01-23-2023 • Stacie Townsend Was It A Distraction? One of the most common rules questions that we get here at Pickler is whether a specific situation constitutes a distraction.... 2 min read
01-23-2023 • Stacie Townsend Good Attitudes Only The great golfer Payne Stewart once said, “A bad attitude is worse than a bad swing.” This also holds true in doubles... 1 min read
01-23-2023 • Stacie Townsend 2023 Pickleball Trend: Aggressive Serves Are “In” Pickleball is constantly evolving. Learn one trend to adopt in 2023... it's time to get aggressive with those serves! 4 min read Return Serve Third Shot
01-23-2023 • Stacie Townsend Why You Should Learn to Slice Your Pickleball Return The goal of the return of serve in pickleball is to make your opponents’ third shot as difficult as possible. Learn one... 5 min read Backhand Basic Drive Return Serve Strategy Third Shot
01-23-2023 • Stacie Townsend To Paddle Tap or Not to Paddle Tap in Pickleball In the first pro pickleball tournament on the 2023 calendar year, paddle taps were done away with in a women’s singles... 6 min read Strategy
01-23-2023 • Stacie Townsend Sensing Pickleball Community at the Boca Raton Masters The Boca Raton Masters reminds us that pickleball is all about community. As one of the founding fathers of pickleball put... 4 min read Strategy
01-09-2023 • Stacie Townsend Beware Of Permanent Objects Pickleball courts are frequently part of multi-use courts, where you can play basketball, badminton, dodgeball, pickleball,... 1 min read
01-09-2023 • Stacie Townsend Neutralizing Spin Imagine you are playing against someone with a lot of spin. For instance, a player that loves the slice or chip backhand... 2 min read
01-09-2023 • Stacie Townsend How to Attack an “Unattackable” Ball on the Pickleball Court Generally speaking, it is ill-advised to attack a pickleball that sits below the top of the pickleball net. However, as... 8 min read Strategy
