For a game that is rapidly changing, there’s been at least one constant in pickleball at both the amateur and pro levels over the past 2 years: players complaining about paddles. They’re too hot. They’re too gritty. How can such-and-such paddle be legal? Those conversations were reignited recently when USA Pickleball announced that several power […]
We asked last week in our newsletter and on our Facebook Group what pickleball-themed New Year’s resolutions our readers had, and boy did they deliver. Submissions included everything from health and fitness related goals to specific skills readers would like to improve this year. We’ve picked the top resolutions and broken them down by category […]
The PPA Tour will kick off the new year next week with its most iconic tournament on the calendar – The Masters in Palm Springs, California. The visuals alone make this tournament stand out, with pros required to wear all white and the courts at Mission Hills Country Club painted all green. The Masters is […]
Despite announcing earlier this month that they would be splitting up, Ben Johns and Collin Johns will still play the first PPA Tour event of 2025 together at The Masters next week in Palm Springs, California. Ben Johns announced the split in a statement on Dec. 21, but said at the time that he hadn’t […]
USA Pickleball on Friday announced that several paddles will be “sunset” in 2025 because they exceed updated testing standards. The organization this fall introduced a new test measuring paddle/ball coefficient of restitution (PBCoR) to limit the “trampoline effect” that can lead to increased ball speed coming off the paddle. USAP said the increased power that […]
The United Pickleball Association of America is now requiring full certification for paddles in order for them to be used at the pro level on the PPA Tour and in Major League Pickleball. Previously, the UPA-A — the governing body of the PPA Tour and MLP — had been granting paddles and paddle brands provisional […]
Each year the level of play in pro pickleball seems to make a significant jump. That proved to be the case again in 2024, as we saw exciting matches nearly every week on the PPA Tour and in Major League Pickleball. The men’s divisions were defined by unprecedented parity as the Johns brothers were challenged […]
I know what you’re thinking: That headline can’t be what he meant to say. But it is what I meant to say, and I think I can back it up with sound logic that goes against what most amateur players think. Why lobbing (some) tall players works If tall players are using their height to […]
Leigh Waters put an exclamation point on her return to the PPA Tour on Sunday, securing the title in women’s doubles at the Daytona Beach Open with her daughter, Anna Leigh Waters. The mother-daughter duo defeated Jorja Johnson and Tyra Black 7-11, 11-8, 11-3, 11-4 in the gold medal match. After dropping the first game […]
The winningest men’s doubles team in PPA Tour history — Ben and Collin Johns — have ended their partnership ahead of the 2025 season. The Johns brothers, who won 33 doubles titles together and 43 total medals while playing together for the past four seasons, will play with different partners next year after a disappointing 2024 […]
