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features
31 Special Instructional Guide:
Game On!
Pro instruction from Ben Johns, Sarah Ansboury,
Dave Weinbach, Irina Tereschenko, Lucy Kitcher,
Steve Paranto, Jim Hackenberg, Robert Elliott,
Rusty Howes and Wes Gabrielsen.
56 Chicken N Pickle
A pickleball player’s dream!
By Laura Gainor
58 Game Changer
USAPA Ambassador credits pickleball with
transforming her life.
By Drew Wathey
76 Turn Down for What?
The sound of pickleball.
By Joe Dinoffer
Contents
VOLUME 5 / ISSUE 3
JUNE/JULY 2020
DEPARTMENTS
6 Publisher’s Playbook
14 Dinks: What’s News in Pickleball
22 Q&A with Rules Guru Bob Unetich
24 Scene on the Court: ‘Why Waste Your
Time Learning to Stack?’ with Pickleball
Curmudgeon Craig Laughlin
26 Around the Post with Jennifer Lucore &
Alex Hamner
64 Pickleball Canada
66 In the Know: Equipment Reviews with
Jack Bandel
74 Health & Nutrition: Staying Hydrated on the
Courts with Brandi Givens, RDN
80 Back Court: We are #PickleballSTRONG
FROM THE USAPA
9 Message from USAPA Chairman of the
Board Phil Mortenson
11 Message from USAPA Executive Director
Justin Maloof
14 USAPA Board Member Spotlight:
Suzanne Guerin
70 USAPA Most Recently Approved Equipment
78 USAPA Junior Spotlight: William Sobek
INSTRUCTION
18 Pickleball Is Back—Kinda! with PPR’s
Sarah Ansboury and Nicole Hobson
28 Six Hand Exercises for Pickleball Success
with Alice Tym
60 Match Questions—Return of Serve with
Morgan Evans
JUNE/JULY 2020 | MAGAZINE 5