What Pickleball Really Costs Me

Before pickleball, Dav was a gamer who had never competed in a sport in his life. No sports teams, no athletic identity, nothing. Then a health scare changed everything — and pickleball found him. What happened over the next two and a half years is what this episode is about. The things that improved. The things that suffered. And the stuff that's harder to admit out loud. Adrian has watched this whole journey from the outside. In this episode he asks the questions Dav hasn't fully answered yet — and Dav actually answers them. 0:00 Intro — Why this episode is different 0:26 Dav before pickleball — never competed in anything 4:14 The health scare that started it all 8:43 What pickleball unlocked that nothing else could 11:11 When our partnership almost fell apart 13:24 What actually gets sacrificed at home 21:08 The ugly — using pickleball to escape real life 27:24 Net positive or net negative — the honest verdict