home, and seem to consider stepping out of their doorway as some sort of supreme athletic activity. I wonder why.

But at the end of the day, there's a reason the first major event was at the Arizona Senior Olympics.

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Limp-Watercress-2382@reddit

You love fantasy baseball and video games, dork.

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emmie-claire@reddit

Surely you have something better to do than be this bitter on the internet? Just be happy kids are outside and active. Deeply insane comment honestly.

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rogomatic@reddit

Half a dozen of other people have nothing better to do than tell me off, so I suppose I'm in good company.

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rawbface@reddit

"Being in good company" means that people AGREE with you, you dope.

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jek39@reddit

Being bitter on the internet is this guys favorite activity. At least it’s not pickleball, god forbid.

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karmapuhlease@reddit

Hi, I am a young somewhat cool Manhattanite and I can confirm that it is extremely popular. I wish people were playing tennis too, but pickleball is absolutely taking off.

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lifes_nether_regions@reddit

My son said there isn't enough pickle ball courts for the demand at his college.

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emmie-claire@reddit

My observation at the public courts is that the biggest group is young single adults or couples without kids, and the second biggest is empty nesters. So people in their 20s followed by people in their 50s. Not surprised that it's a popular campus activity now too. It's an easy choice for college recreation departments.

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rawbface@reddit

Total nonsense. Pickle ball isn't for people who aspire to play tennis. People play because they like it MORE than tennis.

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jek39@reddit

How do you know what most young adults do?

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bulmier@reddit

It’s definitely surging in popularity amongst all age groups, many tennis courts have been converted into pickleball because it allows more people to play with less space.

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uhmerikin@reddit

Oh yeah. Our country club transformed three of the ten tennis courts to pickleball courts and, hooooly fuck. The oldies got super big mad about it. People threatening to leave the club over it was wild.

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omnipresent_sailfish@reddit

Pickleball is very popular amongst the young adults in my city

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BankOk9472@reddit

How it started but now a lot of young people have taken it up.

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DustyComstock@reddit

Your observation is wrong. Pickleball is surging among all age groups. And calling people who play “lazy and old” is a flat out terrible take. It even sounds pretty snobbish, entitled and gatekeepy TBH.
People play because it’s simply a lot of fun and more social.

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Energy_Turtle@reddit

Pickleball seems kind of over here. It was so popular for a while that my gym had pro pickleball on the TVs and the basketball court was reserved for pickleball most days. Those days are long gone.

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Primary_Excuse_7183@reddit

Yep.

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Hoopajoops@reddit

Pickle Ball

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Extreme-Interview173@reddit

Hacky Sack for gods sake

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AlivePatient7226@reddit

I know Utah has alot of climbers. They’re called granolas. BJJ and kickboxing popular for some.

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ButItSaysOnline@reddit

The youths are starting to discover hackey sack like its brand new.

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davdev@reddit

Yup. I started calling my 14 year old a dirty hippie and playing phish songs whenever he breaks it out cause back in the day only Birkenstock wearing , phish listening hippies rocked the sack.

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nonstopflux@reddit

Absolutely. There were too many sacks not being jacketed hackeyed and they’re out to set that right!

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woohhaa@reddit

The 90’s are coming back in a big way.

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Wallaby_Straight@reddit

I work on a college campus and yesterday there were at least 25 young men playing hackey sack on the football field. It was awesome

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ShakeWeightMyDick@reddit

Being young and discovering things that are new to you is great

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Julesagain@reddit

Kickball

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Wahoo017@reddit

I'm 40, and a big group of 30 somethings I know has recently gotten into pickleball big time.

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Sorry-Government920@reddit

Don't know if it's widespread but recently have seen people playing hackey sack which I haven't seen in years

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Billylabufanda23@reddit

Probably football or biking. I live in Utah.

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Rockcrawlintoy@reddit

Mountain biking is the popular one here.

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EclecticEuTECHtic@reddit

Too dangerous, I don't want to crash and miss a ski season.

