It pumped me up to keep playing.” A 2018 study of 153 people who compete in pickleball tournaments found that playing pickleball is significantly related to a low level of depression in older ...

About 2.5 million people play pickleball, ... "Then as you get older, a lot of older people don't want to play tennis anymore because of the weather conditions and the shoulder action of the serve." ...

Tim Hayes, a 65-year-old engineer who says he lost 35 pounds playing pickleball regularly, acknowledged that “the sound aspect is real” in an interview after coming off the community center ...

An estimated 4.8 million people in the US now play pickleball. ... the mechanics of the game are such that an 85-year-old can play with an 8-year-old,” he says.

ALBANY — Heather Robinson first played Pickleball in Rossmoor. In her younger years, Albany’s adult sports coordinator used to play basketball and soccer, but a knee injury made it harder and ...

Matt Kampmeier of Plymouth was diagnosed with Stage 4 glioblastoma and lost some of his vision -- but still plays pickleball ...

During singles and doubles play, many of the men’s and women’s heart rates reached about 111 beats per minute, a level that would put older people into the moderate-exercise range, Webber said.

In 2013, there were an estimated 103,000 people playing pickleball in the United States. Debbie Ludwig, who has been playing for about a year and a half, said pickleball has become popular among ...

A 2018 study of 153 people who compete in pickleball tournaments found that playing pickleball is significantly related to a low level of depression in older adults. For retirees, pickleball can help ...

A player warms up before her game at the Palm Springs Pickleball Classic, held at the Palm Desert Resort Country Club in California. Credit - Maggie Shannon Chances are, you already know someone ...

Chances are, you already know someone who’s an avid pickleball player. America’s fastest-growing sport—a cross between tennis, badminton, and ping-pong—can be played as either a singles or ...