BIBD and Baiduri Bank brought 32 participants to a pickleball friendly at PGGMB in Bandar Seri Begawan, with 16 representatives from each bank. The gathering gave staff from competing institutions a chance to build relationships away from work through friendly competition.
Organisers highlighted teamwork and sportsmanship, while the report cited pickleball’s accessibility and social appeal as reasons for choosing it. BIBD described the event as part of its commitment to employee well-being, stakeholder engagement and a positive workplace culture.
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For clubs and workplace organisers, this gathering illustrates pickleball’s role as a setting for employee activity and relationship-building across competing businesses.
Support for pickleball courts far outweighs opposition among speakers taking a position at U.S. local government meetings, according to Hamlet. The public-meeting analysis firm counted 1,152 supporters and 89 opponents in meetings across 468 cities and towns since Oct. 19, 2024, with support leading in 436.
Fresno, Riverside and Maricopa were among places with many supportive speakers, while Port St. Lucie and Tampa had more opponents. The findings offer a wider view than coverage centered on noise complaints and neighborhood disputes.
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For clubs pursuing courts, the findings document strong support among meeting speakers, not a survey of residents. Local differences remain important when discussing facilities with councils.
Hunter Johnson beat Tama Shimabukuro in the PPA Tour Asia Hong Kong Slam men’s singles final, after defeating Federico Staksrud in the semifinals. Crowds packed Kai Tak Arena for an event offering $1.1 million in prize money and 1,500 World Pickleball Ranking points.
Staksrud’s quarterfinal comeback against Hong Kit Wong drew controversy: an extended equipment timeout and a 1-point penalty for inappropriate language preceded his 12-10 deciding-game win. Anna Leigh Waters won women’s doubles with Anna Bright and mixed doubles with Ben Johns.
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For athletes and coaches, the Staksrud-Wong match puts equipment readiness and on-court conduct in focus: both became central issues during a closely contested deciding game.
Jack Munro collected two golds at the first Humana APP Louisville Open, the APP reports. He and Richard Livornese Jr. beat Zack Marceau and Aidan Schenk 12-10, 11-2 for a seventh men's doubles title in a row, and he won the mixed with the Netherlands' Roos Van Reek.
Croatia's Domenika Turkovic came back to beat top seed Kat Stewart 9-11, 11-4, 11-7, winning singles gold for a second event running after taking silver in both doubles finals. Ronan Camron edged Dusty Boyer in three games, and Bobbi Oshiro and Stewart won the women's doubles.
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Seven straight titles show what a settled partnership can achieve. Turkovic's three finals reward a player willing to enter every event and keep learning against top opponents.
Kate Fahey left the Virginia Beach Open with two titles, Pickleball.com reports. She and first-time partner Eric Oncins won mixed doubles from 2-8 down in the third game, and she then beat the 21st seed, Helena Jansen Fink, 11-1, 11-9 for the singles crown, her first double at a single event.
Sofia Sewing earned her first PPA Tour title in women's doubles with Catherine Parenteau, while Elliott Schupp and Jaume Martinez Vich both won for the first time in men's doubles. John Lucian Goins took the men's singles without losing a game all week.
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Three first-time champions in a week without the sport's biggest stars show how close the next tier is. Players chasing a breakthrough should treat open draws as real chances.
With several big names absent, Semifinal Saturday at the PPA Tour's Virginia Beach Open is full of fresh chances, Pickleball.com reports. In women's singles, No. 19 Sofia Sewing, who upset No. 2 seed Brooke Buckner in three games on Thursday, and No. 21 Helena Jansen Fink are each a win away from a first PPA Tour final.
No. 2 Noe Khlif and No. 7 Adam Harvey are chasing their first singles finals on U.S. soil, while Will Howells, Elliott Schupp and Max Freeman could make a first final in men's doubles.
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Draws without the usual favourites reward players who prepare for every opponent. Sewing shows that a deep run can start from a double-digit seed when the chance appears.
