Pickleball, fashion sport in the United States, is a mixture between tennis, pimpón and bádminton, and is practiced on a small track with a shovel and a plastic ball. Although it was invented in the state of Washington in 1965, the number of players doubled between 2021 and 2022, when it reached nine million, and it is expected that this year it reaches 22 million, according to the Sports & Fitness Industry Association. The fascination that awakens is extraordinary and is spreading around the world in a brilliant way (also in Spain, where fields and their rackets and their stooping balls are sold as paddle tennis). Thus explained, the picklet is harmless, pleasant and even healthy. They want to go looking for a field and get to win sets avoiding entering the so -called «kitchen», the non -volley zone (the games have 11 points and is the best of three sets), but nothing is what it seems. A few weeks ago, Andrew Keh, a specialist reporter in sports of The New York Times, published an article in which he warned of the serious consequences of having a sports center a sports center of being converted into a pickletball field. The incessant toc -choc-which generates a roof to the mental health of the neighbors. , Noise pollution is charging affected, neighborhood wars, moving requests, calls to the police, complaints. The noise caused by players with their rapid blows has given a new meaning to this racket sport. Bob Unetich, engineer and Pickleball player, could not describe it better: «You can't hold that toc-tot for 12 hours every day and continue sane,» he told the NPR (National Public Radio). We know that some sports produce all kinds of unpleasant sounds: stridents Colleges that increpate anyone who is not from their family, be it referee, opposite goalkeeper, coach, post, tree, bank or paper. But according to Andrew Keh, this is much more unbearable. The swallow that emanate the pickletball fields is worse than a squeaky sound and has disrupted the sports daily life of the United States. The interviews that Keh did illustrate the problem in its fair measure: «It is a torture technique,» said an interviewee. Bob Uneph has proposed to find a solution. It has founded Pickleball Sound Mitigation, a consulting and advice company to reduce noise. It is left over demands. After crossing, the rigid plastic palette hits the hard plastic ball producing a click. Imagine that it is multiplied by thousands of blows in thousands of pickleball courts, all day and until well into the night. According to UNETICH himself, the noise «creates vibrations in a range that can be extremely upset for humans, at a level of decibels similar to that of some vacuum cleaners.» Some of those affected have obtained temporary precautionary measures. That's all? No, there have also been clashes, even fights, with tennis players. At the moment, Uneph has found that the installation of sound barriers can help. However, the simplest solution is to build fields far enough from people. UNETICH loves sport so much that what most worries is that the noise problem slows its growth. Hop, then, that your search for solutions and their consulting allow you to continue practicing. Eye to what is played. The Toc-Foroc-Toc looks for you.