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Energy_Turtle@reddit

This has definitely picked up. I used to have miles of trails to myself but now there are quite a few more people out there.

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Figgler@reddit

Same here, people kinda of don't know what to make of it if you're young and don't like to bike here.

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Mustang-Six@reddit

Pickleball by far. Most of the local tennis courts are now pickleball courts. Softball/baseball fields are turning into parking lots. There was a boom in basketball for a few years after a local young man played well in college and started playing professionally in the NBA but even the basketball courts are usually empty while people are waiting in line for open pickleball courts.

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CupBeEmpty@reddit

Everyone is saying pickleball but around me that is old ladies and men mostly.

Young folks are all into running or hiking.

I like throwing a curveball to people and inviting them to go canoeing. It’s truly hilarious how bad the uninitiated are at canoeing.

Sure you can sit in the stern seat if we plan on going in a squiggly line that may devolve into a circle. The fun part of canoeing is that you can take like 400 pounds of gear with you. So yeah we may only get a mile down the lake but we can live like kings for the two miles out and back.

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SAFEP1NEAPPLE@reddit

Northern Idahoan here. Pickleball is “it” rn among my 20s peers.

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CosmicCultist23@reddit

Also Northern Idahoan, and I didn't realize until this post that I have absolutely NO CLUE at ALL about this. But, all my friends are nerds, so our favorite sport is DnD.

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SAFEP1NEAPPLE@reddit

I have a wide variety of friends for a wide variety of interests— got pickleball AND DnD friends 😂

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hideous_coffee@reddit

Southern ID too

Free open courts are tough to come by at the parks. There's more than one paid pickleball gym but that might be a lot more older folk paying for it.

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SAFEP1NEAPPLE@reddit

We’re rural enough we don’t have paid pickleball gyms— I’ve never heard of this actually 😂

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Yotsubauniverse@reddit

Archery has really picked up on popularity in my town. My sophomore year there was a guy who won the nationals in archery and the opportunity to train in Africa for the Olympics. He passed on that and became the archery coach in my town and thus Archery became popular.

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blackbeanss_@reddit

Pickleball for sure

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Traditional-Let9530@reddit

Run clubs. Half the people are there for cardio, the other half are there to accidentally network, date, and buy $180 shoes to jog at the speed of microwave popcorn.

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smwisdom@reddit

Is... is microwave popcorn fast or slow??

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GasDue9263@reddit

It’s painfully slow, then immediate, then burned.

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AssistantFirm4698@reddit

Ignore the instructions. Press start then wait until 5 seconds between pops. Has never failed me🍿

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Pussy-Wideness-Xpert@reddit

Don’t kink shame me

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adudeguyman@reddit

Tell me more

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ItchyK@reddit

About 2 minutes per bag... So slow I guess? Or fast depending on how you look at it? I think the 2-minute mi is pretty good right?

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Kielbasa_Nunchucka@reddit

my wife was big into running before the armchair experts started to weasle in. then she started doing trail running, until it started happening there too. she stills runs, but she went from loving the entire community to hating about 40% of the people out there.

"that's what she gets for running," I said from the couch.

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TheHondoCondo@reddit

Can she not just run alone?

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Kielbasa_Nunchucka@reddit

she does, or she meets some friends to run. but she still likes going to actual, planned races as well. they just used to be less crowded, and the crowd was less mainstream and more focused.

it's the double-edged sword of something becoming popular.

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TheHondoCondo@reddit

I feel like bigger races are so much more fun, but to each their own.

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Kielbasa_Nunchucka@reddit

she runs the Pittsburgh Marathon, and one that I can't remember the name of. but the smaller ultras and trails just don't have the same vibe for her anymore.

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AlveolarFricatives@reddit

Oh this is so sad! I’m a woman and my local trail running community is so supportive and awesome! I don’t even know what “armchair experts” is referring to here. I don’t think I’ve run into that!

