Pickleball in 55+ Communities: Fitness & Fun in ArizonaPickleball

Pickleball courts in a senior living community, featuring multiple playing areas with green and red surfaces, surrounded by desert landscape and mountains under a clear blue sky.

PICKLEBALL THE NEW (NOT SO NEW) FITNESS CRAZE!

PICKLEBALL WHAT IS IT?

Pickleball is a game similar to tennis, badminton, and ping pong, and one of the fastest-growing sports in the U.S. It is played on a regulation badminton court using tennis net, a plastic ball, and large paddles that look like oversized ping pong paddles. Since the sport’s popularity is surging, adding pickleball facilities could be a competitive advantage for senior living community providers courting tenants, especially in the warm climate of Arizona and particularly in Sun City West, Sun City Grand, Surprise, Buckeye and Peoria senior communities. Pickleball combines elements of tennis, ping pong, and badminton.

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