New pickleball paddles appease noise conscious neighbors

Pickleball players. (Credit: WINK News)

It is the sound that drives some people crazy. Those against more pickleball courts said it is too loud. But one man said, he has the solution: quiet paddles. All this comes as Florida Southwestern embraces the pickleball boom.

Reporter Erika Jackson went to the Charlotte County campus to check out the new courts. She is live at the grand opening.

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