Despite pickleball’s historic growth over the past decade, the sport has faced a persistent challenge that could be prohibiting even further expansion: How to accurately rate players in a way that keeps games evenly matched and enhances the experience. For Mike Barker, the solution didn’t exist – so he built one. At first it started […]
Chris Cali from the Sorry Not Sorry pickleball show has joined team Kitchen, where he’ll be breaking down all the best pro and amateur highlights from around the Picklesphere. The PPA Tour Sacramento Open went down last week and we saw some crazy moments. Crashouts, upsets, terrible line calls, a paddle throw that lost Hunter Johnson the match and […]
In this video, one of our paddle reviewers — Bobby Burns — set out to answer a question every power player has asked: Which pickleball paddle actually hits the hardest? Instead of guessing, he used a Pocket Radar Smart Coach radar gun. He tested 15 of the most talked-about power paddles and hit 5 serves with […]
URL! And just like pickleball’s promising growth in North America, the way it grows abroad could skew its trajectory and limit who ultimately benefits from the boom. Pickleball is booming worldwide. From the streets of Mumbai to the clubs of Ho Chi Minh City, the sport is experiencing explosive growth, just like […]
JW and Jorja Johnson have been the second-best mixed doubles team on the PPA Tour for the past 2+ years. From 2023-25, they appeared in 19 finals, won 5 gold medals and beat Ben Johns/Anna Leigh Waters twice. In Major League Pickleball they teamed up on the Dallas Flash and went 26-7 in 2024 and […]
Anna Bright is the No. 2 ranked women’s pickleball player in the world, an MLP champion, and one of the sport’s most magnetic personalities — a Cal Berkeley graduate who went from Pacific Crest Trail solo hiker to professional athlete in under a year. In this episode of Pickleballers, Anna sits down with Roscoe and […]
Anna Bright is the No. 2 women’s player in all of pickleball — a ranking that took several years to achieve and certainly didn’t happen by accident. In her newsletter this week, Bright detailed the steps she has taken over the past few years that have led to that success, and how amateur players can […]
There are just two PPA Tour events remaining between now and the PPA Finals in early May. That means there are limited opportunities for players to improve their standing in the points race ahead of the end-of-season championship in San Clemente, California. The home stretch starts this week at the PPA Tour Sacramento Open, which […]
The most recent PPA Tour Asia event — the MB Hanoi Cup in Vietnam — featured many of the top players from both the U.S. and overseas. The results showcased what many fans and pundits have been saying for a few years now — it’s only a matter of time before the rest of the […]
A new reality series called “Partners” is set to be released next month, showcasing the inner-workings of pro pickleball and the players who compete on the PPA Tour. A trailer for the show was released this week, and all indications are that “Partners” will give fans a rare behind-the-scenes look at what really goes on […]
