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Getting Healthy with Pickleball · Talking FACS

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  Hello and welcome to Talking FACS.
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  What you need to know about family food finance and fitness.
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  I'm your host,
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  Mindy McCulley Extension Specialist for instructional support,
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  the Family and Consumer Sciences Extension at the University of Kentucky.
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  We are going to talk about Pickleball and our title is Get Healthy with Pickleball.
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  And this is a continuation of our discussion from a couple weeks ago and my returning guests are Hardin Stevens Extension Specialist for healthy homes,
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  Katherine Jury extension specialist for family health,
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  and Doctor Amy Kostelic Extension Specialist for adult development and aging.
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  So,
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  Amy,
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  we know that intergenerational relationships are important to health.
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  But what other health benefits do we find with the goal?
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  It's fun to promote pickle ball in regard to health because pickleball is associated with physical mental and social health and hard and arty stress,
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  the importance or the um power of the social connections that can be had with pickle ball.
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  So I'll hit a little bit on some of the physical health and really,
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  I think some of the physical health people don't even think about because that's hard news been thing.
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  Pickle ball is fun and people get hooked on it.
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  They laugh a lot.
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  There's some good competition,
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  but in all fairness I've been on a couple of pickle ball courts and it is not all laughter.
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  I mean,
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  people take this game really seriously and,
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  and I,
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  I think for some,
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  it can be a little intimidating even though all those things that Harden said it's true.
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  It's easy to learn.
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  It's easy to score,
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  it's fun to play.
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  But,
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  um,
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  you know,
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  some people are just competitive by nature,
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  but regardless,
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  you know,
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  it is a fun sport.
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  It is an easy sport,
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  it is an accessible sport.
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  And so I think when you have that combination,
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  people are more likely to keep doing it.
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  And so that's what we want to see with physical activity because then you're moving more and sitting less and for a lot of people,
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  they're doing something that they're enjoying.
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  So they don't even think about the benefits physically that are going on.
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  But what is actually going on is that,
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  you know,
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  different researchers have looked at this and have associated pickle ball with various things like weight management,
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  weight loss,
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  managing diabetes,
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  improved cardiovascular and cardio respiratory fitness.
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  If you look at it from bone strength.
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  Again,
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  just moving is gonna help keep bones stronger and it can help improve muscle strength.
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  A couple of studies have reported that if you play three days a week for six weeks,
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  you can see improvement with blood pressure,
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  cholesterol and again,
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  cardio respiratory fitness.
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  But I think it's also really gonna depend on the level of play that you are engaged.
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  You know,
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  if it's,
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  if you're not,
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  you know,
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  increasing your heart rate and things like that,
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  there,
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  there'll probably be less physical benefits.
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  But again,
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  there's still that philosophy of move more sit less.
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  And that's certainly what pickle ball is promoting.
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  Another thing that people don't think about either,
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  but I certainly do,
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  especially with older adults and young kids too,
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  actually is improvement with reflexes and balance.
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  You know,
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  that if we can strengthen those things and,
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  and be better on our feet,
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  we are,
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  um,
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  we're able to contribute to more independence,
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  have try to combat fall risk and even improve things like eye hand coordination,
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  which are going to help us in daily activities.
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  But the flip side of all of that is pickle ball is a sport and there can be some dangers involved too.
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  I don't know if we've got a ton of time to talk about that,
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  but I just want to make sure people highlight,
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  especially if you're not,
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  you know,
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  balanced on your feet.
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  You know,
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  if you're making these sudden jerky movements,
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  moving forward and backwards and going after a ball and that competitive nature gets inside of you and you,
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  and,
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  you know,
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  unexpectedly pickle ball certainly has been associated with injuries as well.
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  And so it's important that you take time to warm up.
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  It's important that you listen to your body and,
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  you know,
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  try to do what you can to prevent injury as well based on what your ability is and what your comfort level is too,
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  because it's certainly not worth a broken,
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  you know,
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  hip or something like that.
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  So,
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  in regards to mental health,
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  you know,
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  it can be just exercise in general,
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  physical activity in general,
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  it's such a mood booster,
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  it can be a stress reducer.
