08-22-2022 • Frank Cerabino Murmurs from the Losers’ Bracket: Why Are Pickleball Trophies Such a Big Deal? Anyone else think that the pro pickleball trophies are ridiculously oversized? Seriously, these pro pickleball trophies are... 7 min read Dink Drop Lob Serve Third Shot
08-08-2022 • Frank Cerabino Home Is Where the Pickleball Is: Pickleball Courts the “New Backyard Swimming Pool” As pickleball enthusiasm grows and public courts are strained to meet the unquenched demand, some players are looking at... 8 min read Basic
08-08-2022 • Frank Cerabino Murmurs from the Losers’ Bracket: Getting Beyond “Good Game” After every pickleball game, there is an obligatory paddle tap, where the players on the court will mutter "Good game, good... 6 min read Dink Return Serve Volley
07-25-2022 • Frank Cerabino Murmurs from the Losers’ Bracket: “Head Targeting” Rule Change Not a Brainy Idea It’s that time of year when we pickleballers hold our breaths as people try to “fix” what needs fixing in the game.... 8 min read Dink Drive Lob Overhead Return Volley
07-25-2022 • Frank Cerabino Pickleball Fever Is Key Ingredient for Cookbook Sports cookbooks are practically a rite of passage. For instance, Novak Djokovic has his own “Serve to Win” cookbook,... 5 min read Dink Serve
07-11-2022 • Frank Cerabino Murmurs from the Losers’ Bracket: The Poetry of Empty Courts Inspired by a poem from the Canadian town of Niagara-on-the-Lake, where a judge has ordered pickleball closed for two years,... 5 min read Dink Drive
07-11-2022 • Frank Cerabino It’s Time for a Pickleball Movie: And One California Man Has the Script Despite being the fastest-growing sport in the country, pickleball remains a mystery to most people. One way to change that... 8 min read Dink Drive
06-27-2022 • Frank Cerabino Murmurs from the Losers’ Bracket: Tunes on the Court We here at Murmurs from the Losers’ Bracket (MFTLB) have noticed with increasing alarm the number of players who bring... 9 min read Dink Drop Lob Overhead Serve Volley
06-27-2022 • Frank Cerabino It’s Business Time for Pickleball: Unmet Demand for Courts Lures Entrepreneurs It is no surprise that the interest in pickleball has widely outpaced the supply of pickleball courts. As a result, business-minded... 9 min read Drop Serve
