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Pickleball isn’t destroying your body👇🏼

But the way you’re preparing your body to play might be🤷‍♂️

As a Physical Therapist who works with pickleball players every week, here are 5 hard truths I wish more players understood:

1️⃣ Playing pickleball every day isn’t always a good thing.

Your body needs time to recover and adapt. More court time doesn’t automatically mean better performance.

2️⃣ Your first game shouldn’t be your warm-up.

A few dinks and drives aren’t enough to prepare your body for sprinting, lunging, reaching, and changing directions.

3️⃣ Pickleball doesn’t replace strength training.

Playing exposes your body’s physical capacity. Strength training helps BUILD that capacity.

4️⃣ Stretching alone won’t keep you injury-free.

Mobility has its place, but developing strength, power, balance, and the ability to tolerate load is just as important.

5️⃣ Stop training just to feel better tomorrow.

Start training so you can continue playing the sport you love 10, 15, and even 20 years from now.

📌 SAVE this as a reminder that what you do OFF the court matters just as much as what you do ON it.

📩 DM me “START” if you’re ready to build a stronger, more resilient body through in-person PT or training @centercourt_glendale

@selkirksport
@selkirk_tv

#pickleballislife #pickleballers #pickleballtraining #pickleball #pickleballcommunity

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Two of the BEST leg machines for pickleball players👇🏼

If you’re playing pickleball 3–5 times per week but aren’t doing any strength training, you’re missing a HUGE piece of the puzzle.

Pickleball involves plenty of movement, but playing more pickleball doesn’t necessarily build the strength you need to move better, absorb force, and stay healthy on the court.

That’s where these two machines come in👇🏼

1️⃣ LEG PRESS — heavy, slow resistance

▪️Strengthens your quads and glutes to help you push off, accelerate, and recover from low positions.
▪️Allows you to progressively increase resistance without needing complicated movements.
▪️Builds the strength needed to handle repeated lunges, quick stops, and changes of direction.

2️⃣ HAMSTRING CURL — builds posterior chain strength

▪️Strengthens the hamstrings, which play an important role in knee stability and deceleration.
▪️Helps build the capacity to control your body when slowing down and changing direction.
▪️Easy to progressively overload. Try controlling the lowering phase for 2–3 seconds!

Here’s the takeaway👇🏼

You don’t need fancy exercises to become a stronger pickleball player.

You need consistent strength training that challenges your muscles and progresses over time.

📌 SAVE this for your next gym session!

💬 Are you currently strength training outside of pickleball?

@selkirksport
@selkirk_tv

✅MESSAGE me regarding PT and wellness services offered @centercourt_glendale!

#pickleballislife #pickleballtraining #pickleballrocks #pickleballers #pickleball

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Most pickleball players are overlooking THIS movement👇🏼

The deadlift (or RDL) is one of my favorite exercises to teach pickleball players of ALL ages.

Why⁉️

You need the strength to:
▪️Get low and stay balanced
▪️Accelerate and decelerate
▪️Generate force through your hips
▪️Build strength for the demands of the game

And it all starts with learning how to properly load your hips.

Here’s how I teach it👇🏼
▪️Soft bend in your knees.
▪️Push hips BACK, hinge forward.
▪️Chest proud, dumbbells close to legs.
▪️Drive through feet, squeeze your glutes to stand tall.

When working with @monsterathletejuniors, I’m focused on teaching them how to move well, build strength, and develop a foundation they can continue building on for years.

Are deadlifts part of your pickleball training⁉️ If you are local to AZ send me a message to get started @centercourt_glendale

@selkirksport
@selkirk_tv

#pickleballislife #pickleball #pickleballtournament #pickleballtraining #pickleballtips

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Always feeling stiff and tight after pickleball?👇🏼

Think about what you’re asking your body to do every time you step on the court…

Lunging, reaching, accelerating, stopping, and changing directions. Over and over again.

If your body isn’t adequately prepared for those demands, it’s no surprise that you might feel pretty beat up afterward.

Your first instinct might be to stretch more, but.. what if part of the solution is getting STRONGER⁉️

Two exercises I LOVE for my 55+ pickleball players:

▪️Lateral Lunges: Build strength and control for those side-to-side movements.

▪️Dumbbell Deadlifts: Strengthen your hips and legs to better produce and absorb force.

The goal is to build a body that can better tolerate the demands of the sport you love.. because playing more does not automatically do it

✅SAVE this for your next workout & SEND to your doubles partner

📍Arizona Players!! Message me if interested in physical therapy and training @centercourt_glendale to stay on the court for the long haul!

@selkirksport
@selkirk_tv

#pickleballtraining #pickleballislife #pickleballrocks #pickleballers #pickleballaddict

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Nothing makes us happier than hearing from our members! 💙🏓

From our incredible staff to the friendships made on the court, we’re proud to create a place where great pickleball and even better people come together.

