Hello I am Alex and welcome to my blog on pickleball.   I got introduced to pickleball by my fella FIRE buddies.  It is both FIRE and family friendly.   As a family we can go out and play pickleball.  We can start having fun pretty quickly with some friends whilst our kids (and our friends’ kids) play on the nearby playground although a few of them are also joining us lately.  We can’t do this with tennis or badminton, at least not if we expect to have a nice time for everyone.

Pickleball is such an easy game to pick up no matter what level you are on or athletic background.  Don’t be put off at large crowd waiting around for a court, you can be assured to get onto be playing a game inside 10minutes. 

Pickleball is becoming popular and for good reasons:

• The game goes a lot faster because there is no second serves like in tennis so no multiple balls to keep track of.
• Court is smaller which makes fetching the ball quicker – hardly any flying out of court or over fences.
• Pickleball equipment is considerably cheaper, no fancy pressurised ball to keep and last way longer than shuttlecock in badminton.
• Great low impact exercise means less likely of serious injury for all the more time to keep playing
• It is very sociable as it is mostly played as doubles
• Very inclusive – anyone from a young as 8 to 80 can play.

I like to pay it forward with how much this game has enriched my family & my life by helping to spread the words to reach more people who might stumble upon this blog.