Pickleball is a smash hit in SoCal. Now younger players are picking up the paddle

(December 6, 2019 Los Angeles, CA, www.latimes.com)

But for a broken leg from a surfing mishap, Diana Abruscato of Huntington Beach might never have picked up a pickleball paddle. “I found I couldn’t cover the tennis court like I used to after my accident,” said Abruscato, 54, who is an “ambassador” for the USA Pickleball Assn., teaches classes and runs the annual Surf City Pickleball Tournament that’s held each July in Huntington Beach.

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