Audiobook Demo

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So who's playing. There's a common myth that only older people play pickleball, although it's very popular in retirement communities, this couldn't be further from the truth. Pickleball is not just a sport for retirees. In fact, its fastest growing age group is individuals between the ages of 18 and 54. If you are surprised, there are a few reasons that will make this less surprising. The chief executive of USA Pickleball USA P has said the first reason is that the game does not have as steep a learning curve as many other sports, unlike martial arts, football, rugby, and many other sports, there is no need to get hit in the face tackled or otherwise punished for not perfecting their fundamentals. Although pickles, the dog himself could not skilfully maneuver a pickleball paddle in his paws. It appears that even he picked up the pattern of the game in a short time. It takes only an hour for someone to catch on to the basics and start enjoying themselves. Since you can play with a partner and have to play against other people. You can form genuine bonds quickly and carve out a welcoming community for yourself in a sport that does not require a 4.2 2nd 40 m dash, a certain height or a certain weight to enable you to compete. Furthermore, you do not even need a background in any sport to play, enjoy or succeed in pickleball. So if your speed, strength, size or athletic background cannot stand in your way, then age, sexual orientation, gender, mental illness and other such things cannot stand in your way either. This is probably why the number of pickleball players in the United States has grown by 11.5% annually over the past five years. So step aside, lacrosse in rugby, that number puts pickleball at the top of the list as the fastest growing sport in the United States. And there are many more aspects of this sport that are drawing athletes, families, couch potatoes and outdoor enthusiasts alike to it. Luckily, for anyone who hates briny tastes, there is no mandatory pickle eating or anything involving brined cucumbers at all in pickleball. Once people discover that pickleball has a storied 58 year old history behind it, they often believe in its legitimacy as a sport. The fact that the International Olympic Committee and USA pickleball are currently negotiating to recognize pickleball as an Olympic sport only solidifies that legitimacy.