The “Heart” Of Pickleball

We all know that if you put a paddle in someone’s hand and let ‘em hit a few they are hooked on this great sport.
I fell in love with it the first time I tried it and have been an avid supporter ever since.
But beyond the competitive void that it fills for me and beyond [...]

Dangerous Pickleball Paddles?

Gang,
I just posted the following reply to an article from the Racquet Network News and Info website.
Their article was saying that the new APike paddle should be allowed by the USAPA because better technology makes the sport better. Below was my posted reply. What is your opinion?
Dear RNNI,
Maybe technology change was good for [...]

Our Newest Pickleball Rocker

Ok, I know I’m opening pandora’s pickle box by doing this, but as an extremely excited first time grandparent, we just had to show off our family’s newest pickleball player.

Brandon Hunter Grubbs was born December 29th to our oldest son Joshua and super wife Abby.  They reside in Fort Wayne, Indiana and love [...]

Camping in the Pickleball Kitchen

How many guys do you know named Emeril?
Other than the world famous chef, Emeril Lagasse, I’m betting you don’t know many.
Well, I’m playing pickleball in Northern Kentucky one day and from two courts down I hear someone yell, “nice shot Emeril.”
Being new to this particular bunch of pickleball players, I thought I’d go meet this [...]

Celebrating National Pickleball Champions

My bucket list for next year definitely includes attending (hopefully playing in) the USAPA National Pickleball Championships.
As I looked at the tournament results from this year’s event in Buckeye, Arizona, I couldn’t help but think how great this sport is.
Of course, pickleball is great on many levels, but it is very hard to beat the [...]

Middletown Pickleball 2nd Annual Tournament Rocks !!!

WOW!!!!
That is the impression that everyone had of the 2nd Annual Middletown Ohio Open Senior Pickleball tournament.
Team Stanley along with Cheryl and Robbie put together a very professional feeling tournament atmosphere and pickleball paddles were flying everywhere.
If you have never been to the courts of the Middletown Pickleball Club, they are beautiful.  This weekend they [...]

Middletown Ohio Pickleball Rocks

On Friday July 10th, Karen and I made our first trek to check out pickleball in Middletown, Ohio.  Pickleball paddles flying everywhere!  And what a pleasant surprise.
Actually it wasn’t much of a surprise at all.  We had already met a number of Middletown players at the Terre Haute Open and the Indiana Senior Games.  And [...]

Terre Haute Pickleball Rocks

Played my first real pickleball tournament this weekend and what a great experience it was.  From the first moment my wife Karen and I arrived, along with our oldest son Josh Grubbs and his wife Abby, Paul Barksdale and absolutely every single person from the Terre Haute Pickleball Club made us feel totally at home.
PauI [...]