2025 IMPACT REPORT
The APB 2025 IMPACT REPORT highlights our expanding reach and key achievements.
Adaptive Pickleball isn’t just about pickleball — it’s about setting an example. Together, we are making a powerful statement that inclusion can and should extend to all sports and activities, inspiring communities far beyond Upstate South Carolina. We have a lot to celebrate this year.
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.
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.
LEXINGTON
Sun. Mar 8 | 4:00 pm
Adaptive Pickleball is hosting a Pickleball Play Day for
players with special needs outdoors at Cayce Pickleball Complex. We’ll have paddles for players to use. Registration is required to participate.
Cayce Pickleball Complex (Cayce, SC) –
MAP
Sunday, Mar 8 | 4:00 to 5:30 pm
PHYSICAL & SPECIAL NEEDS
Mon. Mar 9 | 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.
Tryon Park (226 Oakland Ave., Greer) –
MAP
Monday, Mar 9
| 5:30 to 7:00 pm
MILITARY VETERANS
Mon. Mar 9 | 5:30 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) –
MAP
Monday, Mar 9
| 5:30 to 7:30 pm
MILITARY VETERANS
Sun. Mar 15 | 4:00 pm
Retired, reserve and active military community, including families are invited to play. FREE. Beginners welcome. We’ll teach you how to play Pickleball.
Play Day in LEXINGTON, SC.
Lexington Tennis Center (Lexington, SC) –
MAP
Sunday, Mar. 15
| 4:00 to 6:00 pm
MILITARY VETERANS
Tues. Mar 17 | 1:00 pm
Retired, reserve and active military community, including families are invited to play. FREE. Beginners welcome. We’ll teach you how to play Pickleball.
Play Day in LEXINGTON, SC.
24 Hour Pickleball (Lexington, SC) –
MAP
Tuesday, Mar. 17
| 1:00 to 3:00 pm
SPECIAL NEEDS
Wed. Mar 18 | 5:00 pm
Adaptive Pickleball is hosting an outdoor Pickleball Play Day for players with special needs
. Trained coaches and volunteers will be on court to assist players. We’ll have paddles for players to use. Registration is required to participate.
Gower Park (24 Evelyn Ave., Greenville) –
MAP
Wednesday, Mar 18
| 5:00 to 6:30 pm
DOWN SYNDROME DAY
Tues. Mar 24 | 3:00 pm
APB is partnering with the
Down Syndrome Association of the Upstate. We’ll be indoors on 6 courts at the
Pickle Yard in Mauldin. This is a private event arranged by DSA Upstate.
Pickle Yard
(15 Jenkins Ct., Mauldin)
Tuesday, Mar 24
| 3:00 to 4:45 pm
BLUE RIDGE
Wed. Mar 25 | 3:30 pm
Adaptive Pickleball is hosting a Pickleball Play Day for
players with special needs outdoors at Nettles Park. We’ll have paddles for players to use. Registration is required to participate.
Nettles Park (Pendleton, SC) –
MAP
Wednesday, Mar 25 | 3:30 to 5:00 pm
LEXINGTON
Wed. Mar 29 | 12:00 pm
Adaptive Pickleball is hosting a Pickleball Play Day for
players with special needs outdoors at Cayce Pickleball Complex. We’ll have paddles for players to use. Registration is required to participate.
Cayce Pickleball Complex (Cayce, SC) –
MAP
Wednesday, Mar 29 | 12:00 to 1:30 pm
RECESS PROGRAM
Mon. Mar 30 | 9:15 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 diverse-abilities. This is a private event.
Simpsonville YMCA
Monday, March 30
| 9:15 to 10:45 am
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