Twins and pro pickleball players Jade and Jackie Kawamoto have been at the game for several years. They are fan favorites and great ambassadors of the sport, but had yet to win a PPA Tour title until they won the Cincinnati Showcase earlier this month. They defeated the No. 1 seed Anna Leigh Waters/Anna Bright and […]
So you’re playing pickleball and you miss an easy shot. Maybe even your best shot — forehand drive, dink, volley? Naturally, you’re disappointed. You shouldn’t have missed that shot. The ball was just sitting there. So what went wrong? The answer: nothing. Well, nothing except the unrealistic expectations you created for yourself. In this article, […]
Bruce Lee famously said “I fear not the fighter who has practiced 10,000 kicks one time. I fear the fighter who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.” The idea here is that you can become good at most things by gaining mastery over only a few parts of the thing. Adherence to this tried-and-true premise is […]
Late last week, we asked whether the powerhouse duo of Anna Leigh Waters and Anna Bright could be beat this year. Most of the people in our Facebook community said no, with others saying “maybe but not yet.” In the article discussing the challenge of beating the No. 1 team, we laid out a blueprint […]
Anna Leigh Waters and Anna Bright have been dominant since teaming up earlier this season, playing in three tournaments together and winning each of them handily — they have yet to drop even a single game in women’s doubles. As the PPA Tour heads into its closing stretch of tournaments in 2025 — starting with […]
