Contents
VOLUME 4 / ISSUE 5
SEPT/OCT 2019
DEPARTMENTS
38
features
28 Pickleball! Sir, Yes Sir!
Commonwealth Challenge Youth Academy Integrates
Pickleball into At-Risk Youth Program
32 I’ve Never Lost a Match—
But My Partners Have!
36 Pickleball is Part of Curriculum at BYU
(from the USAPA)
38 Tournament of Champions
Doesn’t Disappoint!
41 Honoring our Veterans
61 Dissed on the Pickleball Court
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Publisher’s Playbook
Mail Call
Dinks
Q & A with the Rules Guru
Around the Post
Pickleball Curmudgeon
Player Profile
Tournament Feature
Around the World
In the Know—Equipment Reviews
Tournament Schedule
Regional Matters
Editor’s Picks
Pickleball Canada
Health and Wellness
Passionate Pickleballers
FROM THE USAPA
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From the President
Message from the USAPA Executive
Director
Running, Resilience and a ‘Robot Leg’
USAPA Recently Approved Equipment
Dick Johnson and Family: A Legacy
of Talent
Adaptive Pickleball—A Huge Hit in Vermont
Firefighters in Ventura County Trade in
Their Hoses
Heart O’ the Hills Girls Camp
USAPA Junior Spotlight
INSTRUCTION
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Forehand Volley
Paddle Back
Practice Drill—Dinks, Lobs, Drop Shots
Sport-Specific Training
On the Cover:
Tournament of Champions, Brigham City, Utah
Mixed Doubles Pro Finals, Jessie Irvine and Ben Johns Win Gold. Simone
Jardim and Kyle Yates take silver.
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