The Major League Pickleball free-agency draft is scheduled for Friday at 10 a.m. ET. All teams made their keeper selections earlier this month, and there are now 66 open roster spots to fill during the draft. The order will be determined by a bidding process similar to past years. – The initial 28 picks of […]
With the launch of the Pro V series, JOOLA has introduced a new hybrid shape to their paddle lineup called the Kosmos. The Kosmos is a blend between the popular Perseus and Scorpeus shapes and is being used by pros Federico Staksrud (16mm) and Tyson McGuffin (14mm). Notably, JOOLA chose to go with a flat top […]
The PPA Tour this week announced the full 2026-2027 season schedule, which includes the return of several popular U.S. stops as well as highly anticipated international events in Malaysia, Australia, Canada, Italy and China. The season kicks off on Aug. 31 with the Pickleball National Championships in a “soon-to-be announced, pickleball-obsessed location,” according to the […]
Paddle flex has been a focus for JOOLA’s pickleball engineers for several years. When the company released it’s “Gen 3” line — which was followed up by the Mod TA-15 and the 3S series — the patented “propulsion core” functioned like a diving board, bending on impact and springing back into place to transfer more energy […]
Anna Bright and Hayden Patriquin have been extremely close to taking down Ben Johns and Anna Leigh Waters in recent months. In November, they lost to Johns/Waters in three games in the semifinals at the Pickleball World Championships. In January, they lost to Johns/Waters in five games in the finals at the Masters. Earlier this month, […]
The PPA Tour is in action for the second straight week — this time in Mesa, Arizona, for the Mesa Cup. This is annually one of the biggest tournaments on the calendar, and it’s fittingly held at one of the largest pickleball venues in the country: Arizona Athletic Grounds, which has more than 40 dedicated […]
New details have emerged in last week’s Florida pickleball brawl that resulted in a couple being arrested and charged with battery. Law enforcement officials were called to Spruce Creek Country Club in Port Orange north of Orlando on Feb. 8 on a report of a fight on a pickleball court involving up to 20 people, […]
All Major League Pickleball teams made their keeper selections Sunday night, and rosters are now locked leading up to the league’s free-agency draft on Feb. 27. – A total of 54 players were kept across the 20 teams (26 female / 28 male; teams ranged from 0 to 5 keepers). – There will be 66 […]
11six24 has been a brand on the rise for more than a year, and on Friday the company released its latest paddle — the Vapor Power 2 — which has been getting a lot of buzz from reviewers and players who have tried it. One of those players is Dekel Bar, who became the company’s first […]
Holbrook became the latest company to launch a full-foam paddle with the release of the Holbrook Fuze on Thursday, but they’ve taken a slightly different approach than what most paddle brands have done over the past 8-10 months. The paddle uses a “dual density core” that features a low-density foam in the bottom/middle of the […]
