178
Charlie Kirk’s ‘mentor’ and father of modern cheerleading dies after falling while playing pickleball
(www.independent.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 23 Mar 2026
178 points (97.8% liked)
politics
29038 readers
1451 users here now
Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!
Rules:
- Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.
Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.
Example:
- Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
- Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
- No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
- Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
- No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning
We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.
All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.
That's all the rules!
Civic Links
• Congressional Awards Program
• Library of Congress Legislative Resources
• U.S. House of Representatives
Partnered Communities:
• News
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
I was just poking fun at pickle ball as something made up by people who can't play tennis. Its the wiffle ball and exaggerated size of the paddles. A day drinking game that some take WAY too seriously.
i can play tennis. not well, but i can. I was on the tennis team in high school. i was the mascot and the worst player, but i was on the team. I like pickle ball because i can play it with friends who aren't used to running all around the court. it's basically tennis but y'all just doing net game. honestly, if i were a tennis coach (again, i suck so i would not be a good coach) i would have my team do pickleball to practice net game.
it's just good fun, and it gets some people who otherwise would just drive the golf cart and swing the club and consider that sport off the couch. like, actual light cardio. i'm not going to discourage that, just like everything there are asses who get too competitive.
I've heard it said that pickleball is for former tennis players. And I think there's plenty of truth there. It's a relatively low impact sport that requires similar skills.
It's honestly a great sport for older people - less risk of injury compared to similar sports, doesn't require a lot of expensive equipment (although there're plenty of companies making a killing nowadays), and it helps build and maintain things like hand-eye coordination.
There are tons of towns near me that are replacing their tennis courts with pickleball courts. The sport just supports a wider range of people than tennis and you can get two pickleball courts out of one tennis court if I remember correctly.
A lot of former tennis players play pickleball now. Even Agassi has his own Joola paddle design and is making a league. That being said, some folks are way too serious and should just play for fun.
"WAY too seriously"
Ope! Yeah bud. Gotta go get a 6 pack and some glazers down at dah QuikTrip after my game.
"For the love of God, stop being so nice!" 😄
Why gate keep other peoples harmless fun?
Idk man, looks like it killed this guy