In the article “YAHOO POLL: Is pickleball too noisy?,” Yahoo!News reported on the science behind the sport’s loud reputation, with insight from GW Engineering’s Kausik Sarkar on why pickleball is more irksome than tennis.
Here is an excerpt from the article: “Kausik Sarkar, a professor at George Washington University in the United States, found the plastic ball used in the sport makes a mid-frequency noise when it hits the paddle. A tennis ball, by comparison, will make a lower-frequency thud.”
Read the full article on Yahoo!News.