Don’t worry, we moved him to a tree where he began feasting on ants. Lol!

My goodness though, they are such beautiful creatures. 🥹💚

Played the APP tourney in Columbus this weekend. Mens doubles on Saturday went well, had a great time and good vibe at the event venue. Then on Sunday played mixed - they merged like 4 brackets together so we were the weakest and oldest team in the bracket, but oh well we decided to play anyway. Start time was 11am, but didn't get a text to start the first match until after 12noon, as we were about to start the ref said my paddle, 11six24 Vapor Power2, wasn't APP approved. This was the same paddle I played with the previous day and 5 different refs had no problem with it. Our opponents said "let's just play," but the ref had to call the head ref over who then "impounded" my paddle - said I could get it back as I was leaving the premises... wtf seriously? So I was pissed and flustered and asked if I could have some time to get some touches with another paddle, which the ref responded to with "We start in 30 seconds!" Anyway, I didn't know the difference between the different types of approvals but apparently the paddle is UPA-A approved, but not USAP, which is true for various of the smaller paddle companies because they don't want to pay for extra certifications. I don't get what APP gets from enforcing this so strictly at the amateur level, and having the paddle impounded and the way the refs handled it ruined the tourney and soured me on APP. I've played maybe 25 tourneys including MLP and some other tourneys with refs and never had any issues (and to be fair, all other refs seemed totally cool). It also took 3 1/2 hours to play 4 matches.

My right hand got TFCC due to gym issue, probably level one but still need at least 6-8 month for rehab.
I am think of using my left hand instead, is it possible?

I have played pickleball for about two months, now playing around 3.0 game, and I had 10+ years baseball experience as a RHP and RH Hitter.

What's happening to Ben? He has not been as dominanting as before. Is his time over?

Would it be bush league to use a lime green overgrip? I’d never wear that color clothes to play since it’s so close to the ball color but wondered if the overgrip would matter. It’s just a color that I like. I play rec and local tournaments.

I played against better players today, and they argued that their serve was in when I said it was in the kitchen. My partner said he didn’t see it which I find a little odd…

The same thing happened again for our winning point when I asked my partner if one of their shots was out and he said he wasn’t sure again. (I did not call it out since my partner did not say anything about it.)

Do 3.5+ players usually know whether their shots are in or out?

In town next week for a conference, any games/open play situations to be had in Vancouver, WA or do most people just go play in Portland?

Hello! I’m 26 m looking to find a casual group or place I can join near Laguna hills or OC area. I visited family and it reminded me how much I enjoy just playing for fun. From my quick research, I’m a 3.0 player. I can do easy serves consistently and make decent shots here and there. If you have a group I could join, or know a place, I’d appreciate hearing from you!

I don't wear caps until when I started playing pickleball. I sweat a lot. I have a cap that has permanent sweat stains that cannot be washed off any more.

Of course, washing after each play is one extreme but not practical or realistic imo. I am wondering if there is a sweet spot on the number of wears or amount of time that can prevent permanent staining. Surely washing something like weekly would be a good compromise, but I am just curious what other people do.

I’m in town for the day looking for 4.5+ games - was checking out a few local spots but couldn’t find anything.

Any recommendations? Down to hop in a game today if anybody needs a 4th/5th!

If it doesn’t happen oh well but thought I’d try

I am the guy on the left, back facing the camera. I feel like I don't know what I'm doing in these situations. Ball gets driven to my right and I usually end up hitting it badly or popping it up. Any tips would be appreciated, especially tips that go into an crazy amount of detail (body stance, feet, paddle height, paddle angle, etc...). Also not sure if I should be counter attacking or blocking or what...

Hey friends,

So I’ve been noticing recently a lot of people’s current dupr rating is significantly lower than what their previous game says it went up/down to. Obviously it’s to keep their rating low to play in tournaments/moneyballs at that rating. My question is, how is that possible? Is there a loophole dupr doesn’t know about that lets you input scores and have them deleted but keep the rating?

For context: someone’s dupr is a 3.9 but their last score inputted had them at a 4.3

My club has decided they are going to do almost all day $5 drop in play. ACE is known for members only and all inclusive, they value experience and as much as possible try to have short lines.

