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No fewer than three breweries have recently opened pickleball courts on their premises. It seems to be a marriage made in heaven – work up a thirst on the courts and then sink a few cold ones afterward! We journey to Sioux Falls, Pittsburgh, and Kentwood, Michigan, to find out more. Remedy Brewing Company It’s official – Remedy Brewing Company of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, is now in the pickleball business. Love Of Building Community Remedy co-owner, Matt Hastad, talked siouxfalls.business through the concept: “What can we do that combines our love of building community, getting people together over a…

Mary Barsaleau is a pickleball columnist for Desert Sun, a news website serving the community around the western fringes of the Joshua Tree National Park, about 100 miles due east of Los Angeles. We took a look at one of her articles back in July of last year, and now she’s back with a thought-provoking article about how we can support young players to make the best possible start with their pickleballing careers. “Learn From Watching The Pros” Mary describes how many of her students had attended the Carvana Tour PPA event at Mission Hills Country Club on the back…

The fate of pickleball courts in North Saanich, British Columbia, that were slated for closure may now be up in the air. Still, with one major stipulation: only softballs will be allowed, which has been met with resistance from the pickleball community. Despite its growing popularity, Pickleball has faced various challenges during this period of growth. The most significant of these challenges has been the issue of noise. Living near the sports courts can be bothersome for neighbors not accustomed to the sound of a solid paddle hitting a hard plastic ball. In urban areas, this sound can be incredibly…

PlaySight, the premier Smart Court technology, and MyJourney Technologies, Inc., the developer of My Pickleball Coach App developer, have developed a strategic partnership to provide pickleball players with a personal coach directly connected to PlaySight Cameras. World-Class Coaches PlaySight Cameras installed at Pickleball Clubs in North America can automatically record and upload high-quality match films and skill drills to the My Pickleball Coach platform. Once recorded and uploaded, world-class coaches like Collin Johns, Martina Kochli, Zane Navatil, John Cincola, and Jordan Briones analyze players’ skills while providing 1-1 coaching tailored to any player level. Players simply scan a QR code…

Indoor pickleball facility provider and franchisor Pickleball Kingdom has already established a robust presence in New Jersey with a considerable number of clubs under its belt. The company is now intensifying its expansion efforts by forming a strategic partnership with local entrepreneurs Andrew and Matt LoBrace. “Secret Sauce” Ace Rodrigues, the Founder and CEO of Pickleball Kingdom, emphasized the significance of the New Jersey market, stating, “New Jersey is a great market for us. Part of our ‘secret sauce’ is the talent of the people that we have attracted to become franchisees of the Kingdom. And Andrew and Matt are…

The World Pickleball Tour is a strictly amateur tournament series that hosted 25 events in 2023 and is planning to host nearly 35 in 2024! All of its tournament stops are considered “challenger” events. This means that every Gold Medalist from the circuit receives an invitation to the 2025 WPT Amateur Invitational Championships. The Best Amateur Players These championships match up the best amateur players the country has to offer as they battle to take home their share of the $175,000 cash prize purse! One of the WPT’s main aims is to nurture the game at the grassroots level and…

Coaching platform Teach Me.To recently released its 2032 Annual Pickleball Report, which scrutinized the number of registered pickleball coaches found in U.S. cities. It unveiled some surprising statistics. Surprise Contender Predictably, highly-populated cities like San Diego, CA, and New York City claimed the top two spots. However, the surprise contender in third place was Orem, Utah, boasting only five fewer pickleball coaches than New York despite having a mere 1/80th of its population. As you delve further into the rankings, other cities with populations in the millions feature, but nothing matching a minnow the size of Orem’s size until the…

As we’ve previously reported, Pickleball Slam 2, the second iteration of the Pickleball Slam series, will be taking place at the Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida, on February 4. An Added Attraction As an added attraction, an amateur pickleball event, open to all South Florida residents, has also been announced and will serve as the hors d’oeuvres to the main event. The tournament will take place on Friday and Saturday, February 2 and 3. As Gary Curreri of sunsentinel.com reports, teams will compete for $25,000 in prize money and the chance to…

Paradise PB Events and G.O.A.T. Paddle have released the format and schedule for G.O.A.T. Bowl I, the amateur tournament and fun day of pickleball festivities set for the outdoor courts at Life Time Green Valley on Friday, February 9. Further to our article last month announcing how this huge amateur pickleball tournament will act as one of the build-up events to the NFL’s Super Bowl LVIII, we now know how the day will pan out. Single-Elimination Format G.O.A.T. Bowl I will use a single-elimination, multi-game round format comprising 20 teams of four players. Teams will put two of their players…

Pickleball continues to feature across the nation and here we bring you news of a tournament and a world record attempt happening this weekend, plus a free clinic next weekend and another tournament in March. The Longest Continuous Game Of Pickleball! Four Western Montana pickleball players are attempting to break the world record for the longest continuous game of pickleball. The goal is to play for more than 30 hours, with the current record standing at 24. The players are allowed to take a five-minute break for every hour of play, and they are allowed to stack the breaks and…