Contents
VOLUME 6 / ISSUE 2 MARCH / APRIL 2021
36
features
36 Game Changer
Tennis is not dead , but more and more tennis purists are converting to pickleball , the fastest growing sport in the country .
Pickleball is anyone ’ s game — will it become the new face of racket sports ? By Alice Tym
40 Pickleball Paradise
The JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort & Spa has expanded its pickleball footprint with 17 professionally surfaced , world-class courts , including an expansive Center Court with a
400-person capacity . And that ’ s not all ! By Julie Talerico
68 Losing to Win
It ’ s only when we lose , and embrace that loss , that the true work can begin . By Rick Cipes
DEPARTMENTS
6 Publisher ’ s Playbook 18 Dinks : What ’ s News in Pickleball 22 Q & A with Rules Guru Bob Unetich 26 Around the Post with Jennifer Lucore &
Alex Hamner 28 Scene on the Court : A Few House Rules with
Pickleball Curmudgeon Craig Laughlin 44 Regional News 46 Pickleball Canada 48 Around the World : Pickleball England 52 In the Know : Equipment Reviews with
Jack Bandel 60 Ask the Pickleball Doctor : Arthritis — What Is It and How Can You Manage It ? with Dr . Noe Sariban
62 Health & Nutrition : Pickleball Players Who Grow Food with Brandi Givens , RDN
FROM USA PICKLEBALL
9 Message from USA Pickleball Chairman of the Board Phil Mortenson
11 Message from Mark Peifer , USA Pickleball Director of Officiating
19 Latest Must-Read —’ Pickleball & The Art of Living : The Power of Positive Dinking ’
58 USA Pickleball ’ s Recently Approved Equipment
66 USA Pickleball Junior Spotlight : Payton & Britton Pemberton by Bob Nibarger
INSTRUCTION
30 Pickleball Pyramid for Beginners with
Alice Tym 42 The Skill of Anticipation with Morgan Evans 50 The Two-Handed Backhand with
PPR ’ s Collin Johns 56 What is Momentum — and When Does it
End ? with Dick Osman
64 Should You Go to the Net Together — Or Is it Every Man for Himself ? with Alice Tym
MARCH / APRIL 2021 | MAGAZINE 5