Senior pickleball pro Steve Dawson is back with another excellent Quick Tip to sharpen our pickleball skills and win more matches. Steve explains that many pickleball players tend to drive a ball off of a bounce from somewhere around their knees because it is natural and comfortable. However, that is often not the optimal place to hit the ball if […]

There is something about your serve that you might not know. And it can actually have a huge impact on your third shot. So what does your serve have to do with your third shot? Well read on… One of the unique elements of pickleball is the 3rd shot. The 3rd shot is really a critical moment in each point […]

Dear tennis players, and many pickleball players too, it’s time to STOP DOING THESE 3 THINGS on the pickleball court. For many of us, tennis was our go-to athletic outlet before we fell in love with pickleball. So, it’s no surprise a lot of us diehard pickleball fanatics were (or still are) swinging a tennis racket around in our free […]

Do you ever get in one of those dinking rallies where nothing much is happening? Where you look more like a dinking zombie than a pickleball player? Then, all the sudden, you snap out of it and realize “I’m trying to win this game!”  You my friend were “Dumb Dinking”. We have all had those points… or lets be honest, […]

What is the best Third shot? Whether you’re a pickleball veteran or just picked up your first paddle you’ve probably heard that the 3rd Shot Drop is the Holy Grail of pickleball. While it is a crucial skill to master if you want to start racking up points on the scoreboard, there’s a new kid on the block who is […]

Check out the greatest smashes, dinks, overheads and plays from the Pro Women’s Doubles BRONZE at the 2019 Franklin Pickleball Masters hosted by Chicken N Pickle. We dug through this match and picked out the best moments to put together this abbreviated match for you. So click here and watch Catherine Parenteau and Leigh Waters battle for bronze against Andrea […]

In a sport like pickleball, teams can battle back and forth without a single team landing a point on the board, but then, seemingly out of nowhere, a team can catch fire and run the table. It’s an exciting thing to watch players dominate the court, especially against talented opponents.  Watch as Dave Weinbach and Steve Deakin put all their […]

If you want to make it to the top, you have to climb the mountain. For the pros competing in the 2019 Franklin Pickleball Masters hosted by Chicken N Pickle, that climb included many tough games against other top athletes all pushing to be the best.  Today we are bringing you one of those matches. On one side is the […]

The 2019 Las Vegas Pickleball Open had plenty of curve balls it threw its competitors.  This year the extreme winds on top of the Plaza Hotel & Casino, which is the usual home to the tournament, caused the mixed doubles matches to be played indoors at the Jam On It sports complex in Henderson Nevada. Interestingly, many of the top […]