Special Edition: America's Fastest-Growing Sport (Pickleball!)
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 22 July 2023
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
We're talking about the fastest-growing sport in America: pickleball! I'm chatting with someone who has a lot of influence on the game's future – Tom Webb, who is the chief marketing officer for the Association of Pickleball Players.
Then, pickleball physical therapist Dr. Sarah Leong-Lopes joins me to talk about the uptick in injuries as the sport gets more popular, and how to avoid getting hurt.
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Saturday, July 22nd, and today we are talking about the fastest-growing sport |
| 0:04.9 | in America. |
| 0:06.0 | The Sports and Fitness Industry Association that tracks participation has given pickleball |
| 0:10.4 | that title for three years in a row now. |
| 0:13.3 | Although the game has actually been around for decades, its popularity really took off |
| 0:17.0 | during the pandemic. |
| 0:18.0 | Tens of millions of Americans have at least tried pickleball. |
| 0:21.7 | Major networks like ESPN, CBS Sports, and the tennis channel are broadcasting pickleball |
| 0:26.2 | tournaments. |
| 0:27.3 | Some of the biggest names in sports and entertainment are investing in professional |
| 0:31.5 | leagues. |
| 0:32.5 | Later in the show, we'll talk about an uptick in certain injuries as the sport gets |
| 0:36.0 | more popular and how to avoid them. |
| 0:38.5 | But first, I'm chatting with someone who has a lot of influence on the game's future. |
| 0:42.8 | Tom Webb is the Chief Marketing Officer for the Association of Pickleball Players, a group |
| 0:47.1 | representing professional amateur and recreational athletes. |
| 0:50.4 | Tom is giving us his take on why the sport became so popular so fast. |
| 0:54.8 | He admits some of the challenges pickleball needs to overcome. |
| 0:58.1 | And he starts us off with how this sport, that combines tennis, badminton, and ping pong, |
| 1:02.5 | got its name pickleball. |
| 1:04.1 | Welcome, welcome to The Newsworthy Special Edition Saturday, when we sit down with a different |
| 1:11.1 | expert or celebrity every Saturday to talk about something in the news. |
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