Pickleball Stories Presented by AARP

After learning to walk again, Sheila Carpenter found pickleball

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She was a three-sport varsity athlete and was the first female scholarship athlete at at Auburn University. But in 2022 she broke her leg, was bed-ridden for four months, and had to learn to walk again. After rehabbing, she discovered pickleball and she's never looked back. Learn about Sheila's pickleball journey in this episode of Pickleball Stories Presented by AARP.

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