Welcome to "Pickleball in Kagoshima and Beyond"! A new direction for this blog.
Last year, tragedy struck my family and I was unable to post anything much less function in the world for a very long time. Combine that tragedy with what the whole world was experiencing with COVID-19, and it was just a terrible time for me and my family. The grief, sadness, stress, and all those feelings had no outlet. I had no way of dealing with them in a positive manner. That is, except for Pickleball.
Playing Pickleball and growing the sport of Pickleball in the city and prefecture of Kagoshima was the only thing outside of Christ, family, and work that kept me sane. I needed something to occupy my mind or I would fall into a dark place that was oftentimes very difficult to escape. Pickleball literally saved my life. Physically, I was in freefall during the lockdowns. But somehow, the Pickleball community that I was able to start came together to find time and open locations to play and through it all, we never went more than 9 days without having a place to play Pickleball.
Because of all those different circumstances, I had ZERO motivation to do anything with resistance training or weight training. So, it was pretty natural that I transitioned from working out with weights and resistance training to mainly playing Pickleball and Tennis. But one day, I hope to balance my sports training with weight training and do them both during each week. Until then...
Let's talk Pickleball!
