The most iconic tournament on the PPA Tour calendar delivered several iconic moments and matches this week, from Ben Johns sending a warning shot high and hard at Quang Duong to Jericho Grollman letting everyone in Palm Springs know how he really feels about James Ignatowich. But the story of The Masters on Sunday was […]
A lot of us have experienced something like the following scenario: You go into a doubles match with a clear plan to keep designated players on the left/right, the plan doesn’t work, you forget to call your timeouts (or are too stubborn to do so) and the match is over before you considered changing your […]
If you’re not already excited to turn on the TV and soak in the scenes from Palm Springs this week, the matchups at the PPA Tour Masters should get you there. The tour’s most iconic tournament – also the first Slam of the season – started Monday with pro qualifying, then it will be a […]
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 […]
