Pickleball: Confidence vs. Competence

Picture this: rookie player locks eyes with their crush across the court, winds up for the

hero shot, and launches the ball straight into the fountain like a guided missile.

Here's the truth nobody tells you about pickleball: confidence and competence are two completely

different sports. Watch them fish out that neon ball while their crush pretends to check

their phone. The paddle grip looked like holding a frying pan, the stance screamed

baby giraffe learning to walk, but that determination was absolutely championship level.

Meanwhile the expert next court barely moves, just flicks their wrist and the ball

obeys like magic. That fountain splash though, that's the real pickleball baptism