Lea Jansen has pulled out of women's singles and mixed doubles at the PPA Tour's Virginia Beach Open with a broken left patella, but she is still playing women's doubles with Kate Fahey. The pair beat Daria Walczak and Alex Walker 11-2, 11-4 on Thursday and face fifth seeds Alix Truong and Layne Sleeth in Friday's quarterfinals.
The Dink's Erik Tice reported that the 34-year-old had played on the injury since May, through the Major League Pickleball season, until an MRI found it. Jansen expects about three months out and has left every remaining 2026 event.
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A reminder for coaches: pain that lingers for months deserves a scan, not more matches. An early diagnosis can save a season that toughness alone puts at risk.
The Humana APP Louisville Open brings four days of pro, AARP 50+ and 60+, Humana Cup and amateur play to the Kentucky International Convention Center, with the PickleY'all festival outside on October 16 and 17.
Jack Munro and Richard Livornese Jr. arrive on a run of six straight men's pro doubles titles, and Munro's 8 golds are the most of any APP pro this year. Megan Fudge, who won in Overland Park with Kat Stewart, now shares the women's pro gold record of 33 with Simone Jardim. Coverage runs Friday to Sunday on APPTV's YouTube channel and ESPN+.
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Club doubles players can take a lesson from Munro and Livornese: six titles in a row come from a settled partnership with clear roles, which often matters more than raw shot-making.
Indoor franchisor The Picklr has filed for Chapter 11 in the Northern District of Texas, FOX Business reports. An investor group led by franchisee Tom Neale has committed $4.5 million, pending court approval, although Sports Business Journal put the figure at $4.8 million.
Founder Jorge Barragan told SBJ the company had guaranteed leases for about 40 early locations. He said no club will shut because of the filing itself, though some contraction is likely. The Picklr has more than 70 U.S. sites plus clubs in Australia, Canada and Japan, and lost $4.4 million in 2025.
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For club owners the lesson is financial rather than sporting: rapid growth backed by lease guarantees can strain even a busy brand, so know who carries the rent risk before signing.
Anna Leigh Waters won mixed doubles with Ben Johns to secure her 200th career PPA Tour title, then added women’s doubles and singles gold to leave the Chicago Cup with 202 titles and 45 Triple Crowns. Federico Staksrud and Hayden Patriquin won men’s doubles, while Roscoe Bellamy took men’s singles and qualifier Emilien Burnel reached the semifinals.
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Waters’ milestone highlights sustained elite performance, while Burnel’s qualifying run and the men’s doubles upsets show how emerging players and pairings can reshape a tournament draw.
Support for pickleball courts far outweighs opposition among speakers taking a position at U.S. local government meetings, according to Hamlet. The public-meeting analysis firm counted 1,152 supporters and 89 opponents in meetings across 468 cities and towns since Oct. 19, 2024, with support leading in 436.
Fresno, Riverside and Maricopa were among places with many supportive speakers, while Port St. Lucie and Tampa had more opponents. The findings offer a wider view than coverage centered on noise complaints and neighborhood disputes.
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For clubs pursuing courts, the findings document strong support among meeting speakers, not a survey of residents. Local differences remain important when discussing facilities with councils.
Hunter Johnson beat Tama Shimabukuro in the PPA Tour Asia Hong Kong Slam men’s singles final, after defeating Federico Staksrud in the semifinals. Crowds packed Kai Tak Arena for an event offering $1.1 million in prize money and 1,500 World Pickleball Ranking points.
Staksrud’s quarterfinal comeback against Hong Kit Wong drew controversy: an extended equipment timeout and a 1-point penalty for inappropriate language preceded his 12-10 deciding-game win. Anna Leigh Waters won women’s doubles with Anna Bright and mixed doubles with Ben Johns.
