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5 Pickleball Shots to Master

By Callie Fredrickson

A pickleball pro demonstrates how to perform select shots that can improve your game.

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5 Stretches to Help Your Pickleball Game

By Emily Ewen

A Dynamic Stretch Specialist on the importance of prioritizing your flexibility and mobility to reduce the risk of pickleball injuries.

The lower half of two people's bodies who are playing pickleball on an outdoor court.

Up Your Pickleball Game: 5 Classes to Add to Your Fitness Routine

By Callie Fredrickson

Try one or more of these Life Time classes to strengthen your body’s on-court abilities.

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What Is Junior Pickleball Programming at Life Time?

By Callie Fredrickson

A Q&A about this exciting new offering for youth pickleball players.

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Life Time Breaks Ground on its First Ground-Up Pickleball Club

By Life Time Editorial Team

The athletic country club brand takes its commitment to this rising sport to the next level with the announcement of this new pickleball facility in the company’s home state of Minnesota.

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How to Take Your Favorite Outdoor Fitness Activities Indoors

By Callie Fredrickson

Continue pursuing or strengthening your abilities for the warm-weather activities you love in the off season.

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Can Chiropractic Care Help Improve My Pickleball Game?

By Emily Ewen

A LifeClinic practitioner explains the potential performance and injury-prevention benefits of working with a chiropractor.

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7 Tips for Preventing Pickleball Injuries

By Callie Fredrickson

Pickleball pros provide advice for steering clear from injury while playing this popular sport.

Two individuals doing a medicine ball toss.

8 Strength Exercises for Pickleball Players

By Callie Fredrickson

These workout-floor movements can increase your strength and mobility, safeguard against injury, and improve your pickleball prowess on the court.

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5 On-Court Drills to Improve Your Pickleball Game

By Callie Fredrickson

Build your pickleball skillset by hitting the court with a partner and practicing these drills.

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How Do You Play Skinny Singles Pickleball?

By Callie Fredrickson

This one-on-one pickleball variation can be a method of practice for improving your skills.

Two women laughing and smiling while playing pickleball at a health club.

7 Ways to Be a Great Workout Partner

By Emily Ewen

Support each other’s fitness goals and make the most of your time together.

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6 Cross-Training Activities to Try

By Sarah Tuff

Improve your fitness and performance by cross-training outside your go-to activity.

A young girl playing pickleball outside at a Life Time court.

Pickleball Is for Kids, Too! How to Get Them Started

By Callie Fredrickson

Tips from a pickleball expert on introducing your youngsters to this growing sport.

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6 Cone Drills to Improve Your Pickleball Game

By Sarah Tuff

Staying light on your feet is essential to playing pickleball. Professional pickleball player Catherine Parenteau offers these six cone-drill exercises to help you cover the court.

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How to Improve Your Pickleball Game

By Sarah Tuff

Pickleball requires strength, speed, and agility. Our experts share some tips to improve your game.

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How to Play Pickleball

By Molly Kopischke

It’s the fastest-growing sport in the country — but do you know how to play pickleball?

Ali Sorour playing pickleball

CHANGING LIVES: Ali Sorour

By Jill Patton, FMCHC

How choosing fitness helped one man cope with the grief of losing his wife of more than 40 years.

Bahram Akradi, the founder, chairman, and CEO of Life Time — Healthy Way of Life.

All in on Pickleball

By Bahram Akradi

This sport has captured our founder’s attention — and a lot of his time, too!

Ben Johns

Becoming a Pickleballer

With Ben Johns
Season 5, Episode 11

Ben Johns is one of the top-ranked pickleball players worldwide, and at just 23, he has been labeled the “the present (and future) of pickleball.” In this episode, he joins us to talk about this inclusive and increasingly popular sport, including how he went from playing for fun to playing pro, what he thinks makes him a good player, and why the sport is so appealing for so many of us.

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Behind the Scenes Ben Johns (Video)

By Experience Life Staff

Go behind the scenes at our cover shoot with top-ranked pickleball pro Ben Johns as he talks about the joys of pickleball.

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