🎄 ‘A Pickleball Christmas' coming to Lifetime

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Welcome back to the Pickleheads Newsletter!

In this issue:

😍 Net play & fast hands
🤝 Big news: Pickleheads partners with PPR
🎄 ‘A Pickleball Christmas' coming to Lifetime
👨‍⚕️Doctor: ‘Players underestimate the sport’s physical demands’

😍 Net play & fast hands

This week’s epic point has it all! Crisp dinks, lightning-fast hands, and even a cheeky lob attempt to mix things up.

It’s a perfect example of all-around play: quick reactions, smart resets, and just the right touch of chaos.

Pure pickleball!

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🤝 Big news: Pickleheads partners with PPR

HUGE NEWS: Pickleheads has just been named the Preferred Play Organizer Partner of the Professional Pickleball Registry (PPR) — the world’s leading pickleball coach certification organization.

With this partnership, every PPR coach will now have access to our organizer tools — everything from open play and round robins to leagues, ladders, and clinics. No spreadsheets, no chaos, just smooth sessions and happy players.

PPR is also expanding how it supports coaches beyond certification — new tools, training, and youth programs — and we’re proud to be a part of that next chapter.

Here’s to fuller courts, better games, and a stronger, more tightly-knit pickleball community. 👏

🎄 A Pickleball Christmas' coming to Lifetime on December 20

Is it too early for the C-word? Whatever your opinion, you’ll be glad to hear there's a pickleball-themed holiday movie coming your way soon, folks

A Pickleball Christmas, starring James Lafferty and Zibby Allen, will air on Lifetime December 20.

👨‍⚕️Doctor: ‘Players underestimate the sport’s physical demands’

Pickleball has been identified as one of the most injury-prone sports.

🫢 "God she's so embarrassing"

Pickleball fans have slammed Eugenie Bouchard's pickleball opponent, Kate Fahey, for a controversial 'salty handshake' after loss.

🤓 Why more pickleball players are wearing weird goggles

Pickleball eye injuries are rising at an “alarming" rate and many Ottawa players are donning protective eyewear.

Fresh takes, spicy debates, and the latest hot paddles & gear: catch up on our latest Court Talk highlights:

• 🦸‍♂️ A carbon paddle from a legendary pickleball brand for just $70

• 🇺🇸 A new American brand with paddles built different

• 🎾 My best pickleball paddles for intermediates 2025

• 🎾 Best pickleball nets 2025

Skipped a scroll or two? No worries — here are the last few editions we sent your way:

• 🧨 How to hit a topspin drive with Ben Johns

• 😍 A sick point (with pro-level tips!)

• 🤾 The dink target you’re probably ignoring

• 😬 Pro player suspended after heinous hooks and on-court blow-up

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