05/04/2026
I swear everyone at open play is a character. Open play is how I started playing pickleball. It’s a crazy feeling to step into a space like this as an adult, looking around, trying to get a sense of how things work and if you’ll be accepted there. And then to have that transform into a place where you’re asking people about how their kids are doing or how their mother is holding up, with inside jokes and rivalries and birthday parties at 8am.
What’s open play like for you?