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Kielbasa_Nunchucka@reddit

"armchair experts" refers to the influx of people that she's noticed who push their ownnideal of the "proper" way to run. it usually involves them repping certain gear or brands as necessities, or pushing their own personal workouts as the gold standard, or even just go-pro-wearing influencers she's seen more of.

it used to feel like an organic, social experience for her, and now it's becoming cliquey and market-driven. she just wants to go run in the woods without having to hear someone (who she's never seen at race in her years of doing it) try to tell her how to do things or what gear to buy.

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AlveolarFricatives@reddit

Oh interesting! Yeah, I don’t really run into this in my city (Portland, OR). Like, we might talk about our new shoes and whether we like or don’t like them, but no one has ever told me unsolicited what I should buy or what workouts to do. The community obviously will provide tons of suggestions if you ask about good trails or good races, but again, not unsolicited. Sorry she’s had that experience!

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Kielbasa_Nunchucka@reddit

that sounds more akin to what it was 5ish years ago. a lot more people have gotten into it lately, it it obviously brings a different crowd rhan when it was still a more low-key thing.

she still loves running, and she still sees a lot of the people she started with and loves. it's just that there's a newer, "look at me" crowd moving in. just the nature of something getting popular tho.

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HelpfulLoquat8658@reddit

run clubs are a magnet for narcissists lol

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Limp-Watercress-2382@reddit

Curious - how so? I’ve never been in one and don’t run much anymore but any group that encourages exercise seems ok.

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HelpfulLoquat8658@reddit

I have several friends that run and they will literally got on and on about how they did this race or ran this far etc. Like i get running is good for your but at the same time I dont need to hear about your exercising habbits constantly

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GreenBeanTM@reddit

Cool, so you just don’t like your friends.

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AtWorkCurrently@reddit

Siri, does talking about your hobbies to friends make you a narcissist?

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Limp-Watercress-2382@reddit

I mean….isn’t that the same for almost every hobby people get deep into?

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HelpfulLoquat8658@reddit

hobbies that involve more than moving your feet tend to be more interesting to talk about

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Limp-Watercress-2382@reddit

Different strokes. I, for example, find people who obsess over guns to be exhausting and insecure. I’d much rather talk about hobbies that move two feet.

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HelpfulLoquat8658@reddit

you do practice shooting while moving but i get your point

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fuckfartfat@reddit

You sound like the narcissist lol

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HelpfulLoquat8658@reddit

probably am so it makes me good at spotting others

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ghertigirl@reddit

Having gone in and out of eras like that with running, it’s hard to explain but it’s really just so enthralling to see what you can push your body to do that you want to show it off constantly as you would with anything exciting that’s happening to you

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elbosston@reddit

Run clubs got popularized cuz it’s the new meta to date and this spread through social media.

There’s a bunch of singles run clubs now too

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PeterNippelstein@reddit

This is very valuable information to me

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AntNo3640@reddit

They can run right to the knee & hip replacement store. Running is no bueno on your joints.

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The_Real_Jedi@reddit

Sitting on the couch is no bueno for your joints. Running a reasonable amount, and slowly building up, is a huge net positive.

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Zealousideal_Crow737@reddit

Climbing is the biggest one. I'm curious to try but they are so packed that it seems annoying.

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artemisinagayway@reddit

Yep, everyone at my climbing gym just started and are very surprised when they find out that I’ve been climbing since I was a kid.

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Zealousideal_Crow737@reddit

it's seems like the equivalent of treadmill running, but less gear required to go indoors. It sounds fun, but i like being active outside way more and only go to gyms for lifting.

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riverhillbilly@reddit

Climb outside! :)

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PeterNippelstein@reddit

I imagine Alex Honnold is a big reason for this

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MarsupialNo1278@reddit

Fighting or basketball. Early to mid 20s

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Crazycatlover@reddit

Winter: skiing and snowboarding

Other seasons: hiking, mountain biking

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CosyBeluga@reddit

Depends on how much money you have.

