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27 pickleball memes to brighten your day

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Brandon Mackie

Published on: Feb 4, 2023

A selection of pickleball memes

Pickleball is all about having a good time. Maybe that's because of pickleball's origins as an impromptu, spontaneous way to spend some time with the family. Whatever you think, pickleball is an inherently whimsical world.

Pickleheads never take themselves too seriously and love to dress in colorful, whacky clothing for pickleball games (think neon t-shirts and pickle-branded socks).

Whereas tennis and racquetball can seem a little serious and stuffy, pickleball is casual and relaxed. The character of the sport means that pickleball tournaments and post-pickleball parties, picnics, and barbecues are about as much fun as you can have with your clothes on (or off, if you’ve jumped onboard the nude pickleball trend).

This fun-loving part of the pickleball life lends itself perfectly to the world of witty internet memes. Pickleball memes spread like wildfire among pickleball partners and are great for some pickleball lols off the courts.

They are often ‘in jokes’ in the community that fall into the ‘IYKYK’ (if you know, you know) bracket.

Here at Pickleheads, we can’t resist a good sports meme (as our pickleball friends will attest!), so we’ve decided to put together 27 of our favorites.

Funny pickleball memes

First and foremost, here are six funny pickleball memes that have given us a good chuckle recently:

A pickleball meme about playing too much pickleball

Credit: Bruce Perreault (@Pickleball Forum)

A pickleball meme about its similarities to tennis

Credit: Amazin' Aces

A pickleball meme about the ball making it over the net

Credit: Amazin' Aces

A pickleball meme about being thankful for pickleball
A pickleball meme about remembering the score during a game
A pickleball meme about pickleball skill ratings

Dink pickleball memes

The dink is, of course, the most elegant of shots in pickleball when done right. Perfecting this shot isn’t easy, and these dink memes poke fun at the pressure a picklehead can feel to get them right, and not allow their opponent an easy lob return shot.

A pickleball meme about dinking
A pickleball meme about dinking the ball
A pickleball meme about different game terms
A pickleball meme about long dinking rallies

Kitchen pickleball memes

‘If it’s too hot, get out of the kitchen!’, the old saying goes. These pickleball kitchen memes highlight the funny side of sticking to the pickleball rules governing the non-volley zone rules (as set out by the USA Pickleball).

A pickleball meme about being in the kitchen

Credit: Source

A pickleball/Lion King meme about never going into the kitchen

Credit: Amazin' Aces

A pickleball meme about other players not noticing you're in the kitchen

Credit: Amazin' Aces

A pickleball meme about stopping your partner from stepping into the kitchen

Pickleball injury memes

Pickleball is a much lower impact sport than other racquet sports, but we pickleball lovers do occasionally get hurt. Luckily, we can even see the humor in falling over, as these pickleball injury memes will show you:

A pickleball meme about being injured by still wanting to play pickleball
A pickleball meme about being rusty after a period on the sidelines

Credit: Imgflip

Pickleball gear memes

Like many other sports-obsessed communities, pickleheads tend to look toward the best pickleball skirts, shorts, paddles, and other gear, in the hope it might magically improve their skills on the pickleball court.

Pickleball players, for example, will always need as many pickleball paddles as they can afford. The perfect pickleball paddle is out there somewhere!

A pickleball meme about getting a new pickleball paddle

Credit: Amazin' Aces

A pickleball meme about choosing your paddle
A pickleball meme about using pickleball balls as Christmas tree decorations

Pickleball birthday memes

There’s just so much pickleball gear out there to choose from, that every new year is an opportunity for more stuff!

A pickleball meme about asking your family for a new pickleball paddle

Credit: Amazin' Aces

A pickleball meme about drinking responsibly

Credit: Imgflip

Pickleball addiction memes

Once you try pickleball, there’s no going back. It’s addictively enjoyable, and these silly pickleball addiction memes poke fun at how obsessed us devoted pickleheads can be:

A pickleball meme about being sad that there's no pickleball on

Credit: Reddit

A pickleball meme about driving slowly past pickleball courts to check them out

Credit: Reou

A Cast Away/Pickleball meme about how you feel when you haven't played pickleball for a while
A pickleball meme about remembering there are other sports that aren't pickleball

Credit: Amazin' Aces

A pickleball meme about finding out there's a new pickleball court in your area

Credit: Amazin' Aces

A pickleball meme about playing pickleball every day

Bottom line

Above is just a small selection of what the internet has to offer in the way of brilliant pickleball humor. And with pickleball now the fastest growing sport in America, we know our fellow pickleball lovers out there must have hundreds more to share.

So, post comments on our socials and share your best pickleball memes. We can’t wait to see them!

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About the author
Brandon Mackie
Brandon is an avid writer and co-founder of Pickleheads™. Once a competitive tennis player, Brandon can now be found these days honing his dinks on pickleball courts near Phoenix, Arizona.
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