Life Time Launching Kids Pickleball Programming in Collaboration with DUPR, Introducing the Next Generation to the Sport
CHANHASSEN, Minn., Sept. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Life Time (NYSE: LTH), the nation's premier healthy lifestyle brand and largest provider of pickleball courts, programming and leagues, today announced it's teaming up with DUPR (Dynamic Universal Pickleball Rating) to unveil new junior pickleball programming to introduce more kids to the fastest growing sport in America.
- Children will gain pickleball and life skills through round-robin games every week with a focus on reinforcing game-specific skills, age and stage development and life lessons in an emotionally safe learning environment.
- "We are proud to launch the first junior pickleball pathway leveraging our renowned Life Time destinations," said Ajay Pant, Life Time's Vice President of Racquet Sports.
- Starting October 2nd, Life Time will offer junior pickleball programming at its Minnesota locations with pickleball courts and expand the programming to its entire network of athletic country clubs with pickleball by the end of the year.
- Life Time has a strategic alliance with DUPR and has adopted its official rating system across all Life Time clubs with pickleball.