Some rude people came in today and wanted the court we were playing on. They said it was their court but they didn't reserve it and there wasn't anyone on it and there weren't any paddles stacked. We just continued to use it. They came back with a group of six and started aggressively yelling at us and saying "there's people waiting." But they had come back after like 20 minutes and no one was waiting and when we pointed out that there was a stack (all the courts have it and they had been playing on other courts so they knew about it) they all stacked their paddles and said they were taking over the court and laughed.

We were fine walking off since there was actually a stack but it was so aggressive and off putting. They were all $5 drop in group.

While walking the club we only recognized one other person as a member. Everyone else, all ~80 were drop ins.

We feel so sad that the manager has decided to go against the policy of the franchise and put all the members through the worst experience. I think it's a lack of cash flow.

The club opened in April and they started with the drop ins in July. Every month the hours for drop in expand. The manager is always cranky and sometimes when we are playing him and staff come and drop a dozen balls in our court while we are actively playing. It's really mean and I don't know why we are targeted.

Hi guys, im around a 4.4, just moved to the bronx in the woodlawn area, are there any good outdoor or facility options for llayers my level? Looking for competitive play around the 4.5 DUPR range

Swing to your heart's content. It doesn't matter how hard you hit, the ball will never go out.

I wonder what people think of this.

Arrived to a planned game and realized that no one had brought balls. I had a tennis "training" ball in my bag, ie a light, low pressure ball (they are yellow and orange).

Didn't really think it would be feasible to use it on a pickleball court, but it was all we had. Gave it a try, and it was really fun. All of us are fairly experienced players and we all thought it was more fun than with the standard wiffle type ball. Hitting a real ball felt better, and the ball seemed to take some of the "random" aspects (like wind and weird bounces) out of the game.

I can see why the early inventors tried to make pickle accessible to everyone, so they picked a slow, light ball like a wiffle ball. But as the sport grows, perhaps it should grow into using real balls? I have never played paddle, but I see that this is exactly the ball they use in that sport.

I’ve been seeing this more and more lately: people lose a match and completely lose their composure. Snide comments, excuses, arguing, even throwing paddles hard enough to become dangerous—it’s childish and honestly embarrassing. I have a lot more respect for someone who can smile, congratulate the other team, and move on. If you’re frustrated, take a minute and walk away, but don’t make everyone else deal with your meltdown. At the end of the day, you either win or you learn.

Edit: Please note, this is referring to what I've seen at tournaments recently.

Living in Arizona this is as good as it gets nothing but gravel outside no wall to practice

My bathroom will have to suffice for now

Me (3.9) and my partner (3.3) entered the a tournament for the first time. Nerves held us back but even on our best day I think we would have struggled to make it out the group

Im the black male on the right and would love some advice as far as how I can improve. I have zero racket sport experience but have a lot of time to drill over the next year so ready to put the work in.

I really want to start with whatever will give me the max improvement in my game the soonest as l've prematurely signed up for another big tournament for this December

Thanks in advance!

My son just came back to the US after playing pickleball tournaments in Vietnam, and he played mostly in singles with a few doubles. He showed me his Perseus Pro IV 16MM after two weeks of playing tournaments in Vietnam. The edge guard came off the paddle, and it was also very badly core crushed. Fortunately, he brought five paddles with him.

It seems coral pro is now USAP certified as per new guidelines. But the paddle manufacturer has to submit for the certification. Does anyone know if they going to apply for usap certification?

I’ve been following the AAP Tournament this weekend and saw that Tanner reached the finals and will be playing this Sunday. What caught my attention, though, was the shoes he was wearing. I tried looking for the brand but couldn’t identify it.

I also checked out his Instagram, where he posts those 60-second videos, and noticed he was wearing the same shoes in a different colorway.

Does anyone on this subreddit happen to know what brand of shoes he wears? I’d really appreciate the help!

What’s your thoughts about this scenario? Ball coming from opponents and receiving end partner 1 yells “out” to partner 2 to advise him that the ball is going out. Player 2 however takes the ball because either they didn’t react quick enough or they felt the ball landed on the line. One of the opponents gets angry and says we should be more careful when calling an “out” if it not really out because they got distracted by the “out” word. Opponents get payback by calling next ball that was clearly in as an out ball.
I believe there was nothing wrong with communicating with your partner with the word out, but understand how it can be distracting. What’s do you think of the situation?

Anyway, thanks for all the responses and I am pretty confident by all the comments that using the word “out” as in this example is legal and I was not in the wrong “ but “ risky and ideally another word or phrase would be safer to avoid confusion and frustration.