It is easily the sport in North America which has seen the most growth in peope playing over the past decade or so-people of all ages by the way!
Pickleball is a hybrid racquet sport and has been gaining attention right across the country. This August, Red Deer, Alberta will be ground zero as players from east to west will converge on this city of 100 K and spend five days crowning national champions.
Red Deer Pickleball Club member Patrick Galesloot joins me in this episode to talk about the who, what,when, where, why and how this massive effort will be hosted.
If you are interested in volunteering or playing, then head over to reddeerpickleball.com for more information.
Armchair Sports The Podcast is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network-locally grown-community supported.

In this episode we are talking about the deep history of golf in Alberta. Meggan Gardner with Golf Canada is tasked with the job of curating pieces of the golf mosaic to be displayed for the public to check out for themselves.
We touch on first winners, record keeping and ghosts-yes, ghosts.
If you want to submit something to Meggan she can be reached at [email protected].

After a year on the injured list because of COVID-19 the Alberta Football League is game-planning to return to the field this summer. It will make plenty of football players quite happy to get back to the sport they truly love because the AFL is love to play and not pay to play. My two guests in episode #27 are Todd Lewis who plays for the Central Alberta Buccaneers and his teammate, Vince Roth who also wears the hat of league president.
And if you are interested in playing for the Bucs or helping with some form of sponsorship, you can find out more at these emails:

 <[email protected]>

Mark Fay <[email protected]>

 Sponsorship:

Vince Roth <[email protected] 

The pandemic has changed plenty in our world-some in a bad way and some in an excellent way. It seems more people are getting outside to exercise and take their mind off a troubling time. There has been an increase in people cycling and running. So if you are new to either activity, where do you start? My two guests have experience to share with you as you head out on this new journey in your life. Ken Van Vechten is a journalist and cyclist based in California and Matthew Boyd is a physiotherapist and runner  in Red Deer.
Matthew also has a blog about running and you can get more information about the sport from these two links.
https://matthewboydphysio.com/how-to-choose-your-running-shoes-e13-with-dr-codi-ramsey-phd/

https://matthewboydphysio.com/do-the-nike-vaporfy-alphafly-work-for-recreational-runners-with-dr-kim-hebert-losier-phd/

The adults have made a move to get engaged but now will the children be supportive or rebel?
Two longtime CFL fans/supporters join me for episode 25 of Armchair Sports The Podcast to discuss the potential marriage of the CFL and the XFL.
Travis Currah is one host of the 2 And Out CFL podcast and Dave Hanni is a founding member of the very popular Grey Cup Fun Police.
Both have plenty to say about the league they love to watch and support.

He has been around golf for decades so forming an opinion about the game is about the same as breathing for Barney Adams. Creating the Tight Lies fairway woods may have been the seminal moment for his career but he is much more than a golf club creator/inventor. Barney is a storyteller, and he shares a couple which include an iconic Canadian golfer and a classic movie.

It's been awhile since I ran anywhere but I see loads of other people out running at all times of the year. No doubt it is a popular pastime. Nobody runs exactly the same way and you can hurt yourself with poor technique.
Physiotherapist Matthew Boyd at Collegiate Sports Medicine in Red Deer, Alberta uses a running technique screen process to help you run properly, and he is my guest in this episode.
Besides what he will explain you can find more in formation within these links  

Running Technique Analysis

Top 3 Running Technique Errors eBook

In this episode we have two members of the Alberta PGA coming on to explain why they think Tiger Woods is the greatest golfer of all time. It takes two of them to convince me on this issue as I know the facts back up Jack Nicklaus having the title of G.O.A.T.. We also tackle a few of the myths surrounding instruction to improve your golf swing and of course the Moment in Sports and a trivia question to test your knowledge.

It has been almost a year since the Red Deer Rebels and the rest of the Western Hockey League laced up the skates for a meaningful game. The interruption has been tough on players, coaches, fans and the reporters who cover those teams. My guest in this episode is Byron Hackett of the Red Deer Advocate. He is the papers sports reporter and has followed the Rebels and the league for many years. What are the new rules? What is unique about the Rebels COVID protocols and what is this season going to look like?
Those answers and more in this episode.

It has been proven exercise can help relieve mental stress. So you can imagine the mental stress local fitness centres have been under during the revolving door of opening, only to close again.
The owners are under pressure to pay the bills but with no customers-well you do the math.
The latest opening may ease some pressure but is it really enough? Red Deer entrepreneur Al Parada has run Can Pro Athletic Training Centre for many years and no surprise-this has been the toughest but he is keeping his mental health and optimism at as high a level as he can under the circumstances. Staying fit, mentally and physically during COVID is the subject of this episode.