Stories of how the game changed my life…

The Pickleball Effect

The Pickleball Effect: Stories of How the Game Changed My Life captures the heart of America’s fastest growing sport through 50 powerful personal stories. From NBA legends and Heisman winners to pro athletes, musicians, coaches, and everyday players, this book reveals how pickleball is transforming lives, bringing families closer, building communities, inspiring healing, and creating connections across generations

From legends to first time players, these stories capture the joy, healing, and connection pickleball brings.


If you’re ready to see the game in a whole new way order your copy of The Pickleball Effect today.

Non Profits in Campaign

Adaptive Pickleball

Adaptive Pickleball enhances the lives of people with diverse-abilities through playing the fun, social, and competitive sport of pickleball.  

Chicken N Pickle Foundation

Our vision is to become a recognized leader in the transformation of our communities by ensuring that all charitable organizations have the ability to reach those in need.

Military Adaptive Court Sports

Our tailored pickleball program offers a supportive environment for veterans and active-duty service members with visible and invisible injuries to thrive and connect with their communities.

Pickleball Cares

Pickleball Cares strives to change lives through pickleball - from players of all skill levels to the communities that support the game.

Pickleball Farm

Providing the youth and families of our communities the opportunity to learn about farming and play pickleball.

The RePickle Project

The RePickle Project was formed to foster the growth of pickleball recycling in North America.

$5 from each book purchased will be divided equally to those below (now until April 1, 2026). Help us to support these amazing organizations!

Who’s in the Book

Brooke Revuelta - The Next Generation

Carl Foster - Inside World Pickleball

Casey Brown - The Beauty of the Game

Chandler Carney - The Pickleball Ambassador 

Chelsea Donovan - What's Your Story?

Danny Jensen - The Game of Life

Danny Wuerffel - From Pigskin to Pickleball

Darius Christian - The Pickleball Tour

Daryl Wyatt - Pickleball Down Under

Devin Alexander - The Pickleball Chef

Dustin & Lisa DeMeritt - Pickles & Dinky Balls

Emily Akradi - A Lifetime of Pickleball

Erica Desai & Mary Cannon - CityPickle

Evan Slaughter - For the Fun of the Game

Geoffrey Nguyen - The Courts at Piccadilly

Gordon Gebert - Rockin' on the Pickleball Court

Jay "Gizmo" Hall - Pickleball Farm

Jared Bonner - Pickleheads

Jared Paul - The Kitchen

Jodi Cullity - ElevenO

Joe Gannascoli - Pickleball Mafia

Joy Macci - Joy of Pickleball

Julie Scott - Order on the Court!

Kaitlin Miller - The Voice of Pickleball

Kamryn Blackwood - The DUPR Girl

Kelli Alldredge - Chicken N Pickle

LIeve Olivera - A "Special" Game

Marianne Orr - Champion of the Chair

Martina Kochli - American Pickleball

Matt Manasse - Pickleball Coach to the Stars

Mattias Johannson - The Pickleball OG

Mehvish Safdar - The Doctor of Pickleball

Megan Fudge - A Family Affair

Michael "Sleeves" Sliwa - Pickleball Maniac

Mick Tingstrom - A Game of Giving

Noah Suemnick - Faith in Pickleball

Patrick Sullivan  & Ashley Leroux - I Wanna Dink with Somebody!

Paul Olson - A Man, a Van and a Plan

Rick Barry - All Star of Pickleball

Riley Palmer - The Queen of Pickleball

Sandy Hacklett - Adaptive Pickleball

Scott Moore - The Ageless Wonder

Stephanie Lane - A Center Court Memory

Tara Fieri - Passion for Pickleball

Taylor Garcia - The Pickleball Tour

Tim Klitch - Austin Pickle Ranch

Timber Tucker - The Pickleball Jacket

Wilbur Matthews - Portside Pickle

Ernie and Loida Medina - Pickleball for Life

Celebrity Pickleball Smash

Pickleball Bella

Dinky Balls

Paddle & Passport

Palmera Pickleball

PKL Club

Pura Pickleball

Sleeves

Nat'l Collegiate PB

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