En route to
Montesilvano,
the location of the
Bainbridge Cup-
Italian Open.
Contents
VOLUME 3 / ISSUE 5
SEPT/OCT 2018
DEPARTMENTS
28
features
Photo by Alice Tym
28 Bainbridge Cup &
Italian Open
34 Adventures in Pickleball
Travel Camps
40 My Rookie Season–
Learning a New Sport at 77
46 Chalk It Up!
How to Line a Pickleball Court
76 Never Too Old to Play
the Game We Love
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Publisher’s Playbook
Dinks— What’s News in Pickleball
Rules Guru
Around the Post
Player Profile: Sheryl Zimmerman
Health & Wellness: Lower Back Pain
(from the USAPA)
Around the World
Regional Matters
Bizz Buzz: Wolfe Pickleball
Pickleball Canada
Tournament Schedule
In the Know—Paddle Reviews
Passionate Pickleballers
SPOTLIGHTS
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42
54
62
Recreation Plantation RV Resort
Modern Barn at Hunt Club Farm
Mueller Sports Medicine
RTS Rebounder
INSTRUCTION
20
27
32
74
Pickleball 411—How Timeouts
Can Help You Win
Forehand Chip Return
Returning an Effective Cross-Court Dink
Proactive vs. Reactive
FROM THE USAPA
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19
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From the President
Tennis and Pickleball—A Match Made in
Heaven?
Indian Wells to Host 2018 USAPA Nationals
National Senior Games Award
USAPA Recently Certified Referees
St. Jude—National Childhood Cancer
Awareness Month
Recently Approved Equipment
Team North America Wins Bainbridge Cup
Grand Rapids Beer City Open
National Veterans Golden Age Games
2018 City Open Pickleball
Exhibition & Clinic
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