Like pickleball, spikeball is a “sport” that’s been gaining popularity. It’s relatively inexpensive, easy to set up, and easy to play. Since we’ll have a bunch of visitors over the summer months, we figured it might be fun to get a spikeball set.
Today was our first run. Our friends the Campbells are visiting from Colorado, and they were excited to give it a go. I look pretty good making a lunge for the ball:
Eliza and I made a good team– we worked hard to use our three allotted hits to bump/set/spike the ball.
The ladies took a turn as well.
After a few games, we organized a quick tournament. Here’s the championship round, which went to 20-20 before the guys took home the trophy.
Bottom line: we were all terrible. Terrible. Despite our efforts, it was rare to get three hits, and most of the volleys went back and forth precisely once. We’re hopeful that we’ll all improve with practice… I guess Pepper and I will find out over the next few months.