Contents
VOLUME 4 / ISSUE 2
MAR/APR 2019
DEPARTMENTS
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features
36 In the Bag
Find the perfect pickleball bag.
40 So You Want to Start
a Tournament?
Advice from national & local tournament
organizers on how to do it best!
46 Pickleballs Have a Pedigree
Ever wonder why your dinks and serves
go where you want them to go?
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Publisher’s Playbook
Dinks
Q & A with the Rules Guru
Around the Post
Player Profile on Joshua Cook
My Pickleball Story
Ambassador’s Corner
Around the World—Sierra Leone
Regional Matters
Pickleball Canada
The Pickleball Curmudgeon
In the Know—Paddle Reviews
Health & Wellness (from the USAPA)
Passionate Pickleballers
INSTRUCTION
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Two-Handed Backhand
Offensive Lob for Beginners
No Volley Zone is Much Like Chess
FROM THE USAPA
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From the President
Message from the USAPA Executive
Director
Pickleball at NBC4 Health & Fitness Expo
Battle of the Paddle
The Good Work of St. Jude
Recently Approved Equipment
Annual USAPA Ambassador Retreat
at Club Med
Anthem, Arizona Pickleball
Owensboro Pickleball Association
San Luis Obispo Pickleball Players Want
More Courts
USAPA University
SPOTLIGHTS
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ONIX—The Next Generation
Coronado Island Marriott Resort & Spa
Pickleball Academy—Bend, Oregon
Global Pickleball Network
On the Cover: USAPA Ambassadors working the tournament desk!
Andrea Chiodo, Sadie Reilley, David Vander Weide, Trina Reyes
MARCH/APRIL
MARCH/APRIL 2019
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