More money: Pickleball, running disc golf

Less money: basketball, skateboarding, gym, cycling

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G00dSh0tJans0n@reddit

Two things I've noticed near my place beside NC State in Raleigh, NC

1) hacky sacks have apparently made a comeback

2) Cricket is popular. At least in my neighborhood. Did a walk around the neighborhood right outside NC State and there were 3 different pick up cricket games going on outside apartment buildings. I should add that there are a lot of immigrants in my neighborhood.

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SnoozeTaquito@reddit

I play cricket in my local area (Central MD) every so often. The owner of the tobacco store I go to saw me wearing a Kolkata Knight Riders (an Indian Premier League team) hat and invited me to play. I grew up playing a lot of baseball so I gave it a try. I'm hooked now.

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igotstago@reddit

The youngins have taken over the pickleball courts at my community's rec center. Not that I mind. They are fun to play with and it makes me feel good when I, a senior citizen, can beat an young athletic player at something.

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ThePickleConnoisseur@reddit

Seems like everyone I know if getting into golf rn

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spkter@reddit

Im in SLO county and would 100% agree.

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ThePickleConnoisseur@reddit

In LA and go to school in AZ. I can’t escape it. People who never talked about it all of the sudden talk about how they’ve been golfing out of the blue. And everyone seems to have their own clubs despite still being in college

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spkter@reddit

Yeah I would agree. Never been asked so many times in my life to go golfing in the last 3-4 years or so. Def making a comeback.

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ThePickleConnoisseur@reddit

Baseball too. Next thing you know everyone is gonna be watching NASCAR

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TSells31@reddit

Motorsports including NASCAR are starting to have a groundswell, I do expect a comeback tbh. Maybe never to the peak of the late 90s-mid 2000s, but bigger than currently. F1 is really driving the interest.

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ThePickleConnoisseur@reddit

Feels like an old era is resurfacing. Golfing, baseball all of the sudden being the rage, motor sports, and now a gulf war.

Is America back?

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she-dont-use-jellyyy@reddit

Disc golf

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thomsenite256@reddit

pickleball but as a tennis player im not a fan.

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Major_Enthusiasm1099@reddit

Running and Cycling clubs

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New_Sun6390@reddit

Pickleball. You didn't get the memo?

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UpbeatPhilosophySJ@reddit

Bouldering/Rock climbing gyms, especially for those under 30. Silicon Valley area.

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BAMspek@reddit

Mountain biking

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StupidSidewalk@reddit

Drill rap and riding lime scooters

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Interstitious@reddit

Chicago?

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LankyJeweler4925@reddit

I used to play Handball as a kid and let me tell you, that was IT

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HairyDadBear@reddit

I see kickball, volleyball, run/hike clubs, and rugby in my city. Kickball and rugby folls have uniforms and everything too.

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katarh@reddit

Pickleball. Passed by courts randomly a few weeks ago and every one was fill with like a dozen teenagers practicing.

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PsychoFaerie@reddit

My hometown its all golf and pickleball and swimming (its on the ocean)

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Aggravating-Onion384@reddit

Beer league Softball. I live in oakland

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AcingSpades@reddit

Huuggee amount of recreational / beer league softball in my city. Dozens of leagues and many leagues have multiple divisions. Every municipality seems to have one plus several non-municipality leagues. I have a friend that plays in 4 different leagues.

It's kinda nice though because if you play rec softball and need a sub there's almost certainly someone you know who also plays and the non competitive leagues are super chill about letting you sub whoever.

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Figgler@reddit

I wish we had that here. The city banned alcohol at any sanctioned sports league. The first time I went to a kickball game here and was told we couldn't have beer I was confused and asked what's the point of kickball. In Denver beer-in-hand kickball was a popular activity.

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dgmilo8085@reddit

Every city I have ever played in, had rules against alcohol. It never stopped anyone.

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Weird_Squirrel_8382@reddit

I don't even drink and that bothers me. What did y'all do with your "my drinking club has a kickball problem" shirts?

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CoachOpen1977@reddit

Pickleball.

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Frequent_Ad_3781@reddit

Fucking pickleball. Ruined all the indoor basketball courts in the area so people can play pickleball. I hate it

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More-Sock-67@reddit

Golf

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Five_Slow@reddit

You know people that can have activities outside of work?

