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Contents
VOLUME 5 / ISSUE 4
AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2020
features
32 Double Trouble
Brother and sister duo Riley and Lindsey Newman are
pickleball’s power pair!
By Julie Talerico
38 Welcome to USA Pickleball
USAPA’s brand re-launch is aimed at building
awareness and promoting the sport’s development
and growth across the country.
40 Pickleball—A Sport for
Creative Athletes!
SickTrx is a group of top pro players and ambassadors
who have displayed the art of trick shots on the largest
competitive stages around the world. Here, Brian
Ashworth, Joey Farias, Ben Johns, Vicki Love, Irina
Tereschenko and Kyle Yates share and reflect on some
of their favorite SickTrx.
44 Healing Power of Pickleball
The lives of many. Here are two poignant accounts that
demonstrate the healing power of the game.
By Laura Gainor
66 A Sight for Sore Eyes
Eyewear not only protects players’ eyes from the ball
or a partner’s paddle, it can protect you from
long-term overexposure to the sun’s UV rays.
DEPARTMENTS
6 Publisher’s Playbook
16 Dinks: What’s News in Pickleball
24 Q&A with Rules Guru Bob Unetich
26 Around the Post: Pickleball Fun in a
Pandemic with Jennifer Lucore & Alex
Hamner
28 Scene on the Court: “In My Defense” with
Pickleball Curmudgeon Craig Laughlin
50 Pickleball Canada
52 Around the World: Pickleball England
54 In the Know: Equipment Reviews
with Jack Bandel
64 Health & Nutrition: Boost Your Game with
Plant-Based Power with Brandi Givens,
RDN
68 Ask the Pickleball Doctor: How To Play Your
Best Pickleball with Dr. Noe Sariban
72 Back Court: World Pickleball Day
FROM
USA PICKLEBALL
9 Message from USA Pickleball
Chairman of the Board Phil Mortenson
11 Message from USA Pickleball
Executive Director Justin Maloof
14 New USA Pickleball Board Member
Bob Franceschelli
56 USA Pickleball Most Recently Approved
Equipment
70 USA Pickleball Junior Spotlight:
Danny Phillips
INSTRUCTION
30 A Serious Conversation About Drilling with
Alice Tym
48 When to Attack with PPR’s Sarah Ansboury,
Nicole Hobson & Lee Whitwell
58 Build A Pickleball Bear with Alice Tym
62 The Science of Spin with Jeff Pepper
AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2020 | MAGAZINE 5