Pickleball Growth & Trends

 
Pickler founder, Stacie Townsend, talks to a local pickleball community about the growth of pickleball, as well as trends in the sport. 

 

Psychology Today: Physical and Mental Benefits of Pickleball, With Fun Besides

Playing this trending game is a friendly antidote to pandemic-related boredom. 

There is evolutionary evidence for the benefits of physical activity, particularly in middle age and above. This hypothesis argues that humans evolved to be physically active and that moderate physical activity promotes health as it directs energy way away from storing fat into maintaining and repairing muscles, bones, and organs, as explained in an article by evolutionary biologist Daniel Lieberman and others in the current Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (December 2021). He observes that hunter-gatherer societies today, like our distant ancestors, typically may get two hours of physical activity daily, often walking five to ten miles daily for food and water. But even more moderate activity can increase blood flow, lower the risk of disease, and maintain better health. Read Article