Pickleball Success

Is pickleball being taught in the schools?  If so, where and at what level?  If you know of this happening, we would greatly appreciate the following information:  name and address of the school; what level is the school; how long pickleball has been taught there; any other information that you feel is pertinent to contributing […]

It is suggested that the following factors should be considered when organizing and running a pickleball tournament.
1.  How many matches will there be in each division?  Be realistic as to how many matches can be completed in a given amount of time.  Playing a marathon is generally not fun for anyone nor safe.  If all […]

Every year there are more and more pickleball tournaments.  Every tournament that we have experienced, both as players and spectators, includes the common divisions of women’s doubles; men’s doubles; mixed doubles; women’s singles; men’s singles; masters and legends.  Some are “skill level” tournaments and some are “age group” tournaments.  The majority of tournaments include a […]

Theoretically, just prior to the first serve of the first game of a match, both teams are even.  The score is 0 to 0.  One team, the serving team, serves the ball and one player on the receiving team returns the serve.  So far it’s still even.  The receiving team gets to the net first because […]

An ongoing problem of running a pickleball tournament of any size is finding enough “qualified” referees.  What inevitably happens is that those players who are spectators are called upon to officiate matches.  The efforts of all of those volunteers have been greatly appreciated. Someday, the status of a pickleball referee needs to be elevated to […]

I’m not sure how many pickleball matches we have observed while waiting “our turn” to take a court and match our skill with the opponent’s.  It is apparent that the majority of the players out on the courts are “playing their hearts out” - trying their very best to play a good game.  Most are […]

The key to avoid injuries is prevention - a Warm-Up Period, Stretching Exercises, Play Pickleball, Stretching Exercises and a Cool Down Period.
Warm-Up Period - The main purpose of a warm-up period to to raise the body temperature prior to doing the stretching exercises.  A fast walk to the courts, riding a bike, the treadmill are […]

Whenever you agree to play doubles with someone in a pickleball tournment, you are agreeing to do the best you can to make it possible for your doubles “team” to succeed. While you have control only over what you do - how you play - and how you act,  as a “team” member you also can […]

We are interested in offering to you the opportunity to learn some methods that can be used to improve your pickleball skills.  Because our combined “past lives” include 66 years of teaching and coaching a variety of sports, we are experienced and knowledgeable about  teaching techniques and drills.  We also both play pickleball and have […]

We just arrived home after a week of competition, fun and the opportunity to visit once again with pickleball buddies from around the country.  This was our 6th year of attending the games in St. George, Utah.  We want to thank the members of the Sun River Pickleball Club who were responsible for making this […]