Contents
VOLUME 4 / ISSUE 3
MAY/JUNE 2019
DEPARTMENTS
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features
30 2019 Minto US Open
Pickleball Championships
What makes the US Open so special?
56 If the Shoe Fits
Wearing the proper shoes for pickleball.
62 Game-Day Foodies
What the pros eat to keep them in the game.
76 Which Player are You?
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Publisher’s Playbook
Dinks
Q & A with the Rules Guru
Around the Post
Ambassador’s Corner
Regional Matters
Pickleball Canada
The Pickleball Curmudgeon
Health & Wellness—Pickleball Elbow
(from the USAPA)
Passionate Pickleballers
INSTRUCTION
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Dingles
The Art of Deception
Fine-Tuning Your Serve
FROM THE USAPA
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From the President
Message from the USAPA Executive
Director
Red Cross Feels the Warmth of Pickleball
Aaron Gifford Benefit Tournament
USAPA Recently Approved Equipment
Spurred into Action—Discovering the
Origins of Rhabdomyosarcoma
G.A.M.E.—Community Outreach
Program
Let’s Play! Youth Pickleball Playbook
Wounded Veterans Pickleball Exhibition
at Nellis AFB
Recently Certified Referees
USAPA University
SPOTLIGHTS
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Chicago Metro Pickleball League
Palmetto Dunes, Hilton Head Island, SC
Do you let the better player play?
On the Cover: Cammy MacGregor and Jennifer Dawson, Women’s
Senior Doubles Open Champions at the 2019 Minto US Open Pickleball
Championships in Naples, Florida.
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