Thank you, Danny, for the kind words and for being part of the Center Court community!

Your Game. Our Goal. 💛

#CenterCourtPickleball #YourGameOurGoal #PickleballCommunity #PickleballLife #ArizonaPickleball

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Got plans October 17–18? Now you do. 🔥

Join Monster Athlete Juniors for FALL FRENZY at @centercourt_glendale . Whether it’s your first tournament or you’re an experienced competitor, all juniors are welcome.

Register at FallFrenzyTourney.com

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We are SO excited to be hosting the Ball for All: Pickle for Purpose fundraiser at Center Court Pickleball!

Join us for an incredible day of pickleball, community, and giving back as we support Autism Life & Living and their mission to empower individuals with autism and related needs.

Saturday, October 24th
11 AM – 2 PM
Center Court Pickleball – Scottsdale Mayo

Whether you’re playing competitively, joining in for some social pickleball, or simply coming to support a great cause, there’s something for everyone!

Player & spectator tickets available.
Auction, raffle, food, and prizes!

We can’t wait to welcome everyone for a day filled with fun, connection, and purpose!

Get your tickets here:
https://secure.qgiv.com/for/socialcircleevents/event/pickleball-for-all/

#CenterCourtPickleball #BallForAll #PickleForPurpose #PickleballForACause #AutismAwareness

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If this is your entire Achilles rehab… we’re missing the most important part 👇🏼

Soft tissue work, massage, stretching, and other hands-on treatments can absolutely help your Achilles feel better.

But feeling better isn’t the same thing as building a tendon that’s ready for pickleball.

Especially for 55+ pickleball players, your Achilles has to tolerate repeated loading every time you push off, accelerate, decelerate, or change direction.

That’s why a good Achilles rehab program eventually needs progressive resistance:

▪️ Standing calf raises
▪️ Seated calf raises
▪️ Squat variations
▪️ Leg press
▪️ Loaded calf raises

The goal isn’t just to calm the Achilles down…

It’s to progressively build enough strength and capacity to handle the demands of the court.

📌 SAVE this if you’re dealing with Achilles pain and SEND it to a pickleball partner who keeps trying to stretch theirs away.

📍Local to AZ? I help pickleball players rehab injuries and build their way back to confident play at @centercourt_glendale. Send me a MESSAGE to learn more.

@selkirksport
@selkirk_tv

#pickleballislife #pickleballaddict #pickleballcommunity #pickleballtips #pickleballrocks

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10 seconds. One incredible day. A whole lot of heart.

Scottsdale, you packed a lot into one Reel.

Pickleball.
Vendors.
Raffles.
Silent auction.
Big laughs.
Even bigger support.

And somehow, in the middle of all the chaos, this community helped us reach $19,035 toward our $30,000 goal for Brightly Living Foundation.

To every player, vendor, sponsor, volunteer, donor, supporter, and especially Center Court Pickleball for giving us the space and support to make this happen, thank you.

One event down. One to go.

GILBERT | OCT 24 | 9 AM–1 PM
Center Court Pickleball Gilbert
1433 E Williams Field Rd

Pickleball is sold out, but the fundraiser is not.

Come support our vendors, shop, donate, hit the raffles and silent auction, and help us close that gap to $30K.

10 seconds doesn’t even come close to showing what this community did.

#SaveTheBoobiesPB #BrightlyLiving #ScottsdaleHighlights #CommunityForACause #GilbertNext

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This is exactly why I practice PT “differently”

One-on-one care. Hour long appointments. No getting passed off to someone else. A plan built around what YOU want to get back to doing — and continued support outside of your appointments to make sure you are taken fully care of.

If pain or an injury has been keeping you from playing, training, or doing the things you enjoy, shoot me a message and love to talk!

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Playing more pickleball does NOT automatically make you a better pickleball player👀

For youth athletes especially, long-term development takes more than stacking rec games and tournaments every week.

It takes👇🏼

▪️Countless reps at practice
▪️Targeted drilling to improve fundamentals + mechanics
▪️Strength to build a more resilient athlete
▪️Speed, power + multidirectional movement
▪️And then opportunities to put it all together in competition

The goal isn’t just to create a better pickleball player today — it’s to build the athlete AND the player for the long run.

I’m fortunate to work with @monsterathletejuniors alongside goats @josh_pickleballteacher & @pickledbyjackson to help develop the next generation of pickleball athletes @centercourt_glendale

And big S/O to @crossoversymmetry for giving us another great tool to incorporate shoulder prep into the process!💪🏼

Practice. Drill. Train. Compete. Repeat.

That’s long-term player development📈

📲SHARE with your youth pickleball player and check out Monster Juniors if you are local to AZ!

@selkirksport
@selkirk_tv

#pickleballtraining #pickleballers #pickleball #pickleballtournament #pickleballcommunity

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