Pickleball as Therapy
Adaptive Pickleball teaches people with physical, cognitive, and developmental challenges how to play pickleball.
Sandy Halkett, and her team of volunteer coaches, use the game of pickleball as therapy. Players improve their physical fitness, make new friends and experience the thrill of competition.
Adaptive Pickleball is an accredited 501c3 nonprofit organization (Tax ID 87-4286411) serving the greater Upstate South Carolina area.
PURPOSE & VISION
Adaptive Pickleball aspires to change lives.
We are dedicated to bringing the physical and social benefits of pickleball to people with diverse-abilities throughout the Upstate South Carolina area.
We regularly host free Pickleball Play Days for adaptive players of all ages. For many, these playing sessions provide recreational therapy. For more athletic players, these sessions feed one’s competitive spirit.
We see the smiles, hear the laughter and feel the love every time we host a Pickleball Play Day. That’s our motivation to growing the impact of Adaptive Pickleball. More smiles. More laughs. More love.
FOX Carolina Profiles APB
“Our participants are telling us about how literally we’ve saved their life,” Sandy Halkett said. “How pickleball has gotten them out of the house for socialization. They’ve lost weight. Before, they never thought they’d play a sport the rest of their lives because of their disability. It’s therapy and we call it pickleball therapy.”
PICKLEBALL?
Pickleball is the fastest-growing sport in America. It’s a mix of tennis and ping-pong. The rules are simple, and the game is easy for beginners to learn, but can develop into a quick, fast-paced, competitive game for athletic players.
Adaptive Pickleball modifies the rules slightly to make the game more playable for people with diverseabilities.
2024 IMPACT
as of June 30, 2024
37 Play Days
499
Participants
419 Adaptive Players
80 Military Players
103 Sport Chairs Used
1,250,000+ Smiles
For all of 2023, APB held 53 Play Days with 692 participants (567 Adaptive and 110 Military) and 154 sport chairs used.
APB Helping Adaptive Sports Organizations Worldwide
APB is becoming a leader within the Adaptive Sports community. Organizations are contacting APB to learn our processes and best practices to help launch Adaptive Pickleball programs in Ontario (Canada), Kenya, Ukraine, Australia, Las Vegas, Cincinnati, Chicago and more cities/states.
Upcoming Play Days
Veterans Play Pickleball sessions are also listed below for the Military community.
Adaptive Pickleball Play Day
Mon. Oct 14 | 6:00 pm
Adaptive Pickleball is hosting an outdoor Pickleball Play Day for players with diverse-abilities
. A limited number of sport chairs will be available. We’ll have paddles for players to use. Registration is required to participate.
Tryon Park (226 Oakland Ave., Greer, SC) –
MAP
Monday, Oct 14
| 6:00 to 8:00 pm
Veterans Play Pickleball
Mon. Oct 14 | 6:00 pm
Retired, reserve and active military community, including families are invited to play. FREE. Beginners welcome. We’ll teach you how to play Pickleball.
Tryon Park (226 Oakland Ave., Greer, SC) –
MAP
Monday, Oct 14
| 6:00 to 8:00 pm
Spartanburg APB Play Day
Mon. Oct 14 | 6:00 pm
Adaptive Pickleball is hosting an indoor Pickleball Play Day for players with diverse-abilities
in Spartanburg. We’ll have paddles for players to use. Registration is required to participate.
St. James Church (213 N. Lanford Rd., Spartanburg) –
MAP
Monday, Oct 14 | 6:00 to 7:30 pm
Blue Ridge APB Play Day
Wed. Oct 16 | 3:30 pm
Adaptive Pickleball is hosting a Pickleball Play Day for players with diverse-abilities outdoors at Southern Wesleyan University. We’ll have paddles for players to use. Registration is required to participate.
SWU (907 Wesleyan Drive, Central, SC 29630) –
MAP
Wednesday, Oct 16 | 3:30 to 5:00 pm
Adaptive Pickleball Play Day
Wed. Oct 16 | 5:30 pm
Adaptive Pickleball is hosting an outdoor Pickleball Play Day for players with diverse-abilities
. A limited number of sport chairs will be available. We’ll have paddles for players to use. Registration is required to participate.
Gower Park (24 Evelyn Ave., Greenville, SC 29607) –
MAP
Wednesday, Oct 17
| 5:30 to 7:30 pm
Tue. Oct 22 | 10:00 am
Adaptive Pickleball is partnering with
RECESS to host a Pickleball Play Day. RECESS is a signature program of The YMCA of Greenville for post-high school adults with diverseabilities to continue to learn new skills, connect with friends, and gain a sense of belonging. This is a private event.
Eastside YMCA (1250 Taylors Rd, Taylors
) –
MAP
Tuesday, Oct 22
| 10:00 to 11:30 am
Blue Ridge APB Play Day
Wed. Oct 30 | 3:30 pm
Adaptive Pickleball is hosting a Pickleball Play Day for players with diverse-abilities outdoors at Southern Wesleyan University. We’ll have paddles for players to use. Registration is required to participate.
SWU (907 Wesleyan Drive, Central, SC 29630) –
MAP
Wednesday, Oct 30 | 3:30 to 5:00 pm
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