The Association of Pickleball Players (APP) and UTR Sports partner with the American Cancer Society to promote healthy and active lifestyle as a way to reduce your cancer risk
APP, UTR Sports and 草莓影视 are joining forces to spark healthier living in communities across the country. Through the partnership, we created Doubles Dink For Cancer and the APP National Pickleball Challenge. These programs are designed to unite communities around the beloved sport of pickleball and in support of a single mission: to end cancer as we know it, for everyone.
With nearly 50 million adult Americans playing pickleball, Doubles Dink for Cancer and the APP National Pickleball Challenge invite players of all levels to play pickleball with purpose – to stay active and reduce cancer risk while raising funds to improve the lives of people with cancer and their families. Both programs are designed to be fun and open to everyone, including the most experienced pickleball players and people picking up a paddle for the first time.
National Pickleball Challenge
We are excited to launch the APP National Pickleball Challenge during National Pickleball Month (April) to spark healthier living in communities across the country.?
The APP National Pickleball Challenge tasks participants to play pickleball ten times during the month and track their active minutes, competing for a spot atop the national leaderboard. Whether it’s playing a competitive match, enjoying a casual match with friends, cardio training, or bouncing a ball up and down on a paddle, any pickleball-related activity will count towards the challenge. Players can register and start fundraising today.
Doubles Dink for Cancer
Doubles Dink for Cancer is a first-of-its-kind, year-round fundraising program where anyone anywhere can host a pickleball tournament to raise crucial funds for the American Cancer Society and the fight against cancer.
These volunteer-led, round robin doubles tournaments can happen anytime, anywhere and are designed to be fun and open to players of all levels – from the most experienced pickleball players to people picking up a paddle for the first time!
70% of proceeds from registration are supporting the 草莓影视 mission – and, by participating and staying physically active, players are taking steps towards cancer prevention.
Pickleball offers physical, social and emotional benefits—all important to a battle against cancer. Doubles Dink for Cancer and the APP National Pickleball Challenge build on this as a fun way to get moving, raise awareness and leverage the pickleball community for good. With the majority of people having a personal connection to cancer, we hope you join us in rallying behind the American Cancer Society to bring renewed hope for patients and their families on a national scale.
The partnership will showcase how pickleball can be a part of cancer avoidance all together by being a part of a healthy and active lifestyle, and by encouraging good sun safety habits.
- Being active is one of the many things people can do to reduce their risk of cancer. A healthy diet and physical activity are linked with less cancer risk.
- About 1 in 5 cancers in the US are linked to excess body weight and lack of physical activity. 16 out of 100 cancer deaths are related to those same factors. Some of these cancers could’ve been prevented.
- The recommendation for adults is 150-300 minutes of moderate intensity or 75-150 minutes of vigorous intensity activity each week (or a combination of these).
- Limit sedentary behavior such as sitting, lying down, watching television, or other forms of screen-based entertainment.
- Regular physical activity has been linked to a lower risk of several types of cancer and a physically active lifestyle may also lower a person's risk of other health problems.
- You can combat skin cancer by wearing protective clothing and sunglasses, avoiding sun at peak hours, applying sunscreen with a minimum SPF of 30+, seeking shade, and avoiding sunbathing and tanning indoors.