Recently we posted a question to some of our eNewsletter fans:  How has your love of pickleball impacted your personal relationships? The answers we got were wonderful and we’ve decided to post some of them this month – with permission of course.

Response posted by Jacquee.

What an interesting topic!!  The “relationships” that I have built through Pickleball are those players that I continue to see at a variety of venues as I travel up and down the western half of the United States.  My hubby’s relationship with Pickleball:  it’s just not going to happen! [Read more…] about How pickleball impacts my personal relationships: A response from Jacquee

Recently we posted a question to some of our eNewsletter fans:  How has your love of pickleball impacted your personal relationships? The answers we got were wonderful and we’ve decided to post some of them this month – with permission of course.

Here is a response from Doug

I am 69 years old and pickleball is my only constant physical activity I call it fool yourself fit. I have been playing for 5 years and it has become one of the most important parts of my everyday life. I also have been involved in the running of a pickleball club and this tends to fill many hours of fun, planning, frustration, and reward. I have developed a network of playing partners who now have become best buddies we play for 2 hours and go for tea or lunch after and talk about the play that day. [Read more…] about How pickleball impacts my personal relationships: A response from Doug

Recently we posted a question to some of our eNewsletter fans:  How has your love of pickleball impacted your personal relationships? The answers we got were wonderful and we’ve decided to post some of them this month – with permission of course.

Response posted by Vera.

I started to play Pickleball and loved it. I had taught tennis for twenty-five years, so Pickleball was a great sport to learn to play.

Happily my husband was willing to learn to play and he also loved the game. We play everyday and practice shots together. I like to play with him, but Hate to play against him; I don’t like losing to him. Any ideas to overcome that? When my son and his wife came to visit we invited them to come play Pickleball with us. They love the game and play in lots of tournaments and do very well. My son is a 5.0 player now. I am really proud of them. We all love to talk Pickleball. It is great to have that in common.

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Recently we posted a question to some of our eNewsletter fans:  How has your love of pickleball impacted your personal relationships? The answers we got were wonderful and we’ve decided to post some of them this month – with permission of course.

Response posted by Lori.

My love for pickleball has affected my life in many ways, some good and others tolerable. To start with the positive aspects, it gets me through the week actually it got me through this past year. In Oct. 2013, my son was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. Pickleball has given me a release, a time to get away and not think for awhile. It has given me something to focus on besides my son. That may sound selfish, but it was healing.

Other ways it has affected my life is by surrounding myself with people who love the game as much as I. It has brought me friends from many different states. It has given me many new shoulders to lean on when I feel hopeless. It has brought me many new people to laugh with.

My pickleball family keeps growing and so do the prayer chains for my son. How can you ask for more than that from such a wonderful community.

On the down slope, my husband gets sick of hearing about pickleball. I’m sure it drives him crazy to hear me strategize with my partner or talk about what we want to work on. Actually, we relive play by play on the phone several times a week. Although my wonderful husband doesn’t say much about this, it probably drives him crazy. I think he is so gracious because he knows I need pickleball in my life. I am truly blessed to have such a wonderful husband who is so understanding of my needs. I pray I meet his needs the way he does mine! I love you Phil And PICKLEBALL ROCKS!

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