Pickleball Offers Greater Gender Equity Than Most Sports
Pananalapi Nag-aalok ang Pickleball ng Mas Malaking Equity ng Kasarian kaysa Karamihan sa mga Sports 9 minuto ang nakalipas Balita ng Ethereum ng Bitcoin Catherine Parenteau experiences pickleball as an inclusive and equitable sport. Courtesy PPA Tour From the beginning, the Professional Pickleball Association (PPA) Tour has offered equal purses for women and men, and mixed doubles has been a key feature of tournaments. Amateur women and men play together in recreational play every day of the week on courts all over the country, and the equipment, courts, and strategies work together to create the possibility of more equitable play between women and men than most sports. I asked a number of players on the PPA Tour if they think pickleball is more equitable than most sports; they all told me that they absolutely do. Andrea Koop said that pickleball is certainly the most inclusive sport shes ever played. Anna Bright agreed, “All around, it is very inclusive.” Mixed Doubles Facilitates Equity Hannah Johns of the PPA Tour told me, “We take great pride in being an equitable sport where men and women can play side-by-side for the same payouts. Mixed doubles is one of the few physically demanding sports in the world where men and women compete on