While reporting on the local pickleball scene with reporters Kathleen Leslie Kelsey Morris John Purdy and Kelly Yang Kat Fulwider got some wonderful pictures of local players in action and posing on the court at the Jam On It program at the Convention Center.
“You’re going to see kids play with their parents. You’re going to see grandparents play with their kids, and their grandkids. So the diversity, women, black, religious wise, they leave it here,” Matt Williams one of the organizers of the extremely popular program said. “You may have a judge come here, and you may have someone who just got off parole. It is that diverse. They don’t care. It’s sports. It’s pickleball.”
“If you’re single, or you’re lonely at home, you come here, you can stay here for hours,” Katherine Lewis, one of the staff said. “It’s big enough that you’re not sitting by yourself. You can watch good games, interact with people, eat, leave, come back. You can spend a good day here.”
“If you’re pairing up with people, and you’re partnering with them, you can build upon that, get to know more about your partners,” Kristina Cipolletti, one of the many participants said. “You learn their game, you learn about their life. It’s really special."
Have you tried the local pickleball scene and where do you like to play?