The Pickleball Cure: How America's Fastest-Growing Sport Heals the Mind - Softcover

Pandey, Amit; Joshi, Rajshri

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798292181385

Publisher: Independently published, 2025

Synopsis

The Pickleball Cure
How America’s Fastest-Growing Sport Heals the Mind

By Amit Pandey & Rajshri Joshi

What if the key to healing wasn’t in a prescription, but in a paddle?

In this moving, science-backed, and emotionally honest book, The Pickleball Cure reveals how a simple game is transforming lives across driveways, gyms, basketball courts, tennis complexes, and parks all over America.

Part memoir, part guide, and part soulful invitation, this book explores how pickleball helps people overcome anxiety, burnout, loneliness, and emotional fatigue not with perfection, but through play.

Through powerful storytelling and real-life neuroscience, you’ll discover:

• Why motion is medicine for the mind
• How missed serves and friendly rallies can rewire self-talk
• Why pickleball has become the most emotionally healing sport in the country
• The surprising mental health benefits of rhythm, laughter, and belonging
• How to step onto the court and back into your life with joy

Whether you’re a seasoned player or have never held a paddle, this book will encourage you to try. And when you do, you’ll find it’s not about the scoreboard, it’s about becoming yourself again.

If you’ve been looking for hope, connection, and a reason to move again, The Pickleball Cure is your invitation.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798292181385
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 205