Weegie Pickleball

🎄 Festive Tournival Fun! 🎅
Monday’s Santas vs Elves showdown was packed with laughs, great rallies and loads of festive cheer. Thanks to everyone who came along and made it such a fun event! ✨

We’re buzzing for this! Good luck to Maureen, a true inspiration in our pickleball community and a worthy nominee for Glasgow Sports Coach of the Year 2025. 🏆💙 Roll on next week!

🚴‍♂️ One week to go!

This time next week we’ll be gathering together under the iconic roof of the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome for the 2025 Glasgow's Sport Awards, proudly sponsored by Think Alt.

It’s our chance to recognise and celebrate the incredible people, organisations, and projects that inspire us and make a real impact across Glasgow’s communities. 💙

All week long we’ll be shining a spotlight on this year’s nominees and partners across every category.

Show your support by sharing your favourites and tagging us using — let’s give our local heroes the recognition they deserve!

Glasgow City Council LEAP Sports Scotland Sportscotland Scottish Disability Sport SAMH This is Go Radio Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Volunteer Glasgow Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership Lord Provost of Glasgow Councillor Annette Christie

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The Psychology of Pickleball: Why We’re All Addicted (and Proud of It) - by Lee Whitwell

When we were kids, play was our natural state. We ran, climbed, chased, giggled, scraped our knees, and waited for the street lights to come on or begged for five more minutes before coming inside. Then life happened. We grew up, got degrees, got jobs, got mortgages, got responsible. Somewhere between college applications and 401(k)s, play quietly packed up and left the building and the saddest part is, it happened while we weren’t looking. None of us even noticed it was gone. But then came pickleball. And suddenly, we’re playing again. At its core, pickleball hits all the right psychological buttons. It’s movement, connection, and challenge all wrapped in laughter and plastic wiffle-ball chaos. It gives us a dopamine hit every time we win a point, a serotonin boost when we laugh with friends, and something even deeper—it taps into one of Maslow’s most fundamental human needs: belonging. In Maslow’s hierarchy, once we’ve met our basic survival needs—food, safety, shelter—what we crave most is connection. We want to feel seen, valued, and part of something bigger than ourselves. Pickleball checks every one of those boxes. It’s not just a sport—it’s a social ecosystem where strangers become partners, partners become friends, and friends become family. It’s our adult version of recess, only now recess comes with a post-match margarita. Pickleball has done something remarkable, it’s brought every cross-section of life onto the same court. White collar meets blue collar. Republican d***s with Democrat. Gay, straight, young, old, retired, still figuring it out, everyone’s welcome. No uniforms, no hierarchy, just paddles, laughter, and questionable line calls. It’s one of the few places left where connection beats comparison. We’re addicted, yes, but not just to the game. We’re addicted to the culture it’s created. We belong. We’re part of something. Our friend groups are growing instead of shrinking. Games turn into coffee, into happy hour, into lifelong friendships. Pickleball has become an extension of our backyard—an open invitation to connect, play, and be seen. The last time most of us were surrounded by such a diverse mix of people was back in college or university, when the campus population drew from every corner of the world. But even then, those connections existed mostly on a horizontal axis—people our own age, walking similar paths. Pickleball has added a vertical axis to that social map, bridging generations, professions, and perspectives in a way no other sport truly has. It’s not just diversity on paper, it’s diversity in motion, playing side by side, point by point. As adults, our social circles tend to get smaller. But pickleball has flipped that script. We’re meeting new people, laughing with strangers, finding our tribe. How many people in your phone now have “Pickleball” as their first or last name? Exactly. Pickleball didn’t just bring us a new sport, it gave us permission to play again. To show up without agenda. To laugh until our cheeks hurt. To remember that the best parts of life don’t happen in boardrooms or inboxes. They happen on courts, surrounded by people who now feel like family. And that, my friends, is why we’re all beautifully, unapologetically addicted. There would be a lot more joy in the world if more people played pickleball!

Be quick as places fill up fast!

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Registration for the Glasgow West Pickleball Festival is now open. Please click the link below to apply for a place.
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A big congratulations to our coach Maureen McCadden being asked to referee on the show court at the European Pickleball Championships in Rome, taking charge of the seniors mixed doubles group match between Luxembourg and Italy. What a great moment to see her out there in the middle of the action. Well done Maureen, you're doing Scotland proud!
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🎉 What a fantastic first session!

Yesterday we launched our Beginner Intro Session to Pickleball and a big thanks to everyone who came along to give it a go. 🙌

There was plenty of fun as newcomers picked up the basics and got stuck in. Everyone left buzzing and keen to play more and we can’t wait to welcome you all back on court! 💥

If you missed out, don’t worry as our beginner sessions are every Saturday afternoon. Come join the fun and discover why Pickleball is the fastest growing sport around!

Just visit our website www.weegiepickleball.co.uk to find out how to get involved.