Good Morning Texas did a segment featuring the popularity of our sport, the brand new USA Pickleball website and logo! Thank you to Charlotte Rivera and Dave Fleming for bringing them to the courts and explaining the sport. Visit the Good Morning Texas' website to watch the full segment. 

Joe Santoro has been a USA Pickleball board member since February 2020. He first picked up the sport in 2015 playing at the Bonita Bay Club in Bonita Springs, Florida. In the winter he spends his time playing at Veteran’s Park in Naples and June through November he enjoys playing at Foss Field in Wolfeboro, NH. 
 
At the age of 76 Joe competed in 22 tournaments and earned 16 medals at the 4.0/3.5 skill level. Since his first tournament “debut” in 2016, Joe has earned more than 50 medals in total. He has played in every U.S. Open in Naples since its inception. READ MORE...

Get your hands on some new USA Pickleball logo swag by entering our Instagram sweepstakes! Simply follow @USAPickleball on Instagram, post a picture from the courts and include #USAPickleball + @USAPickleball in your copy for a chance to win! Details on our website. 

#USAPickleball Instagram Highlights from fans!


@2bouncepickleball - Pickeball cookies! The perfect snack

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@anchorpickleball - Perfecting the backhand!

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@kramos_23 - 3 new pickleball courts added to Calais Elementary School!

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Pickleball Without Borders (PWoB) aspires to promote pickleball through short term mission trips globally. Pictured above, they host quarterly pickleball clinics at the Corporate Employee Recreation Center (CERA) in Fort Worth Texas.

They hope to visit Mazàtlan Mexico, Manila Phillipines and Tokyo Japan (2021 Olympics) next year! For more info visit their WEBSITE. 

Pickleball Four Square is a great game for kids, families and adults.  Four Square can be played on a court, blacktop, gymnasium and lines can be easily created with painter’s tape or sidewalk chalk.  This is a perfect activity for social events, driveway play and even for adults waiting to get on a court.  READ MORE...

Shop for the latest in performance pickleball clothing, training aids, and other official USA Pickleball merchandise directly from our store! Check out all of the new logo apparel at USAPAStore.com.

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Happy August to all of our USA Pickleball members! July was an exciting month with the re-launch of the new USA Pickleball brand and website. A start to several new programs and activities that aim to enhance benefits and grow value for our members, partners and the pickleball community, and all part of the strategic plan to grow and develop this fun, social sport of pickleball. 
 
We want to thank all of you for your dedication to the sport and continuing to help us grow by sharing your enthusiasm on and off the courts. A special thanks to District Ambassador Charlotte Rivera and Pro Dave Fleming who led the group photographed above to host ABC's "Good Morning Texas" as a special feature for our re-launch! These players showcased our new USA Pickleball image and growth story at the Wagon Wheel Center. 

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During these unparalleled times and many months of quarantine and social distancing, players have been anxious to get back to the spirit of competition and vie for their spot on the podium. We have seen sanctioning applications come in each week as we prepare for what we hope will be a great finish to 2020 and an exciting 2021 pickleball year.  READ MORE...
 

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As a 23-year-old who had just started his career in the entertainment industry, and then losing his job due to COVID-19, Yuki “Levi” Taketani never imagined it would be an early morning wakeup call to head out to the pickleball courts that would lift his spirits. READ MORE...

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Thanks to SportMaster Sport Surfaces and Ben Rhodes, USA Pickleball took to the NASCAR track on August 7th at the Michigan International Raceway for the Henry Ford Health System 200. During the race FS1's commentators discussed the sport and announcer, Vince Welch shared his love for the sport with Michael Waltrip. With both of them being pickleball players, they educated the FS1 viewers about the game and Waltrip even shared that Chris Myers of Fox Sports is a huge pickleball guy.  

"USA Pickleball is encouraging others to be active, get outside and play a little bit of pickleball." said Waltrip. 

Congrats to Ben Rhodes on a great race and we look forward to more great opportunities with SportMaster. READ MORE...

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TAMPA, Fla. August 6, 2020. Has this happened to your city, Pickleball club or HOA? The rapid growth of pickleball and the resulting noise is now disturbing residents from what was once a quiet neighborhood park? 

“As no effective means of controlling the noise or limiting usage to control noise exist, the only practical solution to eliminate the nuisance and to prevent diminution in value of the surrounding properties is to cease pickleball activities and to stop this incompatible activity.” 
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Like many people’s dreams, one of the best jobs to have is one that doesn’t feel like a job at all, and especially when it involved pickleball. That is exactly what Sarah Lockett, a softball athlete who moved to the states from Australia to play college softball, has found for herself in Holly Hill, Florida. READ MORE...

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Before COVID-19, a Junior pickleball duo stole the hearts of all who watched at the Hawaii Open held at Holua Tennis and Pickleball Center in Kailua-Kona in Hawaii. Kylena Paredes (12 years old) and John Greenwood (a.k.a. KonaJohnny (13 years old)) earned Silver in the 3.0 Mixed Doubles Adult Division. Why is this noteworthy? Aside from their age, pickleball had brought a girl from Hawaii and a boy from Canada to partner up and show how fiercely they could compete at a major tournament. READ MORE...

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Our road to permanent pickleball courts in Mt. Shasta California (pop. 3500) was approximately a nine-year journey, starting in the spring of 2011 and culminating in the summer of 2020.

Overall, it involved working with a tennis group who’d had dedicated access to the courts for over thirty years; convincing the venue’s management that it was in their financial interest to feature pickleball as one of their offerings; learning how to repair 250 linear feet of deep and wide cracks, and finally, being lucky enough that some of our players are very goal and project oriented, and persuasive and organized leaders. READ MORE...

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Georgia USA Pickleball Ambassadors held their annual retreat at the Wyomia Tyus Olympic Park in Griffin, Georgia.  Following all state, county and the Department of Public Health guidelines, plans were carefully made to hold the retreat. Tyus Park is a great retreat location as it has 18 dedicated pickleball courts, four which are covered for inclement weather. Several ambassadors arrived on Friday and were hosted to pickleball, pizza, and prizes, all sponsored by the Spalding County Pickleball Association (SCPA). READ MORE...

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Top Mental Skill – Visualization

Visualization (or imagery as it’s often called) is one of the most researched mental skills out there. Since imagery has been found to be one of the best ways to improve confidence, and confidence is the best indicator of future success, imagery is definitely something you want to build into your training. READ MORE...
 

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