September 22-28, 2013 Active Aging Week 5
The game was dreamed up in a backyard near Seattle in 1965. As the story goes, one of the inventors had a dog named Pickles who kept stealing the ball, so they called it Pickles’ ball, which eventually morphed into pickleball – and stuck. { }
The Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines for Older Adults say you should: • Take part in at least 2.5 hours of moderate- to vigorous-intensity aerobic activity each week. • Spread out the activities into sessions of 10 minutes or more. • Add muscle and bone strengthening activities using major muscle groups at least twice a week. This will help your posture and balance. The more you move the better you will start to feel. Although moderate physical activity is appropriate for most people, it is important to check with your health-care provider to see if you will need to consider any modifications before increasing your activity level.
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It’s really a great all-inclusive sport that you could play with your friends or your kids and grandkids.” The centre provides equipment to the pickleball club, which welcomes new players. Laughren says anyone who tries pickleball ends up loving the game. “It doesn’t take as long to play as something like golf, and it’s certainly a social game – the slogan used all over the world by players is ‘Fun, Fitness and Friendship,’ ” she says. While pickleball is popular with seniors, it’s an all- ages game that’s even played in some schools. “When kids get in and play it, they really enjoy it,” Laughren says. The St. James-Assiniboia pickleball club helps other local 55-plus groups whose members are interested in learning the game, by offering demonstrations and teaching new players the rules. The club meets at Sturgeon Heights Community Club on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for competitive play in the morning and recreational play in the afternoon. New members are welcome to join anytime, but the official session begins Oct. 1. Pickleball is also played at the Wellness Institute at Seven Oaks General Hospital, the Reh-Fit Centre, Good Neighbours Active Living Centre and other locations. The Active Living Coalition for Older Adults in Manitoba has complete pickleball sets, including portable nets, paddles, pickleballs and rules of play that can be borrowed to help any older adult group to set up a pickleball program. Contact ALCOA- MB at 204-632-3947 or email info@alcoamb.org.
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St. James-Assiniboia 55+ Centre members play at Sturgeon Heights Community Club.
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