By Melissa Kildow Pickleblogger It’s a rainy summer day and I’m left alone with my thoughts. Everything hurts and I’m sore from yesterday. Motrin and ice accompany my breakfast. My heart rate quickens as I replay yesterday’s court performance. Have you ever had an injury or had to take time off from pickleball? My […]
By Pickleball Is Great Special Contributor Making Updates To Your Tournament Profile Now that you’ve registered for a tournament, you may need to make some changes. You may want to add an event, have a partner change, or now need to pay. Sign into pickleballtournaments.com and you should see your account page. From this page, […]
By Melissa Kildow Pickleblogger It’s only 9am and already it’s 82 degrees outside. A vicious warm breeze seems to blow on your skin. No no other way to put it: it’s too hot out! How do you stay cool and safe during pickleball when it’s so hot? Probably the most important thing is to […]
By Pickleball Is Great Special Contributor Your Player Profile And Account Page If you’ve played in a tournament, chances are that you’ve used pickleballtournaments.com. There is a lot of information available to you through the software. This article will hopefully contain a few new tidbits of information for you. After you’ve initially signed into your […]
By Pickleball Is Great Special Contributor This month Pickleball Is Great presents a series of articles on Pickleball singles play. This is the fourth and final installment in that series. I’ve learned the singles game. I love being responsible for cover 100% of the court. The more aggressive game fits my style of play. So […]
By Melissa Kildow Pickleblogger As a pickleball instructor, my students often ask me different ways they can play when there are only 2 people. While doing drills is vital to improvement, most people prefer to play rec games. Of course full court singles is an option, but is often seen as daunting and intimidating. […]
Well, it’s turning out to be the “year that wasn’t” for pickleball, thanks to Covid-19. The latest victim is the Margaritaville National Championships, which was supposed to begin at the end of October but has now been cancelled. Read more about it here.
By Pickleball Is Great Special Contributor This month Pickleball Is Great presents a series of articles on Pickleball singles play. This is the third installment in that series. While many of the basic pickleball skills are shared with the singles and doubles game, their strategies are very different. You will have to change gears and […]
By Pickleball Is Great Special Contributor This month Pickleball Is Great presents a series of articles on Pickleball singles play. This is the second installment in that series. Intrigued about pickleball’s other event – singles? Does the more aggressive, hard, deep groundstroke game seem to match your style of play? Let’s find out some unique […]
By Melissa Kildow Pickleblogger The sun is shining brightly and a warm breeze is whispering promises of a beautiful day. It’s already 60ᐤF and my clock says it’s only 7:30am. Today would be a perfect day to play pickleball and I would have a group set up already, if today was a normal day. […]