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  And so I think going out there,
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  it really can stimulate your mind.
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  Um because it requires you,
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  like I was just saying,
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  you've got to move forward to get a ball or anticipate where someone's gonna hit a ball.
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  And so you're constantly thinking you're constantly strategizing while you're out there on the court.
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  So you've got some,
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  you know,
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  some memory enhancement that's going on that can certainly help work to preserve cognitive function.
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  Other studies have even found that pickle ball can help reduce depression and enhance a sense of purpose.
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  And that makes sense too because you're playing pickleball with somebody else.
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  And so there's a sense of accountability,
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  you know,
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  you make a plan and you're gonna go to the courts and you're gonna meet at such and such a time and,
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  and you might look forward to that.
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  It may give you a reason to get out of bed in the morning because you're going to play and have made that commitment.
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  So,
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  certainly a lot of health benefits there too.
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  And then lastly just to tag a little bit more on,
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  on what Harden has already said.
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  But pickleball brings people together.
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  It's a social sport and that's what it's meant to be.
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  It was originally Harden.
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  You might have to correct me on this.
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  But I think it was created by our two fathers who made up the game for their kids because they were bored during the summer up at a lake house or something like that.
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  So it was supposed to be fun.
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  It was supposed to be silly.
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  It's supposed to be social and,
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  and you know,
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  the,
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  when we are around people,
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  we're less socially isolated.
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  Um,
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  we tend to laugh more and things like that.
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  And so again,
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  like physical activity,
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  if it's fun,
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  you keep coming back.
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  And so if you're having fun with people,
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  you're more apt to keep coming back.
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  So I think that's a really important component to this game as well,
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  that we certainly want to,
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  to highlight that it gives us a reason to do something fun and silly and to be together.
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  Well,
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  and I can tell both,
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  uh,
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  you and Harden are avid players,
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  Catherine.
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  Do you play as well?
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  Not nearly as frequently as Harden and Amy.
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  Although recently on a family vacation where we were staying had pickleball courts and we saw how popular it was.
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  People of all ages,
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  my six year old has enjoyed learning to play and we enjoy playing as a family with him.
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  So,
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  not nearly as competitively as,
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  um,
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  Harden or Amy,
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  but recreationally,
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  it is a lot of fun.
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  Well,
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  so how can people get started and where do they play?
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  So,
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  one of the other great things about pickle ball,
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  if you are like me and a beginner,
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  it doesn't require very many supplies.
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  So just a good pair of sneakers,
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  you want good foot support a paddle and a ball and the court size,
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  as Harden mentioned earlier,
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  basketball courts,
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  tennis courts are easily modified and so just a few supplies that are usually easily accessible at your local sporting goods store or the recreation department of most big box stores are all you need.
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  Um to be able to jump in and play.
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  You may be able to find a group that plays together uh local to you.
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  There is a places to play link on usa pickleball dot com.
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  So that is a place that you could look to see if there's a league close to your home or in your local vicinity or you could contact your local recreation center,
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  your local extension office may also be aware of places to play pickle ball in your area as well.
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  And I will mention um you met,
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  you brought up usa pickleball dot com.
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  We will provide a link to that in the show notes so that everyone can click the link to go find who's playing in their communities.
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  Tell us,
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  tell us more about who and where can we can play.
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  Well.
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  Anyone really can pick up a paddle and try it out So you can play with just one other person or you can play on doubles.
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  So four people at a time,
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  two on each team.
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  I think it was easier for me anyway to learn the rules from someone who's played before just by playing.
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  Um Just to,
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  to learn as you go.
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  So if you have a friend that's willing to learn with you or you find a local group that's playing,
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  don't be afraid to just jump in and learn as you go and have some fun along the way.
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  It does sound like fun.
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  And so perhaps I need to explore this um a little bit more in depth uh in my local community.
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  So I'll go to usa pickle wall dot com and put my zip code in and find out where I can play.
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  And I hope that all of our listeners will join in too and let us know how it goes.
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  So,
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  thank you all for joining me today.
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  It was great to have you.
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  And this was a fun discussion.
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  Thank you,
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  Mindy for having us.
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