I
nside firehouses and
behind police stations,
the sticky tape on the
ground is evidence that
pickleball has come to the
rescue of the nation’s first
responders.
Before her retirement from
the Biloxi Fire Department
as Battalion Chief of Health
and Safety, Michelle Crowley
saw firsthand how pickleball
benefits the firefighters she
worked with.
“We saw it happen in
Biloxi when we started
this pickleball revolution a
few years ago,” she says.
“It caught on with the
fire stations because we
could tape down a couple
of pickleball courts in an
area the size of a typical
pumperhall and, instead
of sitting on the couch,
everyone was playing
pickleball.”
Continued on page 51 à
JULY/AUGUST 2019 |
MAGAZINE
49