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For athletes and coaches, the Staksrud-Wong match puts equipment readiness and on-court conduct in focus: both became central issues during a closely contested deciding game.
포트로더데일에서 열린 East Coast Regional에서 200명이 Pickle Money Ball National Championship 무료 출전권을 획득했다. 각 부문 상위 4명이 2027년 7월 26-31일 라스베이거스에서 열리는 이 대회에 진출했다. 전국 대회에는 아마추어 상금으로 100만 달러 이상이 걸려 있다.
The Fort에서 열린 이번 지역 대회에는 550명이 넘는 선수가 참가했으며, 총상금은 625,000달러였다. 각 부문 우승자는 선수당 2,000달러를 받았고, 상위 16위까지 상금이 지급됐다. 2026년 마지막 지역 대회이자 투어 사상 최대 규모의 대회였다.
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아마추어 선수에게 이 예선 경로는 상금과 참가비 면제 혜택을 함께 제공한다. Luke Schmidt는 참가비 100달러를 내고 지역 예선에 출전해 1,625달러와 전국 대회 출전권을 확보했다.
Chatham의 St. Clair College Community Park가 새 확장 구역을 개장했다. 이곳에는 피클볼 전용 코트 10면이 들어섰으며, 지역 최대 규모의 야외 피클볼 시설로 알려졌다. 산책로와 화장실, 농구 시설, 놀이터도 추가됐다.
Chatham-Kent Pickleball Club은 새 코트 덕분에 대회를 개최할 기회가 생겼다고 밝혔다. 공원은 대회 공간뿐 아니라 지역 주민들이 함께 이용하는 공간으로서도 역할을 한다.
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새 코트에는 명확한 운영 계획이 필요하다. 클럽이 초보자 강습, 자유 경기 일정, 대회 예약을 미리 준비하면 평소 코트를 이용하는 사람들도 시설 확충의 혜택을 누릴 수 있다.
Beyond The Bounce는 Zane Navratil이 자사 피클볼 미디어 플랫폼을 위한 독점 오리지널 프로그램을 제작한다고 밝혔다. 회사는 프로 선수와 미디어 업계 경영진이 포함된 소유주 및 자문 그룹의 확대도 발표했다.
웹사이트와 소셜 채널은 현재 운영 중이며, 모바일 앱은 아직 계획 단계다. 이번 발표는 콘텐츠 전략을 제시하지만, 이용자 확보 성과나 사업 실적을 입증하지는 않는다.
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미디어 제휴를 검토하는 클럽은 현재 제공되는 콘텐츠, 배포 방식, 이용자 관련 보고가 무엇인지 확인할 수 있다. 현재 제공하기로 약속한 사항과 아직 개발 중인 기능을 구분하는 것이 중요하다.
USA Pickleball이 2027 전국선수권을 위한 골든 티켓 예선 일정에 APP Tour 8개 대회를 추가했다. 해당 부문 금메달리스트에게는 우선 등록권이 주어지며, 다른 참가자들은 등급별 포인트 제도를 통해 포인트를 쌓을 수 있다.
올해 후반 애리조나 대회와 투어 챔피언십을 시작으로, 내년에는 미국 전역에서 6개 대회가 이어진다.
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아마추어 선수의 대회 시즌을 계획하는 코치는 우선 등록 경로와 포인트 기반 출전 자격을 구분해야 한다. 이동과 숙박을 예약하기 전에 선수별 참가 부문 규정을 확인하자.
The APP says its first Humana APP Louisville Open, staged from October 15 to 18 alongside the PickleY'all festival, reached audiences well beyond pickleball fans. Every one of the five big local TV news outlets covered it, WLKY-TV acted as media partner, and Meltwater counted more than 157,000 mentions during the week.
A press conference with Mayor Craig Greenberg, the festival's ribbon-cutting and a free Shaggy concert anchored the publicity. Founder Ken Herrmann confirmed the tour will be back in Louisville in 2027.
