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GuideDean ShawSep 29, 20267 min

The Garage Wall Is the Best Dinking Partner You'll Ever Have

A roll of painter's tape, a bucket of balls and thirty minutes. The solo pickleball drills that actually carry over to open play.

Buy Your First Pickleball Paddle Without Overspending

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ThatPickleballGuy - Kyle KoszutaMar 12

How to Play Pickleball: The Ultimate Guide on Pickleball Rules

PlayPickleball.comOct 9

Pickleball Rules | The Definitive Beginner's Resource to How to Play Pickleball

Tennis ExpressMar 23

How to Play: Pickleball for Beginners

The Pickleball ClinicMay 15

4 Things Beginners MUST Learn | The Pickleball Clinic

PlayPickleball.comJun 13

How to Play Pickleball in 5 Minutes

PrimeTime PickleballJun 8

Pickleball Basics: The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide To Pickleball Rules & How To Play (Scoring & More)

Pickleball WillMar 22

How to Play Pickleball (THE BASICS)

ThatPickleballGuy - Kyle KoszutaApr 3

Pickleball SINGLES Rules Breakdown

Cracked PickleballJan 1

How to Play Pickleball | Rules and Scoring Guide

PIQLJun 8

Pickleball 101: Beginner's Guide to Mastering the Basics

Better PickleballJan 17

The Beginner’s Guide on How to Play Pickleball

Briones Pickleball AcademyNov 24

How To Play Pickleball For Beginners | Rules and Scoring Explained

Ham Radio 2.0Sep 9

Ham Radio For Dummies | How To Get Started in Ham Radio

Ham Radio Crash CourseOct 19

What No One Told You About Amateur Radio

TheSmokinApe Ham RadioAug 22

Top 3 Ham Radios for Beginners

Ham Radio PrepNov 22

Top 5 HF Ham Radios for Beginners!

GuideDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

The Kitchen, the Score and Your First Night of Open Play

Pickleball takes about twenty minutes to learn and a decade to master. Sort out the paddle, the two-bounce rule and where to show up.

Three Dads, a Wiffle Ball and the Game That Took Over America

Pickleball started as a fix for bored kids on a Washington island in 1965. How it went from a backyard to pro leagues is a great American sports story.

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GuidePlayMarcus ValeSep 23, 20265 min

Why pickleball keeps catching men over forty

The court is 44 feet long, the ball goes slow, and somehow you'll be out there four nights a week. Start right and skip the torn calf.

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Your First Pickleball Tournament Is Mostly Waiting. Plan for It

Brackets, ratings, partners and the cooler that decides how you play at 2 p.m. Everything nobody tells you before your first entry.

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GuideSportsDean ShawSep 29, 20266 min

The shot that gets you from 3.0 to 3.5 is the soft one

Power wins you games against beginners. It stalls you there. The skills that actually move a pickleball rating are quieter than you'd think.

GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 30, 20267 min

Walk up to the kitchen line and stay there

Most of the confidence problem in pickleball is really a positioning problem. Fix where you stand and the rest gets easier.

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GuideGearDean ShawSep 30, 20266 min

The carbon paddle won't fix your third shot

Fiberglass, raw carbon, 13mm or 16mm. What each one really does on the court, and why the cheap paddle is the right call for longer than you'd think.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

GuideCommunityCal BrennanSep 29, 20267 min

The one-page ask that gets pickleball lines on your park's courts

Parks departments say no to complaints and yes to finished plans. Walk in with the court picked, the tennis crowd on board and the work covered.

GuideBoys & GirlsSam OrtizSep 29, 20267 min

The Driveway Pickleball Court Starts at the Kitchen Line

You don't need a real court or a real net. You need sidewalk chalk, twenty feet of rope and the patience to skip the serve for a month.

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GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 29, 20267 min

The pickleball shot that breaks wrists is the one you chase

Wrists, ankles and Achilles tendons fail in predictable ways on the court. An eight-minute warm-up and one rule about lobs keep you playing.

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GuideMarriageNina CastellanSep 29, 20267 min

The Saturday pickleball date works if nobody coaches

Mixed doubles with your spouse can be the best hour of your week or a silent drive home. The difference is almost never the paddle.

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Where does your best time with your kids happen?

GuideBRO SeniorsCal BrennanSep 29, 20266 min

Starting a pickleball group that beginners actually stay in

Courts and paddles are the easy part. The group lives or dies on whether a nervous first-timer shows up for week two.

GuideBRO SeniorsCal BrennanSep 29, 20267 min

Pickleball at seventy, and the one move that ends most seasons

The small court, the friendly rotation and the new crowd are real. So is the backward stumble. Learn it right and you'll play for years.

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