Embrace the Noise
Sit back, relax, and listen to the soothing sound of pickleball inside of your home 24/7. If you live near an outdoor tennis court that has been recently converted into a tennis and pickleball court, you’re in luck. You can listen to it from 6 am to 11 pm, 17 hours a day, 119 hours a week. Then, play the pickleball audio near the bottom of this post after 11 pm to fall asleep.
All kidding aside, most people do not like the sound of a dripping faucet echoing from the restroom, and they have the option to stop it. You will not be able to stop the annoying sound of pickleball inside your home if the city or town does not agree with you or attempts to drown the sound with methods that do not work. Read more here.
A short example of the sound
Here is the sound we can hear inside of our home while people are playing tennis and while people are playing pickleball at the outdoor courts. There are many variations that can make the pickleball noise louder and more annoying, such as the number of outdoor courts, the number of players, the type of weather, structures nearby etc.
This recording includes 1 of the outdoor courts at about 6:00 am on a Sunday morning for about 2 minutes. The audio has been looped in case you want to experience it for a few hours inside your home. We cannot see the courts until we walk down to the end of our driveway, and this is what we can hear in every room of our home. We have never heard the sound of tennis being played in the 12 years that we have lived here.
Tennis Sound
Pickleball Sound
Some Activities in and out of our Home
Imagine:
- Working overtime and coming home to relax and watch your favorite show,
- Young children having a nap or going to bed early for school the next day,
- Talking with friends and family on the phone, face-time etc.,
- Having a BBQ with friends and family,
- Hosting a Birthday party, Thanksgiving, Christmas or other parties,
- Cooking,
- Sitting at the dining room table to have a meal,
- Cleaning,
- Working on homework,
- Working from home,
- Playing games,
- Having a staycation and wanting to sleep in a few hours,
- Recovering from surgery or a flu,
- Playing music,
- Exercising,
- Chatting with neighbors on the front porch,
- Hanging around the fire pit,
- Reading or Playing games on your smart phone,
- Eating outside at your patio table and chairs,
And during all these activities and more, everyone can hear: ‘bonk,’ ‘tock,’ ‘ponk,’ ‘pock,’ ‘plink,’ ‘bonk,’ ‘tock,’ ‘ponk,’ ‘pock,’ ‘plink,’ ‘bonk,’ ‘tock,’ ‘ponk,’ ‘pock,’ ‘plink’…
Everyone should be able to enjoy the home they live in and outside of their home, and the pickleball noise is proven to be an unnatural and unusually annoying noise.
Easy solution -> Cities and towns should build hundreds of outdoor pickleball courts at least 1000 feet away from family homes.
Click here for supporting news documents and videos about the pickleball noise issue.
Eliza Woods | R&D FYA | January 7, 2025