Unlike in tennis where you likely have time between shots to switch your grip a bit between backhand and forehand, pickleball is much faster. You won’t have much time to switch your grip up between shots (usually) so you will need to settle on one grip that can serve you well most of the time …
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If you go to the trouble of buying a pickleball machine or renting one, don’t waste your time and effort practicing poorly. The aim, after all, is to improve your game and without a clear skill to focus on you’ll just be batting a ball around with a machine, not improving your skills. Below are …
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I’m sure you’ve seen tennis ball machines before, but you might not have seen a pickleball practice machine yet. My guess is if you haven’t you will see one soon. I dove headfirst into researching and comparing all of the available options out there and I think I’ve come up with one of the most …
With a name like pickleball you know some of the slang has to be good! Don’t be confused again. via GIPHY Here is a complete glossary of all of the pickleball terms and definitions, terminology, phrase, slang, argot, lingo, colloquialism, jargon and vernacular. In easy to find alphabetical order: Ace – a serve that isn’t …
Read moreThe Definitive Glossary of Pickleball Terms and Definitions
If you haven’t seen them already, pretty soon I’m sure you’ll start to spot pickleball courts popping up in driveways and on tennis courts seemingly everywhere. There are myriad reasons why this unique, addictive sport has caught on and has become so popular. Pickleball has grown organically over the last 55 years. It was founded …
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Is there a pain in your elbow while playing pickleball? Is it getting worse? There’s a chance you might be developing pickleball elbow. One of the selling points of playing pickleball is that you are less likely to get injured while playing when compared to other sports such as tennis, but that doesn’t mean there …
Read moreWhat to do about pickleball elbow? How to identify, treat and avoid it
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To play well in pickleball, you need to play by the rules. We already covered the ins and outs of the how to keep score in pickleball, but one of the most notorious pickleball rules you should dig into is the double bounce rule. If you are new to the game, we understand that you …
Pickleball is growing in popularity among people of all ages — except for, perhaps, people who live right next to tennis courts that now have turned into pickleball courts. It gets a lot of criticism for being noisy. Pickleball fans don’t seem to get disturbed by the popping noise that the pickleball makes when it …
You don’t need an expensive paddle to play pickleball well. But you can be hampered and held back by a cheap AND sub-par paddle, so with this article, we’re looking at paddles that are both cheap (generally aiming for a pickleball paddle under $50) AND high quality for the price. Basically, we’re looking for the …
