How pickleball impacts my personal relationships: A response from Jacquee Recently we posted a question to some of our eNewsletter fans: How has your love of pickleball impacted your personal relationships? The answers we got were wonderful and we’ve decided to post some of them this month – with permission of course. Response posted by […]

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Pickleball friends: Making it work on and off the court The Secret: It doesn’t always work… Submitted by Kelly Stauffer, member of the Lakeshore Pickleball Club in Grand Haven, Michigan I met Kim 11 years ago while we worked together in the same building for Grand Rapids Public Schools. She is a teacher and I […]

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The Hidden Cost of Winning

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  • April 25, 2023
  • 8 min read

The Hidden Cost of Winning Remember the last time you felt the pride of winning a close match? Between evenly matched teams, there’s a certain degree of satisfaction that comes from pulling ahead to reach that winning score. But how did you feel last time you won a match 11-2 or 11-zip against a team […]

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The Surprising Strategy to Make Sure You Cover Every Shot at the Net Many of you have read about or participated in Levels 1 & 2 of The Pickleball Guru Academy, that’s the 2-day clinic I offer across the country. Recently, I taught my first Level 3 clinic, which focuses on movement, positioning and playing […]

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What to Do When Your Drop Shot Doesn’t Drop

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  • April 25, 2023
  • 4 min read

What to Do When Your Drop Shot Doesn’t Drop Let’s admit it: Even if you are convinced about the merits of the third shot drop, sometimes you don’t hit a perfect drop shot. (ahem, perhaps even more often than not…) And even if you believe you are (or actually are) amongst the blessed few who […]

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The 3 Most Common “Paddle Up” Mistakes (Featured on The Pickleball Channel) This week’s episode of Pickleball 411 Features (you guessed it!) Yours Truly Sharing the 3 Most Common Mistakes People Make When it Comes to Keeping Your Paddle Up… If you aren’t subscribed to Pickleball Channel, do it ASAP! Pickleball Channel produces tons of […]

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7 “Hit to the Middle” Secrets Every Pickleball Player Should Know 7 “Hit to the Middle” Secrets Every Pickleball Player Should Know If you’ve been playing pickleball for any length of time you’ve probably been told by some player (probably more advanced than you) to “Hit to the Middle”. Maybe you’ve even congratulated your team […]

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3 Secrets Top Pickleball Players Know for Figuring Out the Score & Which Side You’re Serving From Ever heard your partner or opponent say, “The score must be even because you were over there before and now you’re over here…”? You’re not the only one who’s heard such a proclamation and just moves obediently in […]

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The Great “Too Windy to Play” Hoax (And How It’s Costing You Points if Not Games & Matches) If you’re one of those pickleballers who plays indoors and never has any intention of ever playing outdoors or playing in any major tournament, then this article is not for you. But if you play outside regularly, […]

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You & Roger Federer Have THIS in Common…

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  • April 25, 2023
  • 7 min read

Do This When Your Opponents Won’t Hit You the Ball In case you are totally out of the tennis loop, Roger Federer holds a record 17 Grand Slam titles and has reached 36 Grand Slam quarterfinals. He is, virtually undisputed, the top tennis player of all time. So… What do You and Federer have in […]

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