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Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads!  This is the one day of the year that you get all the attention or maybe the day you don’t want any.  “I’ll be in my shed building a top secret…thing!”

Every Dad celebrates it a little differently- dinner with the family, a phone call from your kids, sitting in the backyard with a cocktail or even better, a day of pickleball.

YESSS!!  It’s time for our annual list of who to connect with in pickleball.  As our sport grows, so does the number of people and companies that are creating exciting content for all of us.  Below is our list of who to follow/connect with or just check out in 2019.

Never has a sport come onto the national scene and grown as quickly as pickleball.  As most people that play the sport know, finding a consistent and available location to play is the drawback to the explosion.  Even with an estimated 6,000 places to play it can be difficult finding courts nearby.  Cities, towns and recreation centers are trying to accommodate players with new courts, but that requires funding. 

I was playing doubles recently and had a match against a couple former tennis players new to Pickleball.  I’ve shared some stats about the Tennis to Pickleball migration on our Instagram account and how great it is to see firsthand.

Our opponents as former tennis players were used to driving the ball but didn’t have much experience with the soft game.

“Dinking?  What is that?”

Not being one to give unsolicited advice, I let them play using their banger or slammer techniques.

What do you do when playing against a banger?

1. Get to the kitchen line, keep your knees bent
2. Have your paddle up, flat and still
3. Keep your paddle head above your wrist and elbow down
4. Use your paddle to block their shot or punch it back to their side

There’s a debate going on in Pickleball whether we should change from Side Out scoring to Rally Scoring.  Not sure what the difference is?

Rally Scoring is a scoring method where points can be won by the serving or receiving team

Side Out Scoring is a format of scoring where points can be won only by the serving team