The Reebok C 85 Is the Only Shoe You Should Be Seen in Playing Pickleball

The Recess x Reebok Club C Revenge version of the C 85.

The pickleball court is the last place I want to be seen trying too hard. That’s not knocking the sport, which outgrew its roots in school gym classes and retirement communities a generation ago. Casualness is a core part of pickleball, which doesn’t take itself as seriously as other racket sports. There are no collared shirts or whispering as you walk between courts. You socialize. You serve underhand. You dink. You try not to get Nasty Nelson’d. And you should do all of that wearing a pair of Reebok Club C 85 court shoes.

I’ve tested more than 100 different pickleball paddles and, along with them, more than a dozen different court shoes from brands like Diadem, Mizuno, and Babolat. I’ve even used pickleball-specific court shoes from Sqairz and PB5star. All those shoes are trying too hard. You may get an ad-in on performance, but you get body-bagged on style points.

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