The growing popularity of pickleball is also leading to a sharp increase in noise complaints by people who live near courts.
How do you solve the problem of pickleball making too much noise? The city of Long Beach says by building more pickleball courts.
The hope is that the new courts and even more courts planned for the future will draw crowds away from spots like Somerset Park, where the constant sounds of the plastic ball hitting a hard paddle haunt nearby neighbors like Sean Charles at most hours of the day. "We've got this sound deadening board that's going to deaden the sound of the actual ball hitting the paddle," Owens said.
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