Punta Gorda Historic District homeowners are urging the City Council to prioritize the health of neighbors over the game. Neighbors that live near the pickleball courts in Punta Gorda have talked about their anxiety and stress, due to the noise. Now, Punta Gorda Historic District homeowners are urging the City Council to
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Learn Proper Pickleball Technique to Prevent Injuries
Proper pickleball technique can help prevent injuries. (Newswire.net -- April 15, 2019) Bend, OR --During the month of April, we recognize the latest paddle sport craze winning the hearts of both the young and more mature age groups. Designed intentionally as a family friendly sport, pickleball’s main appeal may be its
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Terry Nemoff: How Pickleball Saved My life
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Kory Kelly’s amazing journey through PTSD and back out into the world with some help from Pickleball and friends
From Fallon Pickleball Club, Pickleballkitchen.com, and San Marcos Island's Coastal Breeze News: Whether you have been playing one day or one year or fifty one years, pickleball has likely enhanced your life in many ways. Kory and Lynne Kelly A recent podcast on Pickleball Kitchen showcases Kory Kelly's amazing journey through PTSD and
Truckee, California: Pickleball Stretch for Success
Matt Juskiewicz, of tahoepickleball.com, has posted the following interview and instructional on that blog: If you’ve been playing at Truckee Rec lately, you may have noticed some pretzels on the side of the court. But not the kind you eat, instead you’ll probably notice several of Tahoe’s best players folded up,
SurfKY Commentary, by Randy Franklin, of Franklin Financial: Pickleball In Retirement – Staying Active In Retirement
KENTUCKY (1/18/19) — The following column is provided by Franklin Financial’s Weekly Market Commentary: Over the last couple of years doctors have made clear the benefits of regular physical activity, especially for older adults. In fact, adults 65 and older gain substantial health benefits from regular physical activity.1 Being physically active
Wall Street Journal: A Tennis Purist Who Became a Pickleball Pro
What's Your Workout, by Jen Murphy, in the Wall Street Journal If you’re a hard-core tennis lover, it’s hard to take a sport called pickleball seriously. There’s the funny name. You serve underhand and hit something that looks like a Wiffle ball. Ken Curry snubbed the game for years. “I
Hoping for a Miracle
LIHUE — Curtis Allen was an avid outdoorsman. He loved to play pickleball with friends on the North Shore. Every week he drove down to Rob’s Good Time Grill to go swing dancing. He is a fine carpenter by trade and spent his life working with his hands. Then he broke
Bennington, Vermont: Quick Thinking Saves a Life On The Pickleball Court
MANCHESTER — The assistant director of Manchester's Parks and Recreation Department is being feted as a local hero for helping to save the life of a man playing pickleball this fall. At the end of September, Manchester residents who had been learning, practicing and playing pickleball at the Rec organized an
Morbidly obese and suicidal a year ago, Julie Nidiffer started playing pickleball — and dropped nearly 100 pounds (and her darkest thoughts) in 12 months
[From The Tennessean:]. Hey, Julie Nidiffer shouted over to her husband, Jerry, in their Bellevue home a year ago, maybe we should start playing pickleball. They say old people can play it, so maybe fat people can, too. “Pickle what?” he said. The two laughed at the name. But it was a serious idea, one
Exercise Wins: Fit Seniors Can Have Hearts That Look 30 Years Younger
We know we need to exercise for our health, but a lifelong exercise habit may also help us feel younger and stay stronger well into our senior years. In fact, people in their 70s who have been exercising regularly for decades seem to have put a brake on the aging