At first glance, soccer and pickleball couldn’t be more different. Soccer’s history dates back thousands of years to the Han Dynasty; pickleball was invented in the 1960s. Soccer is primarily played with players’ feet; pickleball is a racquet sport involving “fast hands.” A soccer field is enormous at 81,000 square feet; a pickleball court is […]
Imagine you’re taking a well-earned break from your firefighting duties, playing some pickleball outside of the station, when an errant speeding vehicle comes hurtling in your direction. That’s exactly what a few servicemen experienced during an incident earlier this month outside Tempe Fire Station No. 3. Fox10 Phoenix reports that within a few seconds, a speeding vehicle hit a fire […]
Covering the middle in doubles pickleball often leads to an unnecessary mistake that’s completely avoidable. Here’s the scenario: we have a long, aggressive player on the left with their forehand (FH) in the middle, trying to make her presence felt. Opponents float a ball in the center for an easy smash, but FH and BH (backhand) collide. […]
Some of North Carolina’s most important sports icons will compete against Genie Bouchard, Jack Sock, and other top PPA Tour pros during the North Carolina Pickleball Pro-Am on Saturday, April 6 from 2-3pm ET at Cary Tennis Park. Carolina Hurricanes Head Coach Rod Brind’Amour and former players Cam Ward and Justin Williams will join UNC Basketball Legend […]
The weather is starting to warm…which means nudists will start to emerge in full force. And where will they convene to enjoy the outdoors sans clothing? The pickleball court, naturally. At the forefront of this burgeoning movement is Cypress Cove Nudist Resort in Florida, where pickleball has become nothing short of a sensation. Mike Sullivan, […]
A couple days ago while I was drilling, I looked over at the court next to me because I overheard a player giving his friend some mechanical advice that I disagreed with. I paused our drilling session to watch and listen for a minute, but not letting them know I was paying attention. The player […]
Why is it that when I go to the gym to lift weights and exert myself in crossfit-style workouts, my smart watch only reports about 700-800 calories burned…but when I play pickleball, my post-workout calorie burn totals over 1,400? Ok…admittedly, I typically play pickleball for longer periods of time. But still. Suffice it to say: […]
That’s the number of college campuses which have either installed pickleball courts or even instituted competitive pickleball clubs. Ben Van Hout at DUPR told KWTX News that it’s not just the big schools that take the sport seriously. “From 17 schools to 130 in a year is pretty tremendous. I probably see it doubling or tripling next […]
If you haven’t already heard, the best-performing doubles team in pro pickleball was recently taken down for the first time in over a year by Anna Bright and Andrei Daescu. We caught up with Andrei after the win to glean more on how he and Anna defeated Ben Johns and Anna Leigh Waters – a […]
Pro pickleball’s team-style league, Major League Pickleball (MLP), will hold their 2024 Drafts for both Premier Level and Challenger Level early next month. The news comes just about a week after the league announced their 2024 schedule of events. The Premier Level draft will take place Tuesday, April 2 at 6 p.m. ET. The Challenger […]
