Brazilian pickleball pro Eric Oncins joins Pickleballers to share his journey from growing up in São Paulo to becoming one of the sport’s fastest-rising stars. Eric opens up about his father’s tennis legacy, discovering pickleball in 2017, training under Simone Jardim, and the heated match with Johnny Goldberg that changed everything. After back-to-back pro titles in […]
Mixed doubles success often boils down to two factors: 1. How steady the female player is.2. The male player finding the right balance in how “big” he plays. “Big” in this sense refers to how much of the court the male player will take. If they hesitate to take attackable balls and put them away, […]
Dallas Mavericks legend and Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer Dirk Nowitzki will headline next week’s Celebrity Pickleball Showdown at the Pickleball World Championships just outside of Dallas. Nowitzki will be joined on court by former Dallas Cowboys star and Pro Football Hall of Famer Terrell Owens, World Series champion J.D. Martinez and renowned online streaming […]
The PPA Challenger Series has announced that it will expand to 16 events in 2026, up from 10 events this year, which was the inaugural season for the PPA Tour’s developmental tour. This year the Challenger Series hosted players from nearly all 50 states, more than 30 countries and six continents. The events are designed […]
The first-ever MLP Cup will be held this weekend just outside of Dallas, bringing together Premier Level and Challenger Level teams for three days of matches with prize money and the team title on the line. The event will be held Oct. 31-Nov. 2 at Brookhaven Country Club in Farmers Branch, Texas, kicking off the 10-day […]
JOOLA has been a big player at the game’s highest level for several years, making premium paddles that are often the choice of many pros and thousands of amateurs who play at the highest levels competitively. This week, the brand released a new line of paddles under the Play With Vision campaign. The tagline “Play […]
Luca Mack and Juan Varon – two up-and-coming pickleball players originally from outside the U.S. who currently live and train in Georgia – got the biggest win of their careers over the weekend, taking gold in The Kitchen Open Atlanta tournament. The Open Division champs collected the winner-take-all grand prize of $25,000 with a victory […]
In a match that lasted more than 2 1/2 hours Sunday afternoon, Ben Johns and Gabe Tardio were pushed into a corner they haven’t found themselves in since the spring: Facing a match point against … with a five-tournament winning streak on the line. Christian Alshon and Andrei Daescu — the No. 2 seeds who […]
Season 2 of Pickleballers kicks off with a bang as we’re joined by the GOAT himself: Ben Johns. Widely considered the Michael Jordan of pickleball, Ben has racked up 150+ gold medals and once ripped off a 108-match winning streak in singles. In this episode, Ben opens up about what it’s really like to be the […]
The United Pickleball Association of America (UPA-A), the governing body of the PPA Tour and Major League Pickleball, this week announced a partnership with AED.US to bring hands-on CPR and AED training sessions to players and fans during the 2025 Pickleball World Championships in Farmers Branch, Texas. In collaboration with GoRescue and Safe Life, these interactive […]
