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Survey finds many people ignore sports injuries, including those who play pickleball
Read full article: Survey finds many people ignore sports injuries, including those who play pickleballPickleball is one of the fastest-rising sports in the country. It's a mix of tennis, badminton, and ping pong. But insurance analysts warn it's causing an increase in hip, knee, and other injuries, especially in people over 60.
What is pickleball, and why is everyone obsessed with it?
Read full article: What is pickleball, and why is everyone obsessed with it?My parents celebrated their wedding anniversary last year with their first vacation since the COVID-19 pandemic began, and not only did they come home refreshed and tan, they came home obsessed with a game called pickleball that I could not understand.
Raise a paddle to Pickle Ball in the D
Read full article: Raise a paddle to Pickle Ball in the DIt’s exploding in popularity, and although it kind of resembles tennis, Pickleball is far from it. “Many, many, many differences. One, we play with what you would see is more like a whiffle ball,” Founder of Detroiter’s Play Pickle ball Association, Deborah Ferguson, told “Live in the D’s” April Morton. She says they play at what they call the “kitchen line,” which is close to the net, so there’s not a lot of heavy duty running involved.