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Pairing a tour stop with a free community festival brought in civic partners and mainstream media. Clubs bidding for events can pitch the same mix to local sponsors.
USA Pickleball이 시니어 주거 커뮤니티 부문의 독점 파트너로 Cogir Senior Living을 선정했다. 두 기관은 피클볼을 통해 고령층의 참여와 사회적 교류를 촉진할 계획이다.
처음 발표한 행사 관련 활동은 샌디에이고에서 열리는 전국 선수권대회의 선수 라운지 운영이다. 참가 선수들은 경기 사이에 이곳에서 쉬거나 다른 선수들과 만날 수 있다.
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고령층을 위한 클럽에서는 후원 발표 자체보다 편리한 참여 여건, 환영하는 분위기의 프로그램, 사람들과 어울릴 기회가 더 중요하다.
Palm Springs planned a grand opening on Wednesday afternoon for its new $5.1 million pickleball complex at Demuth Park, NBC Palm Springs reports. The site has 22 courts with lighting, shade structures, seating and drinking fountains, and is part of a wider upgrade of the park, according to Mayor Naomi Soto.
The courts are open daily, 7 a.m. until 10 p.m., with one-hour reservations offered between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Funding came in part from Measure J, a sales tax approved by local voters.
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Large public complexes with lights and reservations lower the cost of entry for new players. Local coaches can approach the city early about clinics and league time on the new courts.
APP가 루이빌 대회 종료 후 공개한 수치는 경기 결과를 다시 정리하기보다 대회 준비의 뒷모습을 보여준다. 대회장에는 네트 23개와 총 49,680제곱피트의 코트 바닥재가 사용됐으며, 챔피언십 코트에는 LED 타일 218개가 설치됐다.
이 수치들은 컨벤션 센터 안에서 프로 대회를 열기 위해 얼마나 많은 장비와 설치 작업이 필요한지 보여준다.
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규모가 큰 대회를 준비하는 클럽은 이 사례를 장비 점검표의 바탕으로 삼을 수 있다. 대진표뿐 아니라 코트 배치, 설치 시간, 관중을 위한 시스템도 함께 살펴야 한다.
Ed Ju has warned players about what he believes are counterfeit Life Time pickleballs, The Dink reports. In an Instagram post, he said a ball he switched to mid-session flew off his paddle and resembled an indoor ball, and that his own tests showed a big difference from a genuine one. At $6.50 a ball, he urged extra care with bulk orders.
The Dink notes his account cannot confirm where the balls came from. Fake paddles are already a known problem, and the UPA-A is coordinating a response across the industry.
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Ball quality changes how a drill or match plays. Clubs and coaches buying in bulk should order from brands or authorised sellers and test a sample before stocking their courts.
At 19, Elliott Schupp has a first PPA Tour title, won in Virginia Beach with Jaume Martinez Vich, and Pickleball.com has traced how he got there. Burnt out after a decade of baseball, he first picked up a paddle at 12, playing with his grandfather in Arkansas, and spent two to three years reaching a 4.0 level before aiming for the pro game.
His grandfather capped him at two sessions a week early on to protect his enthusiasm and still coaches him, reviewing matches to find the patterns that win or lose points. Schupp now trains in Phoenix.
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Schupp's path is a strong case for patient development. Coaches of young players can copy the formula: limited volume early, regular video review and goals tied to skill rather than results.
Gabe Tardio and Tyra Black each won two titles at the Australia Pickleball Cup in Brisbane. Tardio partnered Hayden Patriquin to win men’s doubles, while Black took women’s doubles alongside Jorja Johnson. Tardio and Black also combined for the mixed doubles title.
Hunter Johnson won men’s singles, with Andie Dikosavljevic taking women’s singles. Christian Alshon’s week included playing doubles with his social media manager and a heated verbal confrontation with Johnson in the singles final.
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The Brisbane results highlight success across doubles disciplines: Tardio and Black each won with different partners before sharing the mixed doubles title.
