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During my 12 years of enjoying pickleball, I’ve ALWAYS made it a priority to warm up before I play. Really, every single time. When I teach, I always find a few minutes to preach about

Here is the Best Pickleball Drill you can do to improve your game and win more points. Yes, this drill is used by many professional pickleball players, gold medal champions, and I simply call it

I Wanna Dink With Somebody Video – Behind the Scenes I just love this catchy tune and video! You may have seen this video making the rounds on social media early April 2020, if not

The pickleball world has lost its last living founder, inventor and a pioneer of this great sport. Barney McCallum passed away at his home in Seattle, WA on Monday, November 18, 2019. He was 93

Little Valley Pickleball Complex, St. George, UT. 2003 was the first year that pickleball joined in at Huntsman World Senior Games (HWSG) in St. George, UT. The Games are held for two weeks yearly

The second—of the 2017 four tournament series—Professional Pickleball Federation (PPF) Rocky Mountain Championships tournament was held Memorial Day Weekend in Brigham City, Utah at Rees Pioneer Park which provides breathtaking views of the majestic Wasatch

I was granted access to the club – I attained senior status in the pickleball world (age 50). Woohoo! So of course with that milestone I was thrilled to attend my first Huntsman World Senior

The Tournament of Champions (TOC) Mixed Doubles Masters finals didn’t disappoint. Great points emerged as both teams fought for the win. The teams were Wesley Gabrielsen and Sarah Ansboury vs. Rafael Siebenschein and Simone Jardim.

Tucked in the beautiful mountains of Brigham City, Utah, Pickleball’s Tournament of Champions 2016 is in the books with yet another weekend of the highest level of pickleball to be found. Prize money of $46,000

Huntsman World Senior Games opened registration for pickleball and it quickly filled up in the same day. To be exact Mixed Doubles filled up in 27 minutes – WOW! For those of us that love

Posted: 10/15 | October 2015 I am sure behind in my blog posts for jennifer’s pickleball blog…. so much of the world to see and such sad internet connections from land and the cruise ship
September’s pickleball Tournament of Champions 2014 brought top players to compete for over $45,500 in cash prizes. On the day of the men’s pickleball doubles I walked through the beautiful venue with my video camera, hoping

Today is the second day of competition at the yearly Huntsman World Senior Games – players 50 years and older compete (over 10,700 athletes competing). The pickleball entry for this tournament has been closed for

These Legends are awesome players – Larry, Tyler, Ron and David! Great play to all four of you, that first games was so close! Larry and Tyler, the hometown Utah team, has played often together

More great women’s doubles from four awesome players: Hilary, Yvonne, Luba and Che. The points are good to watch because you will see a wide variety of shots hit from soft to hard with lobs
The professional video is done – Yay! Check out the points, we all had some great rallies. The video talks about the change in Alex Hamner’s and my game in that we brought much more
As time permits, I’ve been working on putting together lots of video clips I shot on the Men’s Doubles Open day at the Tournament of Champions in Ogden, Utah on September 4th . It won’t
Wow… what a match! I have been home three days (still recovering) and reliving the numerous, awesome moments of my mixed doubles matches. A shout out to my mixed partner Timothy Nelson who was… Great!
Two weeks away from the beginning of the second annual Tournament of Champions. This is an awesome tournament and location and so great for the sport of pickleball. This year there will be CASH prizes
I just returned from another adventure… this time a road trip from Oceanside, CA to Billings, MT to take my daughter back to college. More than once my daughter asked “mom do we have to make
I am packing for another pickleball adventure, yahoo! I am heading to Brigham City, UT to join 200+ pickleball players for a fun tournament. Kyle and Trudee Klien are the tournament directors and besides the basic skill