In what could only be described as a win for the good guys, pickleball players in Ocean City, New Jersey, recently fought back against a proposed court fee increase that would have raised the price of a season pass by a whopping 275%. The substantial increase was part of a larger package of rate increases for […]
Major League Pickleball has announced a series of local media partnerships with Gray Media and the Fan Duel Sports Network that will provide expanded distribution in several team markets during the 2025 season. Viewers in the Atlanta Bouncers, Carolina Hogs, Columbus Sliders and St. Louis Shock home markets and surrounding areas will have access to […]
The PPA Tour Atlanta Pickleball Championships are still about a month away, but already there are several interesting storylines that have developed ahead of the second Slam of the season. Through the first 9 tournaments — about halfway through the PPA Tour schedule — there have been a few shakeups to the normal order of […]
The United Pickleball Association of America — the governing body of the PPA Tour and Major League Pickleball — recently released more information about a new “destructive testing” process that has been incorporated into UPA-A paddle testing. The new test, known as an “Accelerated Break In Standard” (ABI), is meant to determine how a paddle’s […]
When I’m teaching, players often ask how frequently they should speed up; however, the calculus of when to speed up changes with every match and frequency shouldn’t be the question — because if you can win every point by speeding it up, by all means go for it. When I think about when to speed up […]
A group of four pickleball players set a new Guinness World Record over the weekend in Texas by playing for 36 hours straight. “The Pickle Breakers” accomplished the feat over the course of two days on Saturday and Sunday at Pickler Universe in Carrollton, Texas, wrapping up Sunday night with a group hug at the […]
The University of Texas at Austin pickleball team claimed its first DUPR Collegiate National Championship this weekend in Atlanta with a win over Texas Christian University in the finals. Texas, a No. 4-seed in the 64-team bracket, also had wins over Harvard (R64), Baylor (R32), Washington (R16), Utah Tech (QF) and Grand Canyon (SF). Utah […]
The new JOOLA Perseus Pro IV and Agassi Pro/Graf Pro pickleball paddles launched last month and have already been a popular choice for pro and amateur players. Now, the rest of the Pro IV series paddles — the Magnus, Scorpeus and Hyperion — are also available at Pickleball Central. We’ve had some time to play […]
Pickleball players who play at Lang Park in Laguna Beach, California, will be required to use “quiet” paddles going forward after the city council there passed a law that fines people for using the louder traditional paddles. The Police Department’s Park Rangers will enforce the new law, city officials said. The city council took action […]
Andrei Daescu has been on a tear in 2025, racking up four gold medals in men’s doubles already this season. He’s made a compelling case to being the No. 1 men’s doubles player in the world, although he’s quick to credit the partners who he won those titles with — Ben Johns at the Cape […]