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SippsMccree@reddit

Being a public nuisance probably

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dgmilo8085@reddit

I would say Pickleball, but not too long ago it was Softball and Adult Kickball

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hideous_coffee@reddit

Golf became a top activity during covid due to the courses being open and it never really died down. Where I live courses allow you to book a week in advance and if the weather is good on a weekend you have to book it the full week ahead to get a slot.

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SabresBills69@reddit

depends on your age…..

Climbing gyms/ wall climbing skews younger late 20s and under.

for older folks the common sport/ activity has been running clubs or hiking clubs in areas where you are closer to nature trails

some tennis coutures in urban parks have been taken over by pickle ball. It uses a shortened tennis court.

basketball and swimming ( in summer) are also popular because many cities/ towns parks are recreating has pools and basketball courts. If you have good bike trails, you will find biking groups.

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blipsman@reddit

Pickelball

Which I find kind of hilarious... I work for a company that owns/manages hundreds of senior-oriented communties and pickleball has long been popular at our Florida and Arizona properties. Well before it became trendy among the young adults. Probably the first time a trend started with the olds and tricked down to the young.

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shelwood46@reddit

Every Old I know who knows people into pickleball usually tells me about the horrible injuries their friends suffered from pickleball. I guess all those busted knees and hips freed up the courts.

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AcademicSavings634@reddit

Pickleball seems to be reaching popularity lately. We have an indoor court around here too

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Prestigious-Craft251@reddit

Volleyball every summer in Chicago

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Suppafly@reddit

Not my city, but in Boy Scouts especially at summer camps, gaga ball is ridiculously popular, to the point that some of the adults want it banned or what to put in rules about which times of the day it can be played.

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Wonderful_Adagio9346@reddit

Mahjong.

Sold at Walmart.

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nonbinarypeep@reddit

Pickleball and pilates

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Holloway63@reddit

E bike gangs.

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Maddad_666@reddit

Hackey Sack for some stupid reason

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No_Investigator_4297@reddit

Golf

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ALoungerAtTheClubs@reddit

A kickball league gained popularity among young adults 10-15 years ago in my area. I have no idea if it's still a thing, since I've since ceased being young.

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No-Banana247@reddit

We have an adult kickball league in my smaller city outside of a larger city. Its been running over a decade. I don't do sports so I don't know the demographics, but when I saw that the league existed, it took me right back to my elementary school days of being picked not last but almost last in virtually all sports. I have bad spacial and body awareness and a large desire to not be injured, so sports are not my thing.

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ALoungerAtTheClubs@reddit

Yes, I used to work with some people who played it, but relieving the blunder years of elementary school PE classes didn't appeal to me either.

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spunkypunk@reddit

Climbing for the more granola crowd. Pickleball and golf for everyone else

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ThrowRA-division@reddit

Seeing all the pickleball responses is surprising. It sort of fell off in the last few years, at least where I live (Midwest). Tennis is more on the upswing (heh) right now.

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AntNo3640@reddit

Disc golf

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JuanSolo9669@reddit

Fortnight and cocane

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rogomatic@reddit

Location checks out, I suppose.

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L-L_Jimi@reddit

Typical Floridaman, can’t spell any word with more than 3 letters.

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No-Banana247@reddit

As someone who isn't into sports AT ALL, Pickleball.

I don't know how to play it or anything about it but it is the #1 talked about sport on my non sports curated social media algorithms.

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GandalfTheGrey46@reddit

Gosh, metro Phoenix is a very active community. I'd say most popular in no particular order are: pickleball, softball/baseball, volleyball, and soccer. There are many other sports leagues too though.

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kirbyfriedrice@reddit

Volleyball, apparently. I don't know what these people do in the cold months.

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thats-gold-jerry@reddit

Tennis, pickleball, ping pong, pool, running (NYC)

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Subject-Pension4121@reddit

Mountain Biking!

