We are excited to announce that we’ve launched another website – BestPickleballFacilities.com! Building a website of this magnitude from scratch took time, so we are absolutely stoked to finally bring it to you! “Cool” Pickleball Facilities! As the name suggests, the website provides a directory of pickleball facilities. However, it is not intended to be … Read more
It’s been exciting to watch the growth of pickleball over the past few years, especially in our home city of Cincinnati, Ohio! The number of players has increased exponentially as has the number of courts throughout the city and its suburbs. Cincinnati is home to thousands of pickleball fanatics. It has some of the largest … Read more
These days there’s an app or software package for seemingly anything. Case in point, you can go to Apple’s App Store or Google’s Play Store and download an app that identifies plants from a snapped photo (PlantNet). Or you can download an app that tells you the best time during a movie to take a … Read more
Sandbagging. It’s the bane of tournament pickleball players and tournament organizers alike. Sandbagging occurs when a player enters a tournament and intentionally registers for an event/skill level that is below their actual skill level in an effort to win more games, and, presumably, to win a medal. Sandbagging is not fun for the other competitors … Read more
WinterMAX – our annual PickleballMAX pickleball tournament held between Christmas and New Year’s Day – has been a staple in the Cincinnati area since 2017. What started as a 70-100 player tournament run on Excel spreadsheets at CourtYard Sportsplex has exploded into a tournament of over 430 players using PickleballBrackets and DUPR registration integration at … Read more
2024 proved to be another stellar year for pickleball! In fact, over the past 3 years, the sport has seen a massive 223.5% growth. In 2024, the sport continued to draw a younger crowd compared to years past. The largest age range being 25–34 year-olds. This year, The Business of Pickleball released its 2024 participation … Read more
This post contains affiliate links. View our disclosure policy here. Do you have a favorite pickleball that you like to play with every game? It’s roughed up and bounces well. Then inevitably, during a game, you hit the ball and it feels different. Its pop is gone. You stop the game, inspect the ball and … Read more
It’s happened to all of us, no doubt. And nobody is exempt – not even the PPA’s third ranked mixed doubles team of J.W. Johnson and Jorga Johnson. Like so many other pickleball competitors, we, perhaps unknowingly in the moment, take our foot off the gas and transition our mental game from playing to-win to … Read more
Pickleball is a great sport because it’s fun, social and keeps people active! The sport has grown so much over past few years that there is now a day dedicated to it. National Pickleball Day is held in the United States on August 8 each year. The number 8/8 makes it easier to remember the … Read more
It’s been great to see the rise of pickleball over the past few years! Most everyone sees how fun, social and beneficial the game is. To the chagrin of some of their fans and tennis purists, even professional tennis players are jumping on the pickleball bandwagon. I, like many other pickleball fans, believe that tennis … Read more