After a week off, the PPA Tour is back in action this week on the west coast. The Newport Beach Open started Monday with pro qualifying, and main draw matches will start on Tuesday, with one round in every division to be played each day through Championship Sunday. The event is being held at the […]
Enhance Pickleball is getting a lot of buzz in the pickleball paddle industry this month because of the release of its new Turbo paddles, which are built similarly to some of the best-selling paddles on the market but priced significantly lower. The paddles were released March 1 and there are currently four models available in the […]
The 2026 Major League Pickleball draft was Friday morning, and there were a few surprises — as there is every year. The St. Louis Shock set a league record by bidding $1.23 million for the No. 1 overall pick, and they selected Anna Bright. That means they will likely go into the 2026 season with the […]
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. You can watch a live stream of the draft on […]
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 […]
