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🤾‍♀️ Aim your 3rd shot drops HERE!

🤾‍♀️ Aim your 3rd shot drops HERE!

Plus, this is pickleball, the rise of pickleball, and much more...

Brandon Mackie
October 24, 2024

Hey there reader,

Welcome back to the Pickleheads Newsletter!

In this issue:

😲 This is pickleball!
🤾‍♀️ Aim your 3rd shot drops HERE!
🤔 #50statesofpickleball
🎧 The rise of pickleball

🌍 Pickleheads is going global with the GPF!

Starting off with some exciting news…

Pickleheads is now the official court & game finder of the Global Pickleball Federation (GPF)!

And together, we’re making Pickleheads the world’s first international court & game finder.

What does this mean for you?

Courts all over the world will soon be at your fingertips.

A beach vacation to Mexico…

Adventuring through Costa Rica…

That dream trip to Australia…

Well, pack your paddle because you’ll be able to use Pickleheads to find play anywhere.

Now you can already use Pickleheads to find courts in 112 countries… but through this partnership, we’ll be adding a lot more places to play, focused on GPF’s 52 member nations.

This means helping players all over the world– Egypt, Kenya, Japan, Poland to name a few – discover this amazing sport.

GPF’s mission is “Pickleball for the World”. And we couldn't be more excited about working towards that shared goal 🙌

If you want to follow along and see all the amazing courts popping up all over the world (like our Dream Court this week…), follow the GPF on Instagram 👇

The paddle I’ve been waiting all year for!

The brand new Pulse line from Pickleball Apes launched today!

And they are beautiful. Well done with the purple design 👏

I got my hands on a Pulse S (hybrid) and put it to the test:

Touch and feel. Check.

It’s marketed as a control paddle, and that’s exactly how it plays.

This is one of the few paddles where hitting drop shots feels easy.

So if you’re looking to learn or improve your 3rd shot drop, give the Pulse a look.

And if you need help staying in long dink rallies, this paddle is also for you.

Now, it’s not for the big power players, but that’s okay – I think most rec players will win more with a touch paddle like this.

You can grab any new Pulse model – elongated (E), hybrid (S), square (V) – for $179.99 after my deal. Our code PICKLEHEADS is auto-applied with the link below.

I’m always happy to support a small business doing great things in pickleball. Enjoy!

** 10% off code PICKLEHEADS auto-applied with the link above

What do you think of Pickleball Apes Pulse?

🤩 This is pickleball!

This week’s epic point has amassed over 85k views and it’s only been online for a few days!

Titled ‘This is pickleball,’ this week’s point features everything you want to see in an epic point.

If you look close enough, you’ll see regular Pickleheads contributor Kyle, ThatPickleballGuy.

To check out this week’s epic point, click the image ▶️

Have a filthy point caught on cam? 📸

Reply to this email or submit yours to [email protected]. The most epic one will feature in next week’s newsletter!

AND if we pick your submission, we'll send you a free Pickleheads t-shirt 🙌

🤾‍♀️ Aim your 3rd shot drops HERE!

Excited to welcome back Tanner Tomassi of Tanner Pickleball, for this week’s Level Up.

Hey Pickleheads readers,

Wanna know the best place to aim your 3rd shot drops?

It’s right in the middle of the court. Pretend there’s a hoop where the center court line meets the kitchen line and aim for it!

Why? Because you take away angles from your opponent. When you hit the middle of the court, your opponents can only speed up down the middle or back at you.

They can’t speed up out wide, or the ball could go out.

And because you know this, you can predict where they’re going to hit the ball back. Ether down the middle, or at you!

If you hit your drops to the corners, your opponents have way more options. They can go down the line through the middle, or worse, cross-court. That’s a lot of options to cover.

Over the next few weeks, try hitting your third-shot drops to the middle, and you’ll remove offensive options from your opponents.

Hope this helps.

Click to watch my 30-second video, where I walk you through this week’s tip. 👇

🤔 #50statesofpickleball

Chong Kim, hailing from Texas, is traveling across the country to play pickleball in each state to raise awareness for mental health after a tragedy in his hometown pickleball league.

🎧 The rise of pickleball, from “Sportly”

On this podcast from Sportly, host Kavitha Davidson dives into the quirky origins of pickleball!

Exploring how our simple backyard game has become America’s fastest-growing sport. Uncovering the story behind the paddle, to celebrity-filled tournaments and public park controversies.

⛹️Basketball Hall of Famer, 80, thrives as a pickleball contender

Rick Barry, eight-time NBA All-star, and ABA All-star, is on the court “to win”, and he’s doing just that!

Pickleball UC by KONDOR, Santiago, Chile

You’ll find this week’s dream court in Santiago, Chile!

Now these courts could well be the most stunning pickleball courts in the world… Check out those views!

These courts were founded by one of the GPF’s board members, and they were the first courts added to Pickleheads through our new partnership. Keep your eyes peeled for more dream courts from around the globe!

This was a groundbreaking project to bring the largest pickleball club in Chile to the Universidad Catolica country club – the second largest sports club in ALL of the Americas.

Apparently, their crazy idea started at a padel convention…