Gabe Tardio says joining Ben Johns in men’s doubles redirected his career—and brought nerves that initially held him back. Speaking on Pickleballers, he explained that he had been considering an Indian pro league and an overseas/APP Tour schedule before Johns approached him.
Tardio instead reached a PPA Tour deal. Their debut at the Mesa Cup in February 2025 ended with silver against Andrei Daescu and Christian Alshon. He said familiarity helped him regain his natural game; the partnership has since collected 19 gold medals and won more than 95% of its matches.
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Tardio’s account highlights the pressure of a new partnership: he linked his early hesitation to unfamiliarity with Johns, and greater comfort to time spent playing together.
Sofia Sewing, Jaume Martinez Vich and Elliott Schupp claimed their first PPA Tour titles at the Virginia Beach Open, where several leading players were absent. Sewing won women’s doubles with Catherine Parenteau, while Martinez Vich and Schupp took men’s doubles in their debut partnership.
Kate Fahey captured mixed doubles with Eric Oncins and added the women’s singles crown, winning multiple titles at an event for the first time. John Lucian Goins won men’s singles without dropping a game all week.
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New partnerships delivered titles in men’s and mixed doubles, while the depleted field gave emerging contenders opportunities to turn deep runs into championships.
Domenika Turkovic는 단식 우승과 복식 두 종목 은메달이라는 성적으로 루이빌 선수 일기를 마무리했다. 한 대회에서 결승에 세 번 오른 것은 처음이었다.
일요일 경기를 마친 뒤 쓴 글에서 그는 파트너들의 공을 인정하고, 오랜 원정 생활 끝에 크로아티아로 돌아갈 계획을 전했다. 이 일기는 빡빡한 대회 주말을 어떻게 보내는지 선수의 시선으로 보여준다.
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코치들은 이 일기를 출발점 삼아 파트너 교체, 잇따른 결승에 대처하는 방법, 대회 후 회복 계획을 선수들과 이야기할 수 있다.
Louisville's first PickleY'all festival opened on Friday next to the Humana APP Louisville Open at the Kentucky International Convention Center, WHAS11 reports, with courts indoors and out and free admission. The festival runs through Saturday with a pickling contest, food, live music and a Kentucky Science Center kids zone, while the pro event finishes on Sunday.
The APP's Tom Webb told the station that nearly anyone can get a rally going within minutes. Saturday's pro men's and women's doubles stream on APPTV and ESPN+.
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Pairing a pro event with a free festival turns spectators into players. Clubs hosting tournaments can copy the idea with try-it courts and a short intro clinic beside the main draw.
The Humana APP Louisville Open puts mixed doubles on Championship Court on Friday, October 16, with APPTV coverage starting at noon Eastern. The tour’s viewing announcement adds a practical way to follow a week with several record chases.
In the pre-event standings, Jack Munro and Richard Livornese Jr. had six consecutive men’s doubles titles and were pursuing a seventh. Megan Fudge’s 33 women’s doubles titles matched Simone Jardim. Those figures describe the records entering Louisville, not results already achieved at this tournament.
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Clubs can build a viewing session around a published start time while keeping pre-event milestones clearly separate from results that are still to come.
Maria Ford’s loud celebrations during her comeback win over Genie Bouchard at the PPA Tour Chicago Cup sparked renewed discussion about taunting and sportsmanship. Bouchard declined to tap paddles afterward, while Ford received no warning or penalty. Separate exchanges between Hayden Patriquin and Eric Oncins at the same tournament added to calls from some fans for clearer conduct rules.
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The debate highlights the need for athletes, coaches and tournament officials to understand where intense celebration ends and sanctionable taunting begins under tour rules.
Luca Mack and Anouar Braham removed Armaan Bhatia and Augustus Ge from the Virginia Beach men’s doubles draw on October 15, winning 12–10, 11–5 to reach the quarterfinals. Their next opponents were Elliott Schupp and Jaume Martinez Vich.
