Rate This Pickleball Crash Out
There are always going to be complete lunatics out there who have zero control over their emotions. People who can't regulate, and they lose their shit at the slightest inconvenience. A crash out for someone like that becomes commonplace. And to me, there's nothing exciting or interesting about that. It's just a lunatic acting like an asshole.
But this fella right here? Well that doesn't seem to be the case for him. Because the most crucial part of this crash out isn't even the crash out itself. It's that moment after he launches his paddle 65 feet across the courts, and then says to his opponent "nothing against you, bro". That right there tells me that this isn't some deranged psychopath. Which makes the crash out even better.
Again, the paddle toss here is wildly unhinged. I think he had a decent idea that nobody was going to get caught in the crossfire, but he definitely wasn't positive. That paddle was getting launched out of his hand like a rocket regardless if anyone was there. He was launching paddles first, asking questions later. If someone's skull got caved in, then so be it.
And then the double "fuck" just pierces you directly through the screen. Like you can feel the anger and frustration leaving the screen and hitting you square on the chin. You'd think the first "fuck" was so guttural that everything he had already left his body. But then he jumps down into "labor and delivery" position to push out the twin "fuck". That's one where if you're the guy wearing white, you want to get out of there as soon as possible. You know he already told you it's nothing against you, but you never know how many extra paddles he has in his bag. Better safe than sorry.
All in all, I'm giving this crash out an 8.7/10. I think it could have been a little more theatrical like kicking things around, or perhaps ripping your shirt in half. But the paddle toss put a real possibility of manslaughter into the mix, and that's worthy of a high score alone.