2018 Demo Pickleball Paddles for Sale

I have some paddles I used in 2018 as demos. I am making room for my 2019 paddles. They are all top quality, in good shape, and have new grip overwraps. First come - first serve. Email me at pickleball@gmx.com if you are interested.

A Pickle of a Score

Recently many people have been introduced to pickleball, and more will soon follow. You invariably will hear that pickleball scoring is very difficult, and a gentleman at a pickleball clinic recently suggested to me that pickleball should have made scoring more simple like tennis. I looked at him and said, "Excuse me, Deuce, Forty Love, …

Ocean City

This is the pickleball crowd at Ocean City waiting to take the court in 7 minutes ...and counting down.

A Funny Experience

Recently, when having a discussion with a gentleman who has developed a new racket game, I was reminded of a funny personal experience in Germany.  The Prince tennis racket had been introduced in the United States, but the German distributor was having a hard time introducing the much larger Prince tennis racket into the traditional …

Players Are Improving

At the tournament last weekend, and at the sessions in Ocean City, I noticed that players from the Fun League are playing pickleball much better.  Although the objective was to simply have fun, exposure to other players and styles has helped everyone.  Congratulations to everyone! Also, several teams from the Fun League entered the tournament …

Coastal Community Pickleball League

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A Prince outranks a Baron, even in the world of Pickle.

As just another sign of the huge growth of our great sport, internationally recognized tennis racket brands have staked claims in the cucumber patch over the last year where there are already in excess of a hundred brands actively sold.  First it was Head last fall, and then both Wilson and Prince announced this spring.  …