Wyatt Stone and Will MacKinnon also advanced after a sharp reversal against Roscoe Bellamy and Matt Wright. Having lost the opener, they won 5–11, 11–0, 11–4. The official player records support both results in the dated round-of-16 report.
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The two results provide different review material: closing after a tight opener and rebuilding after a lost game both deserve practice in doubles sessions.
Sofia Sewing overturned a close opening-game loss to Brooke Buckner with an emphatic finish, winning 12–14, 11–1, 11–1 in Virginia Beach’s round of 16. Maria Ford also recovered against Milan Rane, 3–11, 11–7, 11–9, while George Rangelov eliminated Jack Sock 11–5, 11–6.
Friday brings quarterfinals across all five pro divisions. The official PPA announcement sets PBTV coverage for noon Eastern, followed by Tennis Channel from 2–5pm Eastern, giving viewers a chance to follow the next stage of these runs.
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A scoreline can show the scale of a turnaround without explaining its cause. Coaches should use match footage before attributing these wins to specific tactical changes.
Braden Jacobson recovered from an opening-game defeat to eliminate Matthew Finnerty in Virginia Beach on October 14. He won 3–11, 11–2, 11–3 to earn a round-of-16 meeting with Rafael Lenhard.
Maria Ford also needed a deciding game against Jalina Ingram. Ford took the first, lost the second and finished strongly for an 11–2, 9–11, 11–3 victory, setting up a meeting with Milan Rane. Official player results corroborate both scorelines in Pickleball Surge’s round-of-32 report.
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These matches offer useful examples for a between-game reset discussion: losing one game need not determine the quality of the next.
Mya Bui와 Luca Mack가 10월 14일 Virginia Beach 혼합 복식에서 Will Howells와 Alix Truong을 11–2, 11–7로 꺾고 16강에 진출했다. 선수들의 공식 경기 결과에서도 Pickleball Surge가 전한 점수가 확인됐다.
앞서 두 선수는 첫 경기에서 Martin Emmrich와 Estee Widdershoven을 16–14, 11–4로 이겼다. 첫 경기에서는 첫 게임이 길게 이어졌지만, Will Howells와 Alix Truong을 상대로는 훨씬 짧은 승부를 펼치며 대조적인 승리를 거뒀다. 다음 상대는 Layne Sleeth와 Nicolas Acevedo였다.
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코치는 이 조의 접전이었던 첫 경기와 다음 경기 결과를 비교하며 라운드 사이에 어떻게 재정비할지 설명할 수 있다. 같은 경기 전략이 다시 통할 것이라고 전제해서는 안 된다.
The PPA Challenger Series will stage 18 U.S. events beginning in January, adding seven stops in its third season. Five tournaments will award 250 points, while leading points earners can reach the year-end PPA Challenger Showdown in Dallas and compete for a PPA Tour contract. Life Time will expand from hosting two events in 2026 to eight in 2027.
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The larger schedule gives emerging pros more opportunities to collect World Pickleball Ranking points, while amateur brackets and wider geographic coverage create additional competitive options for local players and clubs.
Life Time is expanding the LT Classic into a quarterly amateur tournament series, beginning at Life Time Rancho San Clemente on October 16. Every host club runs its own prize pool, adding up to more than $20,000, with cash in every skill division and top awards of at least $2,000.
The fall swing moves to Peachtree Corners near Atlanta from October 21 to 25, then to Northbrook near Chicago and Lakeville near Minneapolis, both on November 13 to 15. The operator says it runs more than 960 permanent pickleball courts across over 195 clubs in the U.S. and Canada.
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Real prize money at amateur level gives club players a reason to chase tournament experience. Coaches can treat these regional stops as targets for students ready to test themselves.
