Pickleball Stories Presented by AARP: Steven Kraslen

Military veteran Steven Kraslen shares his special relationship with pickleball

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Steven Kraslen enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1969 and fought in the Vietnam War. He uses pickleball as therapy tool for his PTSD and also shares his love of the sport with others just like him. Watch his story.

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