Anna Leigh Waters and her mother and coach Leigh Waters recently sat down with PICKLEBALLERS co-hosts Roscoe Bellamy (pro player) and Jared Paul (founder of The Kitchen) to discuss ALW’s climb to No. 1, how Anna Leigh became a star and what it takes to continue being the most dominant player in the game. She […]
By now you might have read the story of how two brothers and their childhood friend created DAPS, a new high-performance brand of pickleball shoes, or seen my in-depth review breaking down my own personal experience with the sneakers. But what do the experts have to say about the DAPS? We recently caught up with […]
For the third week in a row, Major League Pickleball will have a full slate of matches from Thursday through Sunday, this time at Pictona at Holly Hill in Daytona Beach, Florida. The fifth stop of the MLP season was originally scheduled to be in Salt Lake City, Utah, but scheduling changes pushed the Utah […]
Yes, you read that headline correctly. Simply WATCHING pickleball will make you a better pickleball player. When I discovered pickleball at my local rec center in 2021, I had no idea that it was a professional sport at that point. I also had no idea what a third shot drop or a dink was. When […]
Major League Pickleball on Tuesday announced a Premier Level trade between the Chicago Slice and Atlanta Bouncers. Per the terms of the deal: -Atlanta will receive Vivienne David. -Chicago will receive Vivian Glozman. Updated rosters: Chicago Slice Likely starters: Vivian Glozman, Callie Smith, James Ignatowich, Max Freeman Bench players: Pierina Imparato, Carlos Di Laura Atlanta Bouncers Likely […]
Ben Johns recently posted a video demonstrating how he customizes his JOOLA pickleball paddle. It’s getting a lot of attention in the pickleball community, so we wanted to break it down and explain the benefits of Johns’ setup. For starters, he uses the new JOOLA Perseus Pro IV 16mm paddle. (For more on the new […]
The all-new DAPS Pickleball shoes have been used by several pros and a handful of play testers for the past several months, but after launching last week to the general public, you can expect to see them on pickleball courts across the country soon enough. I have been wearing my DAPS exclusively since early February, […]
When brothers Rich Goldstein and Dave Goldstein started playing pickleball a few years ago, they tried a bunch of different shoes from a handful of big brands in the sport. Whether they were tennis shoes or shoes marketed for pickleball, they couldn’t find anything that hit the sweet spot between performance, comfort and style. As […]
Major League Pickleball Phoenix wrapped up Sunday in the desert, and the fourth event of the season gave us a good chance to see several teams who figure to be fighting for the last couple playoff spots at the end of the season. It also gave us a larger sample size to look at for […]
