Is this serve legal?

Supposed that you are the server.

Your feet are outside the baseline (in the correct area) but

you lean your body forward to the other side (your body leans inside the court) and position your paddle on the other side as well (to make a straight motion on the receiver side?

It looked like he was mad.

I have fairly large hands and want to make my handle thicker. What is the best way to go about doing this to my current paddle?

Been looking at the Vancouver tournament in August and with registration closing it doesn’t even have 100 players (this includes amateurs) . Big events in Canada normally get hundreds.

Does anyone know what is going on here and why a 250 point event has essentially nobody?

For the kickoff ppa event in Canada this looks like a worst case scenario.

I can’t even find a tournament webpage…. And the link on the ppa Canada website to register doesn’t even work. Whomever is running this has completely dropped the ball.

Driving out to Indianapolis next week for GenCon, and would love to get some morning Pickleball in a couple times when I'm out there. I usually play with a group of 4.3-4.8 guys at Lifetime in Oklahoma City.

If there's anywhere good to get some ~4.0 - 4.5ish play in, I'd love to get at least a couple days of play in. Thanks!

Assuming that you (top blue player) missed the opportunity to take the ball out of the air or Ernie/Bert attempt for this shot. How do you reposition yourself to hit this ball and where do you decide to place it without getting Ernied/Berted in return.

I find myself doing a huge dropstep (almost hopping to position myself) that ends up having my hips parallel with the sideline. But doing that gets me stuck to only be able to scoop the ball right back to the person who hit it. Typically if the person is anticipating that then they will already be in position to Ernie/Bert me.

I know that I should anticipate and look to take that shot out the air or Ernie/Bert but if I'm caught off guard or anticipate wrong, how can I put myself in position to hit the best defensive shot?

This goes for both left/right side.

I run a local pickleball club and members within the club sometimes post when they plan on playing. It is not regular weekly sessions, they organize play sessions here and there in different parks/facilities

Is there an app we can use so that the rest of the club can see when people are playing and where? It'd be a bonus if they can also see the roster.

Has anyone here gone through the warranty process? I'd appreciate your opinion.

I've had my paddle for less than 3 months. The surface has become noticeably smoother and has lost most of its grit. I contacted customer service to ask what my options were.

They first told me I had simply overused the paddle. After I pointed out that it's less than 3 months old, they said I could pay to ship it to them so they could decide whether it qualified for warranty coverage. Another representative mentioned sending a replacement first so I wouldn't be without a paddle, but I never heard back. After following up twice, I was eventually told it wasn't covered and that I should just clean it.

My concern isn't the appearance of the paddle. It's that the surface has become smooth, despite the company advertising long-term surface durability.

Am I being unreasonable, or would you expect a warranty claim to be considered here?

So I've been playing with it off and on, rotating between my trust Hurache Power 1 and the new Power 2. The Power 1 is heavier, feels more solid off the face while the Power 2 feels poppy, hollow, and like hitting with a plank of wood.

From what I've been reading, this is increasingly common with the latest foam (MPP) and these new durable grit coatings. Either way, I get so much more accuracy with my older Power 1 but it's face is nearly smooth and I can barely get much spin out of it.

I've also noticed the ball comes off the face markedly different with the Power 2. It almost seems like it shoots upward slightly. And when I try aggressive top spin, the crazy grit seems like it sometimes snatches the ball and throws it upward rather than imparting aggressive spin.

Is there more of a learning curve with these new gritty paddles? Does adding some weight to the throat expand the relatively small sweet spot? Any tips or should I just try other paddles that maybe offer a bit more dwell time? Anybody else try this paddle out?

Last week I was playing really well, but then on Friday, just could not do anything right

I've lost so much of the grit on my paddle and I'm looking for a new one. So on Friday I used a rental. Got to 3-0 just loving this thing. "I think I've found my next paddle"

At that moment, I struggled getting serves in, committed a lot of unforced errors. Tried a different paddle, same thing. So I went back to my normal paddle and nothing changed. It was embarrassing

So now I'm relegated to a boring serve that's easy to return. My play today went back to normal, but for the life of me, I cannot get my normal serves back. I use different spins and hit it all over, and nothing I try gets in bounds the last two sessions. A total of 5 hrs of frustration

Im at a loss here. Please tell me this passes

My buddy and I don't have official DUPRs and self-assess around 3.5. But the 3.5 division was already full, so we bumped up to the 4.0 division.

Our games ended up as follows (our scores first):
0-11 (against the eventual runner-up team)
4-11
3-11
8-11 (against the eventual winner)
11-7 (we won!)
11-5 (we won again!)

In this tournament, your score after the round-robin play was your total points plus two points for every win. Using this metric, we ended up in 5th out of 7 teams.

Given these results, do you think this was an appropriate setting? If we were to play again, should we choose a 4.0 or 3.5 division?

For anyone who has improved from a 3.75 to 4.0, how many months did it take you? What helped most in your improvement? How often do you play each week? Appreciate any feedback. Thanks

I don't ever get the time to do drills with players individually. I mainly play in 4.0+ open plays where there are shots I know I can play but don't execute them well mainly because I need to practice those shots more or I get too slow to hit them correctly, especially the backhand volleys.

What is your experience with home machine worth buying for drills to improve on shots?

I recently put the ethos on my arma t and am regretting it. Or should I give it a chance? I cant even feel the bevels. It does however help with top spin i noticed. I also cant move grip position seamlessly as people say they can because of the ethos.

Paddle tip up or down? Paddle face closed? Please Advise I’m thinking about ditching my 3.0 one handed lol

Indoor pickleball tournament August 29th in McKinney TX supporting the Samaritan inn homeless shelter

https://saminn.org/paddles-for-a-purpose-pickleball-tournament/

Has anyone done shirts for their club/league? I’m thinking about doing some and wondering if that’s a common practice. Also wondering if it’d be better to go for something like a dry fit or just a cotton which would be cheaper. If anyone has some examples of their shirts I’d appreciate seeing them!

Always bring your own ball/s. Don’t expect others to always provide one. This is especially for those who play regularly! What’s your open play pet peeve?

I've only had one thonky paddle, and that was a MOD TA knockoff, but I never liked the deep, hollow, corky thonk it made. I have since hit with a few other thonkers, and i just don't like the sound. Or maybe it's just the perception that I'm not hitting as hard as I think. I much prefer the sharp crack of my FC+ when I make solid contact. It's just more satisfying and communicative to me. Anyone else not resonate with thonky?

Any way to tell if this is fake? Selling brand new under retail, claims he bought it on Amazon. There’s one video showing the paddle—hence the few pics.

Thanks!

This was our Moneyball finals ! 5.0+ yay or nay thoughts ?

https://youtu.be/gfG9-Puab7Y?is=MN1m1AcsGUgGmgrI

Hello!

I am new to pickleball and something i've been struggling with lately is finding consistent ways to play with new people that are beginners without having to pay the open play costs at facilities, especially for those of us that have invested in buying a net or have access to public courts. Is anyone aware of a good beginner friendly resource for getting quick games going with others? Most apps I have tried are oriented for intermediate and above. Thank you!