Catherine Parenteau recently partnered with Apple Fitness+ to bring a pickleball training program to the masses.
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Catherine Parenteau wasn’t always a pickleball player. While the 30-year-old from Montreal, Canada, is now one of the most well-known pros in the sport—she’s currently ranked second in the world for women’s doubles—she didn’t step foot on a pickleball court until 2015.
Parenteau first picked up a tennis racket at the age of 4, but it wasn’t until her tennis coach at Michigan State University introduced her to pickleball that she fell in love with the sport. Just six months later, she competed in the US Open Pickleball Championships, where she won the 5.0 mixed bracket and decided to go pro.
