Everything that ALL IN Youth Pickleball is doing is incredible. All the people you are reaching and improving their lives through pickleball! A few moments are all it takes sometimes to make a big impact on someone’s life, so that 1 hour is extremely valuable! You’re a beam of light for each of them in a place that likely often feels dark. I really enjoy hearing about everything you and your team are doing. The heartwarming stories are the highlight of my day.
Virna Filippini, Co-owner Gearbox Sports
Everything that ALL IN Youth Pickleball is doing is incredible with all of the people you are reaching and the impacts you’re making in people’s lives through pickleball! A few moments are all it takes sometimes to make a big impact on someone’s life, so that 1 hour is extremely valuable that you spend weekly with the youth in detention! You’re a beam of light for each of them in a place that likely often feels dark. I really enjoy hearing about everything you and your team are doing. The heartwarming stories are the highlight of my day.
Rob Pecharich, Executive Director & District Principal Edge High School, Tucson AZ
Edge High School has been partnering with All-In-Youth Pickleball for a year now. In the last year, we have seen so many students grow in confidence, increase their communication skills, more open with their peers and teachers, and have better attendance all while learning a new sport. Week one they thought it would be a stupid sport, and by week three their friends want to join the class too. The coaches are kind, professional, encouraging, and fun!
What I like about ALL IN Youth pickleball is that all the coaches are really fun. ALL IN Youth has given me opportunities like tournaments and winning a bronze medal. ALL IN Youth has boosted my confidence more than anything. And it hasn’t just helped me with getting better in pickleball, it has also helped me in my social life. I talk to a lot of new people. ALL IN is just the best.
ALL IN Youth has provided me and my friends with the opportunity to learn and appreciate the sport of pickleball. It has been an amazing way for me and all my friends to connect. We get competitive, we get angry, but most of all we learn to persevere, which is an important skill not just on the court but in life. Pickleball has made me more active, more understanding, and an all-around better person. Every time I step on the court I am motivated to play better and go harder than I did the last time. ALL IN Youth provided me and my friends with all the equipment necessary to play and amazing coaches to go with it. I honestly couldn’t be more thankful for the amazing people at ALL IN and the coaches who made it all possible.
I thought I wouldn’t be good at the sport, and I was afraid I wouldn’t hit the ball accurately or consistently. I was also scared to talk with the people around me. I didn’t know many of the students, and I was scared to speak with the adults. I was in good physical shape from playing basketball and I realized that I was enjoying my newfound community and was making friends with both students and adults. I feel like we’re becoming a big family, especially with ALL IN Coach Renee, who is very much helping me look towards my future. Playing pickleball through ALL IN is helping me stay in better shape and it’s something I look forward to.
Pickleball has helped me develop some self-control over my anger and frustration and also helped me not take myself (and others) too seriously. With Coach Renee’s gentle prodding, I have started to consider many different career options.