{"id":7583,"date":"2022-01-04T00:00:22","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T05:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/?p=7583"},"modified":"2022-01-04T12:25:28","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T17:25:28","slug":"americas-fastest-growing-sport-comes-to-boca-raton-with-opening-of-eight-new-outdoor-pickleball-courts-at-life-time-athletic-resort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/chains\/americas-fastest-growing-sport-comes-to-boca-raton-with-opening-of-eight-new-outdoor-pickleball-courts-at-life-time-athletic-resort\/","title":{"rendered":"America&#8217;s Fastest Growing Sport Comes to Boca Raton with Opening of Eight New Outdoor Pickleball Courts at Life Time Athletic Resort"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Life-Time-300x90.png\" alt=\"Life Time  - The Healthy Way Of Life Company\" width=\"300\" height=\"90\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-102\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Life-Time-300x90.png 300w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Life-Time-200x60.png 200w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Life-Time.png 677w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Life Time  &#8211; The Healthy Way Of Life Company<\/p>\n<p><strong>CHANHASSEN, MN<\/strong> &#8211; As pickleball continues its takeover as the fastest growing sport in the country, Life Time, the nation&#8217;s premier Healthy Way of Life brand (NYSE: LTH), is bringing its premier pickleball experience to Life Time Boca Raton with the opening of eight outdoor pickleball courts.<\/p>\n<p>The addition of these courts, which officially open on January 4th, elevates Life Time Boca Raton as one of the company&#8217;s largest destinations for dedicated pickleball courts in the nation.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Life Time has brought on Eric Kent to lead all of the club&#8217;s pickleball programming including top-tier pickleball leagues and events, open play and coaching to ensure Life Time Boca Raton is the top local destination for the sport.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Pickleball is a dynamite sport for all ages and brings another fun and engaging addition to our members \u2013 and new members \u2013 to live happy and healthy lives,&#8221; Kent said. &#8220;Pickleball is a popular sport for all ages and abilities. These courts will ensure Life Time Boca Raton is the best place for new and seasoned pickleball players.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Life Time has been expanding its pickleball programming nationwide to become a leading provider of the sport. The company started growing its pickleball open play in the summer as a way to appeal both to active agers and younger players picking up the sport. It will offer pickleball at more than 120 of its locations this year.<\/p>\n<p>Essentially a combination of tennis, ping-pong, and badminton, pickleball has exploded to become the fastest-growing sport in North America. Pickleball participation grew more than 21% in 2020, according to the Sport and Fitness Industry Association.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CHANHASSEN, MN<\/strong> &#8211; As pickleball continues its takeover as the fastest growing sport in the country, Life Time, the nation&#8217;s premier Healthy Way of Life brand (NYSE: LTH), is bringing its premier pickleball experience to Life Time Boca Raton with the opening of eight outdoor pickleball courts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[15,379],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7583"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7583"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7584,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7583\/revisions\/7584"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}