We got an early look this week at Ben Stiller’s new pickleball comedy “The Dink” featuring Jake Johnson as a washed-up former tennis star who discovers the superior racket sport. The trailer focuses on Johnson’s character as he experiences what many young, athletic men have been through at one time or another on the pickleball […]
JW and Jorja Johnson are the most decorated sibling duo in professional pickleball, known for transforming the game with the JW flick and the Jorja fire — two of the most talked-about weapons on tour. In this episode, the Johnsons sit down with Roscoe and Jared to trace their unlikely path from Pittsburgh, Kansas, to […]
After a thrilling slate of matches in Dallas over Memorial Day weekend, Major League Pickleball is back in action this week. There are 11 teams participating in MLP Columbus, which starts Thursday from Pickle & Chill, an indoor facility that has hosted several past MLP events. Here are the teams in the field this week: […]
The first Major League Pickleball event of the season saw several upsets, a ton of close matches and reminded fans what makes team pickleball so exciting.
Week 1 of the 2026 Major League Pickleball season wrapped up Monday afternoon in Dallas. The theme of the week: Parity.
In this article we dive into why so many players spend so much time developing “tricky” spin serves, and what they should be focused on instead.
There have been 240 medals handed out in 10 PPA Tour events in the U.S. in 2026. Almost 1/3 of those medals (32.5%) were won by a player using a JOOLA paddle, continuing the brand’s dominance when it comes to the pro game. Franklin (22.1%) also maintained a strong presence on the medal stand, aided […]
The Major League Pickleball season kicks off this week with the season-opening event in Dallas. There are 20 teams total this year, and the league has done away with the Premier/Challenger designations, so all teams are competing in one league this year. That means the talent has been consolidated, and almost every team has strong players and names fans […]
A few weeks ago, we asked The Kitchen Facebook Group (which has more than 190,000 members) one simple question: “What is your favorite pickleball paddle right now?” The response was massive. Across three community polls and hundreds of comments, a clear group of paddles separated themselves from the pack. We compiled the full results into this […]
The Major League Pickleball season kicks off this week with the season-opening event in Dallas. There are 20 teams total this year, and the league has done away with the Premier/Challenger designations, so all teams are competing in one league this year. That means the talent has been consolidated, and almost every team has strong […]
