Amid pickleball's popularity, stay-at-home dad Antoine Echavidre started teaching lessons in late 2023. He made around $1,600 last year from this side hustle and several thousand so far this year.

Robert Warden says he started playing pickleball during retirement because he couldn't find anyone to play tennis with.

Teaching and encouraging others is in Don Gary’s blood. The 80-year-old has become known in Collierville for teaching the fast-growing and popular game of pickleball in the area. Gary, who retired as ...