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Are team sports the secret to living longer?
Are team sports the secret to living longer?
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This might look like a casual pickup
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game for retirees, but these ladies are
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actually part of a National Women's
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Basketball League with a unique set of
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rules and an annual tournament. This is
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the Granny Basketball League.
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>> Texas has been selected to host the
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National Granny Basketball Tournament.
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>> I'm 85,
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>> so I'm the oldest one in Texas.
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>> The criteria for being on the team is 50
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and older. So, nothing about physical
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fitness level, nothing about um skill
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set.
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>> Raise your hand if you never played
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basketball before.
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>> While the league provides fierce
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competition and a good time for players
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and fans, it's also redefining how these
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retirees find purpose. And the research
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shows it might even be helping them live
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longer.
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Every play, every reaction, every quick
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decision becomes a workout, not just for
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the muscles, but for the brain. I went
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out to meet these granny's to find out
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how the league got started and grew to
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having over 50 teams nationwide.
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Granny basketball is not like the WNBA.
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It's a bit of a throwback to before the
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Great Depression. It's based on the
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1920s
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rules for the game when it was a six on
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six game.
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>> You divided a regular size courts into
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thirds and you put two players from each
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of the teams in each of the courts and
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you could only stay in your court. Some
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of the rules of the Granny Basketball
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League are no running or jumping, no
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shot clock, only two dribbles per
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possession, and three points for the
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underhand granny shot. The uniforms
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aren't just a fashion statement either.
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They're also part of the rules.
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>> You couldn't show any flesh, so they
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wore bloomers and midi blouses and long
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stockings.
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>> The flesh foul. So if you And that
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happened to us at our last game. one of
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our gals socks rolled down and um she
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was called on a flesh pout.
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>> Over 20 years ago, Barb Tal started the
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league in Lancing, Iowa.
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>> So I decided, well, I can get together a
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bunch of people and we can play an
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exhibition game of this 1920s
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basketball. It just caught on.
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>> There's 57 teams across the US and one
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in Canada now. So, it's been expanding.
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One of the newer teams is the California
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Poppies, which Barb started after moving
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to California.
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>> Do you think is Barb our oldest?
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>> I'm going to go with Barb.
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>> And they've got a lot of team spirit.
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>> Raise your hand if you're in your 50s,
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60s,
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70s.
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That's amazing, right? We have players
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from all walks of life. Doctors,
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teachers, California park rangers,
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musicians. I wanted to get more active
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and live my life to the fullest.
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>> There's a lot of aerobics involved and
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of course there's the lots of uh
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coordination and and whole body workout
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with shooting baskets and things too.
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>> It's obvious that we need to stay
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healthy and active as we get older. But
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there's a deeper link between mind and
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body that has some unseen benefits. When
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you're moving, you're basically sparking
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your body and your brain to wake up. And
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when you do this in a group setting,
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then you're also having the social
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benefits of connecting with other
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people. So, a team sport is the best
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thing you can do, not only for your
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body, but also for your brain to help
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stave off dementia, Alzheimer's. Plus,
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the mental processing in a competitive
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game like basketball is giving their
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brains an essential workout.
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>> Players track movements, make
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split-second decisions, and they adapt
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changing environments. And this directly
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engages the brain, especially the
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prefrontal cortex, which is involved in
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planning and decision-m, and the
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hippocampus, which is involved in
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memory. The Poppy's players emphasized
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that being part of the team gave them
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something harder to find, a newfound
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sense of community in retirement.
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>> The primary benefit of being part of a
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team later in life is it combats
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isolation, and we know we have an
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isolation epidemic.
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>> A lack of social connection is unhealthy
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at any age, but it can become especially
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harmful for our health and well-being as
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we get older. So that's a big issue we
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see with people as they age is
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loneliness.
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>> Older people are uniquely vulnerable to
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social isolation. They might have
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physical ailments, a smaller group of
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friends, or maybe they're just unsure of
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how to spend their time in retirement.
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And that's kind of the whole point of
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granny basketball. they have this
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wonderful
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outlet of something else to get focused
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on and and so a lot of it is mental
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health and something to look forward to
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and to be successful at. You always have
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a bunch of people around you that are on
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your side.
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>> For the ladies of Granny Basketball,
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retirement is a chance to chase a new
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passion. Our communities evolve as we
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get older, but we're always seeking
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connection, better health, and forward
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momentum. Sports checks all these boxes.
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>> Moving with a purpose with other people.
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>> You get close to your team members. We
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travel together. Uh we're aware of
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everybody's issues and it's just a a
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loving sisterhood. The Granny Basketball
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League is giving its players a redefined
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concept of what retirement can be.
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>> I'm kind of expanding my network a bit
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and getting to know some folks I
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wouldn't have maybe ever come across had
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it not been for Granny Basketball.
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>> We can all take care of each other and I
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just really appreciate these
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relationships.
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>> Granny down.
