Pickleball, much like poker, is a game of percentages. While we may not have a Vegas sportsbook setting the lines, certain odds feel inevitable on the court. Here’s a look at the numbers behind the game, based on highly scientific ??? (and totally not made-up) research.
There is a 90% chance if I register more than 10 seconds after sign-ups open for 70% of Meetups or TeamReach events, I’m deep on the waitlist. Every. Single. Time.
When there is a volley fire fight among the other three players on my court, there is a 60% chance that I will dump the ball into the net when the first volley is hit to me.
I own a 66.6% success rate on “shots I should make 100% of the time.”
If I poach 25% from the right side, there is a 75% chance I will piss off 60% of my partners playing on the left side. The remaining 40%? They just haven’t spoken up yet.
3% of players are who 80% of players don’t want to partner or play with.
In 84% of intermediate-level games, less than 10% of total shots attempted are dinks.
There is a 100% chance that the Meetup app can be improved and a 0% chance that I would ever sign up for Meetup + no matter how many times I get solicited for the service when using the free app.
In rec play, 88% of close line calls called “out” are accurate; 74% of close line calls called “in” are accurate. However in the late stages of a closely contested game, 70% of close line calls called “out” are accurate. In the pro pickleball, the odds are less than 50-50 for accurate line calls in the late stages of a closely contested game.
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