Posts by Jarrod Partridge
Spokane Valley Opens Four New Pickleball Courts After Years of Overflow Demand at Balfour Park
Spokane Valley finished four new pickleball courts, a full basketball court and two half basketball courts at Balfour Park this summer, backed by a $673,000…
Read MoreJack Sock Is Teaching Pickleball Players To Disguise The Lob As A Speed-Up
Pro Jack Sock is teaching recreational players to disguise the pickleball lob as a speed-up, catching opponents who lean aggressively into the kitchen line. The…
Read MorePickleball Coaches Are Teaching The Shovel Technique To Fix Overhead Defense
A short, compact “shovel” motion aimed at an opponent’s waist is replacing the instinct to hit a perfect slice or a big swing when defending…
Read MoreHow to Improve at Pickleball: The Right Order to Build Your Skills
Nine out of ten recreational players who ask how to improve at pickleball name the third shot drop first, but coaches say that shot is…
Read MorePickleball Tips for Seniors: What the Injury Data Says About Playing Smarter
Adults 50 and older account for 83.4 percent of pickleball-related emergency room visits recorded between 2018 and 2025, and falls, not lack of speed, drive…
Read MorePalm Beach County Residents Beat Pickleball Court Plans With Recall Petitions And Lawsuits
A Palm Beach County homeowner collected more than 100 petition signatures against a pickleball conversion 10 feet from her home, and the board members she…
Read MoreThe One Wrist Adjustment That Wins More Pickleball Hands Battles At The Net
Most recreational pickleball players lose hands battles at the kitchen line for one simple reason: they are aiming at the wrong target. Coach Tanner Tomassi…
Read MoreMashpee Pickleball Players Must Now Use $50 Quiet Balls After a Neighbor’s Yearslong Noise Fight
Eight courts sit on Ashumet Road in Mashpee, Massachusetts, open every day from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. For years, the pop of plastic pickleballs…
Read MoreHow to Fix the Pickleball Reset That Keeps Costing You the Point
Most pickleball players who blow their fifth shot reset blame the wrong body part. They point to a bad paddle angle, a mistimed swing or…
Read MoreNatchez Pickleball Players Raised $80,000 to Build 10 New Courts After the City Said No
Jaki Yarbrough’s opening serve arced cleanly across the net and landed deep near the baseline. Leigh Anne Mason met it with a crisp return. That…
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