PUBLISHER ’ S PLAYBOOK
Every year , I crisscross the country
teaching LevelUp Pickleball Camps . One question I ’ m asked most frequently is how the quirky name of our game came to be — and who came up with it ? There have been two theories for several decades , and I wanted to get it right for the history books . So I interviewed people who were there from the beginning .
Frank Pritchard , 68 , is the son of Joel Pritchard , one of the three founding members of the game , along with Bill Bell and Barney McCallum . Frank graciously agreed to share the specifics of how pickleball got its name . In the summer of 1965 , Frank was 13 . He was bored and complaining to his dad that there was nothing to do on Bainbridge Island , Washington . Joel told his son that when he was a kid , he and his friends would make up games . Frank then said , “ Oh , really ? Then why don ’ t you go make up a game ?” And the rest , as they say , is history . To find out who gave pickleball its name — and the sport behind its meaning — check out the story on page 38 . Spoiler alert : pickleball wasn ’ t named after the family dog .
As we usher in a new year , our hope is that pickleball will again flourish and that scheduled tournaments will take place . We are happy to announce that the Bainbridge Cup Tournament will be held in the U . S . this year ! The International Federation of Pickleball ( IFP ) Bainbridge Cup is the premier international pickleball tournament event in the world and was first played in 2017 in Madrid , Spain , with 300 players from 18 countries . In 2018 , the event was held in Italy , and in 2019 in Germany . It was scheduled for England in 2020 with 800 players registered , but was canceled due to the pandemic . The tournament will take place April 7-11 in Holly Hill , Florida , at Pictona , a new , state-of-the-art $ 6 million facility .
If you want to improve your game , this issue offers top-notch instructionals written by some of the finest players in the game , including “ How to Move Effectively at the No Volley Zone Line ,” by Alice Tym ; “ The Importance of the Dynamic Warmup ,” by PPR ’ s Lee Whitwell and Dorian Adam ; Morgan Evans ’ “ Advanced Dinking Technique — Rapid Recovery ” and “ It ’ s Time to Change Your Outdated View on Pickleball Singles ,” by Frank Anthony Davis .
Wishing you all a safe and prosperous New Year .
PUBLISHER Wayne Dollard
EDITORIAL DIRECTOR
ART DIRECTOR Michael Miller
See you on the courts !
Dorian Adam Jack Bandel Frank A . Davis Joe Dinoffer Wayne Dollard Morgan Evans Laura Gainor Brandi Givens Alex Hamner Wayne Kerr Kent Lindeman Jennifer Lucore Craig Laughlin Karen Mitchell Pat Murphy Bob Nibarger Dr . Noe Sariban Alice Tym Bob Unetich Lee Whitwell
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