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RecreationandParkCommission | 2021-03-11 | 12 | From: RE mailto:jamry88@yahoo.com) Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2021 1:51 AM To: ARPD <ARPD@alamedaca.gov> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Comments on Notice to all tennis and pickleball players City's proposal to replace 1 court with 4 pickleball courts Dear ARPD, I would like to express my concerns and input on converting a tennis court at Washington Park to four pickleball courts before ARPD decides on this matter. Having new courts built in Alameda is always welcomed and enjoyed by users as long as they are done in the proper venue and location for that specific sport and in addition, will not a disturbance for other people sharing the same playing location. Below are a few reasons why pickleball might not be an appropriate sport placed right next to tennis courts, which might lead to problems later on. The game of tennis requires concentration and focus, which will be very difficult to do with the loud noise that pickleball brings with its sport. The sound generated in pickleball is extremely loud, noisy and disruptive to all nearby tennis courts and surrounding residential buildings that have no sound barriers to muffle the sound from pickleball. Unlike a tennis racquet, which uses strings and a fuzzy felt tennis ball that muffle the sound on impact, a pickleball paddle is stiff and made of plastic and/or wood that hits against a hollow plastic ball that generates a big loud bang/sound like a firecracker or a gun going off every time the paddle hits the ball. To all nearby tennis players that are expecting to play a quiet and tranquil game of tennis who aren't expecting to hear a constant banging loud noise every few seconds from pickleball players, this might cause tensions and hostilities among players. And this is just from one pickleball court. One could only imagine how much worse the noise will generate when there are four pickleball courts playing all at once? The sound will be amplified by 400% when all four pickleball courts are being used which will sound like a firework show or a shooting range going off in random patterns. It's just way too close and will be unbearable for tennis players to concentrate or focus with all that loud banging noise surrounding them. And it has also been known from pickleball players that after playing pickleball, they could hear ringing in their ears due to the loud noise that pickleball generates. For decades, Washington Park has always been known to be extremely crowded with just tennis alone. By eliminating a tennis court will make the wait even more longer and discouraging to play tennis at that park. Pickleball may be going through a popular phase but what if the demand for pickleball fades out in time? Then we'll have four empty pickleball courts taking up space and not being used when tennis will still be over crowded with many people waiting for a tennis court as shown and proven in the past. There is nothing wrong with having pickleball in Alameda, but combining two sports in the same location and same courtyard has never worked in sport's history. If pickleball is allowed to replace a tennis court, this will set a precedence to other players of other sports to lobby for courts for badminton, soccer, volleyball or any other sports that require a net or similar to tennis. I feel it's much more appropriate and conducive to all players that pickleball players have their own courts elsewhere, away from the tennis courts. In addition to the pickleball courts in Lincoln Park, it will benefit everyone if the city could provide | RecreationandParkCommission/2021-03-11.pdf |