Pickleball: The racquet sport experiencing a pandemic boom
Posted by Jane O'Brien - BBC correspondent on Mar 15th 2021
If you've ever dinked in the kitchen, you probably already understand the allure of one of America's fastest growing sports. And if you haven't, you'd better paddle-up because sooner or later somebody is going to invite you to join a game of pickleball.Continue reading:
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Popularity of Platform Tennis Soars Amid COVID-19
Posted by Michael Dinan - New Canaanite on Feb 10th 2021
By Michael Dinan | February 10, 2021Municipal officials say they’ve seen a steep increase this fall and winter in the number of people playing platform or “paddle” tennis on New Canaan’s town-owned courts at Waveny Park.Revenues generated through selling permits and guest passes for the outdoor sport already have surpassed $70,000 for the paddle tennis season that started in early-October, co
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Paddle Therapy
Posted by Chip Beasley - Sheridan Road on Dec 1st 2020
Audra Billmeyer, a former Division I collegiate tennis player at Vanderbilt, recalls the first time she stepped onto a platform tennis court. It was during a maternity leave and she had not picked up a racket of any kind in years.Continue reading this article at Read at Sheridan Roa
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ESPN Live, From a Connecticut Backyard, It's...a Sport!
Posted by Christopher Clarey - The New York Times on Apr 7th 2020
For a platform tennis championship, the players socially distanced by wearing gloves and not touching the same tennis balls. There was a trophy, but the winner didn’t take it home. But this was live sports, and ESPN streamed it.Continue reading:
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