@Scott Harvey 100% agree that racquet sports are great opportunities to get some exercise, learn a new skill and socialize. The key is to find a club or organization that has established "learn to" programs. This will set you up with people of similar skills rather than being fed to the wolves. Here are my personal thoughts on each option. Tennis-you want to start playing doubles, much smaller space to cover. Badminton-pretty quick compared to tennis, smaller court but you need some hand eye coordination. Squash-lots of floor to cover. Ball moves quickly and there are solid walls to contend with. In North America, Pickleball (I get it, what the hell is a pickleball) has become popular, especially with the more mature crowd. Game isn't as fast, nor is the court size as large as other racquet sports. I play inconsistently but will ramp up once the snow flies here in Canada. Another racquet sport I have heard about but never seen is Padel. Padel is huge in Spain, 4 million players and 20,000 courts. Over 400 courts in Britan. Apparently very easy to learn and much more social than other racquet sports. My experience is, no matter how bad you'll be at it there's probably someone else in the same spot or worse. I used to be super competitive even when I had no business being that way. It ruined the game for myself and my playing partner. In the words of a very wise woman (my wife), get it over and get it in. If that doesn't work, laugh about it, it'll drive your opponents nuts! If anyone gets a chance to give it a go, please report back!

Scott, I support your stance in that situation. If this is a regular who consistently acts this way once he's too many pints in maybe shouldn't be a regular. The Drunk is the problem in this case and if the "management" is desperate for his business they may do well with some reflection on how he affects others with his behaviour. Maybe he has his own demons and could use a referral to BROJO!