If you’re like me, you are addicted to the game of pickleball. I have previously expounded on 10 reasons why I love pickleball — from the numerous health benefits, to the competition to the social aspect of the game. On the pickleball passion meter, I would arguably be classified as “thermo-nuclear.”
It’s your turn. Take the following 10-question quiz and find out where you would be categorized on the Pickleball Passion Meter. These questions and answers are tongue-in-cheek. Please don’t take it too seriously!
Take the Quiz
On average, how many times per week do you play pickleball?
[0-1] I rarely, if ever, play pickleball in a given week.
[1-2] I try to play once or twice per week, although that doesn’t happen every week.
[3-4] You can find me on the court about every-other-day.
[5+] I’m on the court most days.
Approximately what percentage of your total pickleball time in a given week is spent drilling & practicing?
[0%] Why would I want to drill or practice when I can play games?
[10%] If I’m waiting for a game to play and don’t have an existing foursome, I “might” warm-up/drill with another person waiting to play.
[25%] I understand the value and importance of practicing and committing my shots to muscle muscle-memory.
[40%+] I want to get better & better and my practice/drill times reflect that.
You are visiting the in-laws whom you haven’t seen in over a year. After a bit of research you learn that there is a pickleball group just 20 minutes away. Which scenario below applies to you?
No pickleball for you. You spend all your time catching up with family.
You spend time with the family, but you keep talking about pickleball back home.
You tell the in-laws a little, white lie that gets you out of the house and on the pickleball courts one to two times that week for about an hour each time.
You disappear and sneak out to play pickleball every night that week (under the lights) without anyone being the wiser.
Registration for your favorite USAPA-sanctioned pickleball tournament is set to begin. Do you…
I have never played in a pickleball tournament and never will.
Wait for your partner to register.
Register on the first day registration opens.
Plop down on the computer a full hour before registration opens and constantly refresh the browser.
Have you eaten/played at Chicken N Pickle?
What’s Chicken N Pickle?
I’ve heard of Chicken N Pickle, but don’t know what it is.
Heck yes. Great games & great atmosphere.
Absolutely. I have even requested information about becoming a franchise owner!
It’s Saturday morning, 36 degrees and sunny outside. Do you…
Go back to bed, hide under the covers and try to stay warm.
Watch some YouTube videos, perhaps even a pickleball instructional video.
Find an indoor venue with open-play pickleball times.
Shovel snow if need be, bundle up and head outdoors to play pickleball!!! BRRRR….
Open play times are from 10:00 AM until 3:00 PM. How long do you play?
You don’t play because it’s Saturday and a “Honey-Do” list needs to be done.
Perhaps an hour.
1-3 hours.
Until you get kicked out.
You are sidelined with an injury. Do you…
Heed the doctor’s advice of no activity, including pickleball.
Watch your friends play pickleball, even though you’re unable.
Practice and drill without aggravating the injury – perhaps even using your non-dominant hand as necessary.
Disregard the doctor’s advice and play – and play to win!
What does “one more game” mean to you?
I have no idea what you’re talking about.
Just what I said, “one more game.”
Likely a minimum of 3 more games – or 1 hour – whichever comes first.
Absolutely nothing. If I said it, I certainly didn’t mean it.
You just returned from the orthopedic specialist regarding your recurring knee pain. He has suggested surgery. When do you schedule the surgery?
It doesn’t really matter when, as I will no longer be playing pickeball.
At the first available opening with this highly-regarded surgeon, so that I can get back on the pickleball courts soon.
At season’s end, so that you will have a couple-of-months layoff before playing again.
Between pickleball tournaments so as not to interfere with your tournament schedule.
RESULTS
If you selected a majority of first answers, you are FRIGID. If you selected a majority of second answers, you are HO-HUM. If you selected a majority of third answers, you are SIZZLIN’. And last, but not least, if you selected a majority of fourth answers, you are THERMO-NUCLEAR!
Todd is the talent behind PickleballMAX. He knows pickleball and demonstrates it on the court as a 4.5 – 5.0 player. In addition to creating content and running the PickleballMAX business, Todd is IPTPA Level II certified. As an instructor at the Ohio Pickleball Academy, he instructs students and runs adult and youth clinics. He also manages tournament desks throughout the Midwest for tournaments ranging from 100-500 participants.
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