Author: Sharon Ricci
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Want to sell your house? Pop a pickleball court into the backyard.
Here’s a good conversation for your next date night: The latest real estate craze has shifted towards a new and PickleballChick approved amenity: pickleball courts. Recent data from Zillow reveals a significant increase in searches for homes with pickleball courts, particularly in Seattle. Nationally, mentions of pickleball have surged by 64 percent. In cities like…
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Pickleball and wind. They go together like booze and text messaging an ex.
Half of the year I play indoors. There is no wind. And I love that aspect of it. I can hit the baseline on my serve about 98% of the time because, well, not to repeat myself, but there’s no wind. The other half of the year I play outdoors. Which I love. Until the…
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Picking up a snobby vibe on the pickleball courts? It’s a trend…
You can’t read about pickleball without running into the problem of the newly minted “Pickleball Elite”. From the Dink: The “rivalry” between tennis and pickleball continues to intensify, with professionals taking shots at each other’s sport (looking at you Reilly Opelka) and court accessibility making headlines in virtually every community. While the disdain continues from…
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Instructions for men on how to get divorced while playing pickleball with your wife.
I read this the other day and it made me laugh because it is so true for ME and my husband Barry. And although some say that Pickleball is the greatest sport ever invented by a couple from Washington, it’s also one of the easiest ways for men to get a divorce from their wonderful…
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Sore boobs on the pickleball courts? Oh baby girl, we hear ya!
Got boob pain or more specifically stabbing nipple pain? Read on girlfriend, read on! {Okay, so any guys who read this blog have made a bee line for the door right?} It’s just us pickleball lovin’ chicks now. Good. Some topics are really “just for us” … and sore nipples on the court is one…
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Feeling anxious or panicky on the pickleball court? Try this fast-fix.
If you’re ever felt a little anxious or even panicky on the pickleball court, you’re not alone. In rec play, I can get anxious if negative or overly aggressive vibes are wafting over the net from my opponents. And in tournament play, my body can kick into “fight, flight or freeze” just as I’m about…
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