Leurene Hildenbrand attributes the best pickleball resistance to the coronavirus pandemic. “If we gather longer, we touch the ball less,” he says. At 88, Ms. Hildenbrand uses pickleball, a cross between tennis and ping pong, to stay fit and remain sociable.
A snowbird, it divides itself between Pinellas Park, Florida, and Hartville, Ohio, but has extended its stay in Florida because of the pandemic. He typically plays pickleball pickupball at a nearby indoor tennis court, but when it was closed on April 15th, he wasn’t going to part …
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