by Sfapickleball | Jun 29, 2023 | 2023 rules, Championship, News, Paddles, pickleball, PPA, pro, rule changes, rules, Sports, Tour, tournament rules
The PPA Tour instituted some changes in its rules at the beginning of 2023 for its pro and senior open brackets and has amended some other rules. Here’s a quick reminder of what’s happening on tour: Service Motion: If the referee determines one of the three criteria...
by Sfapickleball | Jun 27, 2023 | All-Access, backpack, bag, Bag Check, extra, paddle, Paddles, pickleball, playing, PPA, pro, Sports, Tour, tour bag, Tournament, towel, water bottle, what kind of bag, whats in the bag
If you’re reading this story, that means you’ve probably read a few of our other pickleball helper pieces, too. That means you know what kind of paddle to buy. That means you know how to look fashionable on the court and comfortable off it when you’re done with that...
by Sfapickleball | Jun 21, 2023 | All-Access, frank pritchard, origin of pickleball, Paddles, pickleball, pickleball origin, PPA, Tour, Tournament
With pickleball booming in popularity, on TV each and every week, courts being built on every corner and people talking about it all the time, it’s hard to imagine a time when pickleball wasn’t the talk of the town. It’s kind of hard to imagine it was a game dreamed...
by Sfapickleball | Jun 15, 2023 | carvana, Chicken N Pickle, dave fleming, exhibition, fleming, mobility, News, Paddles, pickleball, PPA, pro, Sports, Tour, Tournament
Anthony Ryan played competitive wheelchair tennis for more than a decade. He got burned out on it. Playing a dozen or more tournaments per year will do that. So Ryan went looking for something else. Like so many others who played tennis or other competitive sports,...
by Sfapickleball | Jun 13, 2023 | All-Access, Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, Catherine Parenteau, Championship Sunday, Collin Johns, Connor Garnett, gold medal, intralinks, Irina Tereschenko, johns, lifetime, Marietta Wright, Matt Wright, mcguffin, orange county cup, Paddles, parenteau, pickleball, PPA, pro, results, Riley Newman, select medical, Sports, Tour, Tournaments, Tyson McGuffin, waters
MIXED DOUBLES FINAL: Anna Leigh Waters and Ben Johns defeated Catherine Parenteau and Tyson McGuffin, 11-3, 11-6, 11-9. . MATCH NOTES: Waters/Johns: #1 seed. Parenteau/McGuffin: #3 seed. Waters/Johns never trailed. . RALLIES: 1,347 shots. 122 rallies. 11.04 shots per...
by Sfapickleball | Jun 13, 2023 | News and Info, Paddles, Stream
By Alex Abrams Red Line Editorial Linda Schaffer felt both anxious and excited on May 25 as she sat courtside inside the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, New York. Schaffer’s husband plays tennis, so she knows the significance of Flushing...
