Lynn Cherry is a Pickleball fanatic. She learned about the sport in 2018 and now interviews the game’s best on the Pickleball Fire podcast.
In This Episode:
- While it may seem strange to start a website on Pickleball after playing for less than a year, she’s always enjoyed sports. She loves sports so much she received two graduate degrees related to them. One was a master’s degree in physical education, and the second was a Ph.D. in sports psychology.
- After her first time playing, she was hooked.
- We talk about how Pickleball got its name.
- The smaller court and the lightness of the paddle make it a lower impact sport and easier on your body.
- Is it an old person sport?
- Lynn talks about launching her podcast.
- We talk about sports psychology, the yips, and how the pros use techniques to get over common issues.
- The New York Post called Pickleball the perfect pandemic sport.
- How do you get started? You can go to Pickleballfire.com and click Start Here to enter your zip code or address to find courts near you, lists of instructors, and clinics. Or you can start by watching YouTube videos explaining the rules.
- Pickleball is the fastest-growing game in the USA.
- The benefits of Pickleball are the social aspect, the multi-generational aspect, movement, mental clarity, and it’s less hard on your body than many sports.
Quotes from This Episode:
- The game’s appeal is that it is straightforward to learn. Even if you have no sports background, most people can get right there and hit the ball over the net. So you can immediately start to play the game and have fun. And in terms of mastery of the game, what’s interesting is that the game is still evolving. There are a couple of professional tours now and Pickleball, which ironically started during COVID, COVID, and 2020. – Lynn
- Addiction and sport isn’t always positive thing, but generally, in Pickleball, it is a very positive thing. – Lynn
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