Posts by Jarrod Partridge
New DUPR Data Shows Where Your Rating Ranks Among Rated Players, and Most of Them Sit in the 3s
Data DUPR gave The Dink shows 53% of rated doubles players sit in the 3s, and the most common band is 3.000 to 3.499 at…
Read MorePickleball Clubs Are Closing as Rent Outruns Court Revenue, and a Facility Consultant Lays Out the Math
Facility consultant West Shaw says bad leases, and clubs sold as passive investments that need an owner on site, are behind pickleball club closures. Johns…
Read MoreHow to Play Pickleball: A Beginner’s Guide
A game of pickleball is played by two players (singles) or four (doubles), and the server hits the ball diagonally across the net, either on…
Read MoreWhat Is Pickleball? A Complete Guide to the Sport
Pickleball is a paddle sport played as singles or doubles over a low net on a court 6.10 m by 13.41 m (20 ft by…
Read MorePickleball Rules Explained for Beginners
Pickleball is normally played to 11 points, win by 2, with only the serving side scoring under standard scoring, and every rally starts from a…
Read MorePadel Shots, Tactics, and Positioning
Padel has a core set of about a dozen shots, grouped as groundstrokes, volleys, lobs, overheads, wall shots and soft shots, and which one to…
Read MoreWhat Is a Vibora in Padel?
A vibora is an aggressive overhead shot in padel, hit from a sideways body position with heavy sidespin that makes the ball kick unpredictably off…
Read MoreMari Humberg’s Center Line Drill Fixes The Pickleball Footwork Mistake Costing You Dink Rallies
Coach Mari Humberg’s center line drill pairs two players at the kitchen line in a continuous crosscourt dink rally, with each player sprinting to touch…
Read MorePPA Tour Takes Over Mesa’s 41-Court Pickleball Campus After Event Drew Nearly 19,000 Fans
The Carvana PPA Tour is taking over year-round operations of all 41 pickleball courts at Arizona Athletic Grounds in Mesa, renaming the facility the PPA…
Read MoreSouth Dakota Tennis Players Petition City Council For $2.5 Million To Replace Cracked Courts After Student Injury
Mitchell, South Dakota tennis players have asked the city council to fund a $2.5 million replacement for eight cracked courts at Hitchcock Park after a…
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