The Virginia Beach Open began with pro qualifying on Monday before main-draw play starts Tuesday in Virginia Beach, Virginia. With several leading players absent during the PPA Tour’s third consecutive tournament week and the PPA Tour Australia Pickleball Cup running concurrently, other competitors have an opportunity to collect the 1,000 ranking points available to each division winner.
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The depleted field creates an important opening for emerging and lower-ranked professionals to advance deeper, gain tour experience and improve their ranking positions.
Anna Leigh Waters and Ben Johns are both missing from this week's Mojo Energy Pouches Virginia Beach Open, which leaves the PPA Tour stop unusually open. Pickleball.com's Jim Kloss blames the upcoming MLP Nations Cup and the Opendoor Pickleball World Championships for the thinner top end.
Kate Fahey and Roscoe Bellamy are the top singles seeds. Kloss expects No. 20 men's doubles pair Luca Mack and Anouar Braham to beat their ranking and calls mixed doubles the hardest event to call. Each pro title is worth 1,000 ranking points.
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Weeks without the biggest names are when developing pros earn points and belief. Coaches should watch which double-digit seeds turn a kind section of the draw into a deep run.
Vernon's first Okanagan Open runs from October 15 to 18 at the Vernon Pickleball Association's Marshall Field complex, with a $10,000 purse and more than 400 players entered, the Vernon Morning Star reports. Over 300 signed up on the day registration opened.
Four Team Canada players headline the open division: 17-year-old Chayton Hauberg of Coldstream, back from the World Cup in Vietnam, fellow U18 international Jacob Bolkowy, and national team members Kim Layton and Anna Dyachenko. Amateur men's doubles starts play on Thursday before three days of pro and amateur events.
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A sold-out first edition with national team players shows strong demand in B.C. Local juniors can watch a Coldstream teenager compete against the best in the country on their own doorstep.
Anna Leigh Waters has released a full commercial for L'Oreal Paris, where she is an ambassador for the Elvive Glycolic + Gloss range, Pickleball.com's Victoria Radnothy writes. The polished spot, posted on Instagram, follows lighter content she had made for the brand.
The column argues that the 19-year-old's sponsor list, which also includes Delta Airlines and a pet medicine company, goes far beyond the single paddle deal most pros rely on. Waters has already appeared on billboards in Times Square.
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Mainstream sponsors show that top players can earn well beyond prize money. For aspiring pros, a consistent public profile is becoming part of the job rather than an extra.
Zane Navratil has come out against any UPA rule limiting taunting or screaming, Pickleball.com reports. In an Instagram post, the pro said players should be free to show emotion and leave it to fans and social media to decide who has gone too far, adding that indifference harms the sport more than noise does.
He pointed to the NFL's unpopular taunting rule and to the UFC's trash talk, and described pros as entertainers rather than role models. Navratil also admitted regretting his own outburst at the MLP Playoffs.
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Whatever the tour decides, juniors copy what they watch. Coaches can set their own standards for celebrations and respect, separate from what entertains a television audience.
Federico Staksrud joined Pickleballers to discuss his path from a software company job to the top of pickleball. He addressed his MLP trade to the New Jersey 5s, pressure tied to his $400K price tag, and his PPA Tour reunion with Hayden Patriquin. Staksrud also explained how coaching, disciplined training and a full-time athlete lifestyle shaped his pursuit of No. 1.
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Staksrud’s account highlights how structured practice, lifestyle commitment and partnership management can influence performance at the highest levels of professional pickleball.
Veteran coach Tony Roig has expanded his educational work through Tony Roig Pickleball, offering online courses, weekly videos, podcasts, books and in-person camps. His curriculum prioritizes foundational skills such as returns, fourth shots and serves over advanced techniques, serving players from beginners through the PPA Tour and focusing much of its instruction on the 3.0-4.0 level.
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Roig’s approach gives coaches a structured model for emphasizing match-relevant fundamentals, while athletes can access consistent instruction across digital content and in-person camps.
