On-court eye injuries have spiked in the past few years. Is this the inevitable byproduct of pickleball's booming popularity, or alarming new proof that more proactive preventative measures need to be taken?
Back when I was a kid, nobody wore helmets out on the ski slopes. We just bombed down Double Blacks blissfully unaware. Now, everyone does.
Is pickleball headed in the same direction when it comes to protective eyewear?
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A new study from JAMA Ophthalmology is making the rounds with some scary-sounding conclusions, providing perhaps the best data-backed case yet for making eyewear mandatory at the recreational, and even the pro, levels.
But it comes with a few caveats.
Yes, the rate of eye injuries in the sport is increasing, especially in the last few years. But this study's scope is far from comprehensive, and even still, we're talking tiny percentages compared to the number of people playing every year in the U.S.
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The first injury study focused on the eyes The authors used the US National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS), taking data from 2005 through 2024, looking specifically for injuries tied to “pickleball” or “pickle ball” (plus other common misspellings) that involved the eye or face.
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