By As a practicing attorney, entrepreneur, and author, Stacie Townsend has never had a lot of free time on her hands. But five years ago, she started devoting her precious few work-free nights and weekends to a time-consuming venture: pickleball.
The West Palm Beach-based Townsend learned about the —a mix of , racquetball, badminton, and ping-pong—through a relative and quickly became a fan of its fun sense of play and low barriers to entry.
Before long, she was hitting the courts regularly, playing casually with friends, and eventually competing in tournaments against some of the sport’s biggest pros.
Within a year of picking up the game, Townsend was so inspired by the pickleball's tight-knit community that she launched , a site featuring strategies, player stories, and merch.
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