Reaching a 5.0 rating in pickleball is no easy task. This is the goal of many players, but few ever achieve it. 5.0 players excel in almost all areas of the game, and once you reach this point, the game becomes a lot more about strategy than it does your skills. So let’s dive into […]
Nicholas Romano and Connor Mogle have been teammates for almost a decade – first on the college tennis team at Spring Arbor University near Jackson, Michigan, and now as up-and-coming pickleball players. On Sunday they secured their biggest win yet together, winning gold at The Kitchen Open Austin and the $25,000 check that comes with […]
Players learning to play any sport progress through four main stages of skill development, according to TeachMe.To, the leading marketplace for finding and booking in-person sports lessons, and the nation’s No. 1 provider of pickleball lessons by volume. The four stages are: Unconscious incompetence: Players don’t know what they don’t know. Conscious incompetence: Players realize […]
The PPA Tour is turning back the clock this week, as the pros will all be using wooden paddles at the Sacramento Vintage Open, which starts Thursday. It’s no secret that paddle technology has advanced rapidly over the past 3-4 years, which has changed the game in many ways — more speed, more spin, more […]
DUPR, the top rating system in pickleball with more than 1 million players, this week released its newest feature: DUPR Forecast. The newest update to the DUPR app will allow players to get a preview of how a match is expected to play out before it even starts. Here’s how it works: Step 1: Select the […]
Twins and pro pickleball players Jade and Jackie Kawamoto have been at the game for several years. They are fan favorites and great ambassadors of the sport, but had yet to win a PPA Tour title until they won the Cincinnati Showcase earlier this month. They defeated the No. 1 seed Anna Leigh Waters/Anna Bright and […]
The Kitchen is proud to present The Kitchen Open each year in the fall — a huge amateur event that we’ve hosted for the past three years. This year TKO Atlanta will be held on Oct. 24-26 at the awesome ITP Training Academy in Atlanta, where the best amateurs in the country will compete for […]
The inaugural PPA Tour Asia season is in its home stretch, with just two events remaining on the calendar. And this week’s Malaysia Cup promises to be the biggest event yet for the Asia tour, with several big-name players who are based in the U.S. making the trip over. The tournament starts Wednesday and runs […]
Pickleball isn’t just a fun and addictive activity to play with friends or family — it’s also a great workout and even offers several mental health benefits. Recently the AARP — an organization focused on issues that impact people aged 50+ that has about 40 million members — published an article discussing how the sport […]
So you’re playing pickleball and you miss an easy shot. Maybe even your best shot — forehand drive, dink, volley? Naturally, you’re disappointed. You shouldn’t have missed that shot. The ball was just sitting there. So what went wrong? The answer: nothing. Well, nothing except the unrealistic expectations you created for yourself. In this article, […]
