Juneau’s Parks and Recreation department began hosting pick-up pickleball three days a week at the Floyd Dryden gymnasium this fall. In the last decade, new players across the country — especially seniors — have been picking up the sport.

And as Juneau’s population continues to grow older, the city says interest in pickleball is growing with them.

The patter of pickleballs and squeak of sneakers filled the Floyd Dryden campus gymnasium in the Mendenhall Valley last Wednesday afternoon. The game looks sort of like tennis, but with a lower net and a plastic ball that sails through the wind.

Fred Hiltner waited for his turn to hop into a game. The City and Borough of Juneau’s Parks and Recreation department began hosting $5 pickup pickleball games this fall. Residents can drop in to

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