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meowmix778@reddit

Futsal is popping up in my area all over the place. I see a bunch of basketball facilities popping up too

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throwleavemealone@reddit

Basketball and Pickleball

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Upstairs-Coconut1562@reddit

Hacky sacks are making a HUGE comeback.

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xThatsonme@reddit

Only white people play pickleball

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PopcornyColonel@reddit

Hiking.

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Material-Wallaby-587@reddit

Golf and Pickleball

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lifes_nether_regions@reddit

Ball Hockey/Dek Hockey are really growing in popularity in my area. People are finding that it is a great way to introduce kids to the game without worrying about the cost and the ability to skate.

My son started in Dek, then played ice. Played AAA and Acha D1 in college, and couldn't wait to get back to his NBHL summer team.

Ball Hockey popularity here is through the roof.

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TsundereLoliDragon@reddit

I guess I'm old when I've never heard of a run club before this post.

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Psyko_sissy23@reddit

I live in a mountain town with about 60k people. It's going to be something outdoors. Either Hiking or running will be the most popular since it has the lowest starting cost potential. Mountain biking and rock climbing are really big here too.

Disc golf is pretty big here. Seeing as we have 6 full time courses, 1 seasonal course on the mountain in the summer, and a lot of object courses without baskets. That equates to about 1 course per 10k people. not including the seasonal orc object courses. Compare that to when I lived in Phoenix metro and there was about 10 courses give or take for 4.5 million people when I lived there.

Skiing and snowboarding are big in the winter.

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BankOk9472@reddit

Drinking

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Alternative-Bad-6555@reddit

Pickleball is dying down where I am. Basketball is big in my circles.

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StillC5sdad@reddit

Rock fights

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SgtDoakesSurprise@reddit

Pickleball

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musical_dragon_cat@reddit

Rock climbing and racquetball in my area, while pickleball is more popular amongst the middle-age crowd.

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quipirru@reddit

There is a small amount devoted people of disc golfers in my local scene!

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literacyisamistake@reddit

Pickleball is the new thing with everybody, but our base sports in the Four Corners are still as popular as ever: distance running, rodeo, and baseball.

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Gold_Telephone_7192@reddit

Biking, running, and hiking are the perennial biggest activities. Pickleball and volleyball are probably the two biggest rec sports right now.

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PushThePig28@reddit

Backcountry skiing

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Slydownndye@reddit

Climbing for the under 30s, pickleball for the over 50s

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Snoo_33033@reddit

Primarily pickleball. But I want to point out that pickleball is like...gentrification as a sport. Pick something else, y'all.

(I'mma suggest hashing, run clubs, tennis, golf, even more intellectual sports like orienteering.)

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seattlemh@reddit

I have no idea.

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Top-Escape8518@reddit

Run clubs and pickleball

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Automatic-Effect-252@reddit

Golf has always been pretty big in my area, we have probably over 25 courses across some small towns and cities with a population of 250,000 or so.

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No_Gold3131@reddit

Lacrosse and rugby

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Gabba-gool@reddit

Golf, pickleball, run clubs, BJJ

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Artistic-Fish1125@reddit

Lacrosse. My hometown paid $8M for a lacrosse field.

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Appropriate-Food1757@reddit

Golf and pickleball

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CaptainAwesome06@reddit

Pickleball and living vicariously through your kid who plays a travel sport.

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TheRainbowWillow@reddit

It seems like biking, roller skating, and rock climbing are fairly common among my friends. (Early 20s, living in northern Oregon)

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No_Owl_8576@reddit

Pickleball probably.

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morosco@reddit

It was pickleball last year, but I haven't heard much about it this year. Maybe a result of city residents' war against it, banning it from some public tennis courts and such.

Running clubs are still the mainstay where I am. A group goes on a run, and then meets at a brewery.

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BreadUntoast@reddit

Here in the Omaha metro area, the recreational hockey scene is pretty healthy. There’s a couple leagues for all skill levels and one for people who played at the professional/collegiate level. Plenty of clubs and drop in type skating opportunities as well

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